Imagination Knows No Limits

kingdom-of-animals: amazing

Fri, 18 May 2012 10:42:25 -0400

kingdom-of-animals:

amazing

sciencepopularis: Just an incredible image of a school of sting...

Thu, 17 May 2012 10:59:31 -0400

sciencepopularis:

Just an incredible image of a school of sting rays

theatlantic: NIH Study: Coffee Really Does Make You Live...

Thu, 17 May 2012 10:53:30 -0400

theatlantic:

NIH Study: Coffee Really Does Make You Live Longer

Caffeine addicts, rejoice: all the coffee you’re downing over the course of a day could be lengthening your lifespan. For real.

According to research published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, people who drank four or five cups of coffee a day tended to live longer than those who drank only a cup or less. The benefit was more pronounced for women, but men also stand to gain somewhat from pounding joe.

Read more. [Image: antwerpenR/Flickr]

theanimalblog: This kingfisher amused wildlife photographer...

Thu, 17 May 2012 10:51:59 -0400

theanimalblog:

This kingfisher amused wildlife photographer Tony Flashman by reversing roles. Mr Flashman was setting up staged perches for birds to land on near a stream in Deal, Kent when he looked around and saw the colourful bird sat on his camera. I had to do a double take when I saw the kingfisher sat on my camera, she was meant to be in front of it, he said. Picture: Tony Flashman / Rex Features

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Sat, 12 May 2012 05:03:18 -0400

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Sat, 12 May 2012 03:27:41 -0400

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Sun, 06 May 2012 09:30:56 -0400

crownedrose: If it has a violin-shape of its head, it’s a...

Wed, 02 May 2012 15:26:43 -0400

crownedrose:

If it has a violin-shape of its head, it’s a Brown Recluse Spider.

Pretty cool looking, but can leave nasty bites that need to be treated and not one to let stay in your area.

(Photo above by Dale {www.dalefoshe.com} on Flickr)

amnhnyc: We spotted NASA’s Space Shuttle Enterprise as it...

Wed, 02 May 2012 08:03:52 -0400

amnhnyc:

We spotted NASA’s Space Shuttle Enterprise as it passed by the Museum this morning! This is the view from our rooftop.

Photo by Rod.

blinkanditsover: A mouse diced with death when it stole some...

Wed, 02 May 2012 07:59:08 -0400

blinkanditsover:

A mouse diced with death when it stole some food from under the nose of a leopard at the Santago Rare Leopard Project in Hertfordshire.

Instead of pouncing on the mouse, the 12-year-old African leopard, called Sheena, simply watched as it fed on scraps of meat thrown into its enclosure.

At one stage she tried to nudge the mouse away with her nose, but the mouse carried on eating regardless.

genannetics: Gina Glover, a photographer with a degree in Human...

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 04:56:40 -0400

genannetics:

Gina Glover, a photographer with a degree in Human Genetics, is the creator of these amazing works of art. “Chromosomal Stripy Socks” won the Medical Research Council/Novartis/Daily Telegraph Visions of Science award and appeared on the cover of Nature.

If you are interested in science photography or the intersection of art and science I highly recommend reading the interview!

kingdom-of-animals: Martin Pescatore (Alcedo atthis) by...

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 04:54:28 -0400

kingdom-of-animals:

Martin Pescatore (Alcedo atthis) by Fabrizio Moglia on Flickr.

myampgoesto11: The Science Of Spider Webs [credit: (top) Susan...

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 04:54:03 -0400

myampgoesto11:

The Science Of Spider Webs

[credit: (top) Susan Ford Collins on Flickr/ (bottom) Zina Deretsky, National Science Foundation, in collaboration with S. Cranford, G. Bratzel and M.J. Buehler (all three from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Rihcard C. Yu and Andaluz Yu of Green Pacific Biologicals ]

From the National Science Foundation (Feb 1st, 2012):

View a video interview with Markus Buehler of MIT, an animationof a spider web under extremes stresses, and an animation of a spider web subjected to mechanical forces.

While researchers have long known of the incredible strength of spider silk, the robust nature of the tiny filaments cannot alone explain how webs survive multiple tears and winds that exceed hurricane strength.

Now, a study that combines experimental observations of spider webs with complex computer simulations shows that web durability depends not only on silk strength, but on how the overall web design compensates for damage and the response of individual strands to continuously varying stresses.

kingdom-of-animals: Jumping spider - Asianellus (=Phlegra)...

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 04:53:28 -0400

kingdom-of-animals:

Jumping spider - Asianellus (=Phlegra) festivus by Lukjonis on Flickr.

cey-lon: Lake Tahoe, Nevada (by lehongwang)

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:44:39 -0400

cey-lon:

Lake Tahoe, Nevada (by lehongwang)

Your source for daily science things.: Velella!

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:44:00 -0400

Your source for daily science things.: Velella!:

dailysciencething:

This is Velella velella. Try saying that six times fast. Note that it’s essentially a little air bubble with a hard sail (really, more like a series of tubes filled with air), and underneath are tentacles that the velella use to feed. They float on the surface of the sea and wander over…

rometska: ‘The histological appearance of the vagina is, at...

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:10:07 -0400

rometska:

‘The histological appearance of the vagina is, at first glance, similar to that of the esophagus (In the bad old days of medical teaching histology profs. would ask questions that elicited rude wrong answers from students who mistook the esophagus for the vagina)’

thecheerfulmedic: All the layers found in skin

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:04:26 -0400

thecheerfulmedic:

All the layers found in skin

thecheerfulmedic: source:...

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:02:35 -0400

thecheerfulmedic:

source: http://www.histology.leeds.ac.uk/respiratory/respiratory.php

Alveoli are cool

rjm0222: one distinct feature of a thymus is a hassall’s...

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:01:58 -0400

rjm0222:

one distinct feature of a thymus is a hassall’s corpuscles. sometimes when viewing lymphatic histology slides, it can be hard to identify which organ you are looking at. just remember that in the thymus, as we age, there is a more abundance of these corpuscles.