Fractal Friday: The Human Heart
Chest pains? Nausea? Lightheadedness? You might just be suffering from a fractal dimension problem. Continue reading Fractal Friday: The Human Heart
Schrodinger’s Bacterium: Superposition of Living Things
Because no-one has seen a low-budget horror movie, apparently Continue reading Schrodinger’s Bacterium: Superposition of Living Things
Science Stuff: Hand-Embroidered Anatomy & Math Notebooks
The best science paraphernalia the ‘net has to offer. Today: some handmade stationery, to add a dash of elegance to the most tedious lab work. Continue reading Science Stuff: Hand-Embroidered Anatomy & Math Notebooks
Turtle Tears: Do Butterflies Actually Do That?
Things get weird (but adorable) in the Amazon. Continue reading Turtle Tears: Do Butterflies Actually Do That?
Water, Water, Everywhere: Mars Announcement
‘Mars Mystery Solved’ – NASA Press Conference Incoming
Astronomy has a lot of unanswered questions, but there’s one in particular that tends to grab imaginations. Continue reading ‘Mars Mystery Solved’ – NASA Press Conference Incoming
Damn, Nature, You Scary: Phorid Flies
Flies are, most people would agree, pretty disgusting. They drink their own spit. They feed on dung, they feed on rotting animals. Some fly species don’t even wait until the animal is dead, preferring to suck blood from living mammals, … Continue reading Damn, Nature, You Scary: Phorid Flies
Fractal Friday: The Mandelbrot Set
The original and the best. Continue reading Fractal Friday: The Mandelbrot Set
protein, n. : from πρωτεῖος (prōteîos), ‘primary’, or ‘of the first rank’
In the early days of biochemistry, the old scientific craving to simplify, to unify, to jam every part of the universe into the same neat model, was still alive and kicking. Aristotle had his Four Elements; Hippocrates his humours; countless … Continue reading protein, n. : from πρωτεῖος (prōteîos), ‘primary’, or ‘of the first rank’
