Ok, so it's an internship, but I've never before been so excited about working for no money. I'm working at the Encyclopedia of Life in the Harvard Museum of Natural History (YESSS).

I love this place. I love how it smells. I love the fusty old architecture. I love the dusty old rooms. I love the layers of technology, and the layers of paint. I ( Read more... )

I'm not talking about my Uncle Gene, either.  I'm talking about the gene that governs the Dopamine D4 Receptor (DRD4). The more base pairs that repeat in at least one allele of this gene, the more prone the carrier is to sexual promiscuity, including one-night stands, marital infidelity (and presumably ethical sluthood, a category not used in this ( Read more... )

Highland cow versus yak:
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!

Just for Krem: ( Barcelona as expressed via turtles and tortoises )

trouble4hire and I arrived safely in Spain via Aer Lingus, with only the small, requisite amount of snickering. I kind of love that airline now, cos they gave me beef stew for dinner and this for breakfast:


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Yesterday, in my Comparative and Functional Anatomy of the Vertebrates class, our professor brought in a hagfish:

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