Unilateral Dermatoheliosis.
This stunning image of a 69 year old shows the effects of sun exposure on premature aging of skin. The man was a truck driver for 28 years during which the sun predominantly shined onto his face through his left window.
Scanning electron micrograph of a T4 bacteriophage. Viruses infect every known organism on Earth; these peculiar bug-like ones infect bacteria.
I know it’s creepy but I’ve always loved how these look.
Okay, seriously, I think these things are just about one of the coolest things ever.
Bacteriophages (phage for short) infect bacterial cells, but in one of the most curious manners. They attach to the cell membrane of the other cell and, as if they were an epidermic needle of some sort, inject into the host cell a copy of their nucleic coding, which can take on the form of single-stranded or double-stranded RNA or DNA. This ‘injection’ basically takes over the host bacterial cell, and transforms it into what is basically a factory for new copies of the phage.
So cool.
re-reblogging for that explanation, because yes! so cool!
For anyone who only sees gender and sex in black and white, here’s proof by the lovely humon that nature is just as fluid with representations of gender and sex as we are.
Via Women to the Front
Scanning electron micrograph of a T4 bacteriophage. Viruses infect every known organism on Earth; these peculiar bug-like ones infect bacteria.
I know it’s creepy but I’ve always loved how these look.
Pluto is interesting because it’s fixed on its moon, Charon, and they rotate around each other, constantly staring at each other affectionately, which is kind of a beautiful metaphor but I think that’s one of the reasons why it was demoted. Because I think now to be a proper planet you have to command the authority of others and because the moon and Pluto are sort of existentially attached as equals neither of them can be considered a planet. [Pauses] Sad, but true.
–Sufjan Stevens on why Pluto had to be a dwarf
#For never was there a tale of more planetary woe / #Than this of moon Charon and her beloved Pluto.
(via sunshineinthetardis)
Via That thing.God no wonder it’s hard to fall in love. Look how many bonds you have to make.Ingredients of life
Illustrations of Chemical compounds by Rex
You know what’s sad?
I knew some of these from just looking at the picture before I even saw the wordsThis is when you know you’ve been studying too much
Via out of the jar
Adam Savage dipping his fingers into a pot of molten lead. Immediately prior to submerging his fingers in the lead, he wet them with water, which will form a thin protective layer of water vapor on contact with the lead, which was heated to 850 degrees Fahrenheit. This is known as the Leidenfrost effect.
