December 2011
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November 2011
24 posts
“All changes, even the most longed for have their melancholy, for what we leave...”
– Anatole France (via zoetica)
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SCIENCE OR SNARK: Voracious Brain's magical Etsy... →
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jeremmorrow:
I once met a friend of a friend on Twitter. She became an instant crush. And an instant friend. Someone I spoke with, via the net, almost daily.
Then I attended her wedding (I know), meeting her for the first time in person. I shook her hand and felt weak-kneed. I told her, “Nice dress.” You see, she hates dresses. I knew it. She gave me the finger. And the eye. I felt a pang...
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How we view half-naked men and women →
Photo credit: MAN 2009 Autumn/Winter collection
From the 60-second Mind series at Scientific American comes a scientifically rigorous approach to how people view scantily clad other people. Part of the study involved giving participants the choice to administer a painless electric shock to the subjects. Th participants chose to shock the clothed subjects more often than they opted to zap the...
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Study suggests fetus can sense mother's... →
“They found something interesting: what mattered to the babies was if the environment was consistent before and after birth. That is, the babies who did best were those who either had mothers who were healthy both before and after birth, and those whose mothers were depressed before birth and stayed depressed afterward. What slowed the babies’ development was changing conditions...
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Skyrim will always sound dirty to me.
I’m going to start walking up to strangers and asking them if they like skyrimming.
Anonymous asked: Not only do I like your blog (haha I found it) but I also am OBSESSED with you secretly. Ok here we go.. I got this idea from a Tumblr spam I got once lol.. I think you like me too and you were always too shy to admit it :3 go to crushmatches(dòt)com (wtf it wont let me link regular) and make an account there. Then look up the profile 'gottagetme19' (me obviously) I left body...
WatchAfternoon Snack: In the latest installment of The Perennial Plate, entomophagy expert David Gracer lays out a thoroughly convincing case for why we should be eating more bugs.
Bespoke →
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THIS IS AMAZING.
October 2011
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WatchFrom the ever brilliant and amazing @newscientist, watch as this underwater volcano spews exotic lava!
EXOTIC LAVA. EXOTIC LAVA. EXOTIC LAVA.
Viruses coaxed to form synthetics with... →
Go, read, enjoy! This fulfills your BADASS SCIENCE ARTICLE requirement for the day! (And it is so fucking good…)
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Egyptian mummification method resurrected in the... →
I remember being 8 years old and gleefully regaling my classmates and teachers with mummification facts (“They remove the brain through the nose with a hook! “Organs are removed and placed in canopic jars!” “SACRIFICIAL KITTENS”). However, even as a kid, I was always cranky about the fact that we weren’t really sure exactly how the ancient Egyptians went...
“When my husband died, because he was so famous and known for not being a...”
– Ann Druyan (via keepitupstairs)
Ann Druyan doesn’t get as much love as she should.
(via telegantmess)
Bone Appétit →
My want of this china makes me weak in the knees.
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