My buddy samuelhansen shared this neat new episode of his brand new podcast today and it’s well worth a listen whether you consider yourself a math/science person or not. His note: I have just started a new podcast over at ACMEScience.com about the great rivalries behind science called Science Sparring Society. The first episode is… Continue reading
Tag: science
Twins
The idea of having a twin will forever fascinate me, and National Geographic did a terrific article on them. An excerpt: The story began with the much publicized case of two brothers, both named Jim. Born in Piqua, Ohio, in 1939, Jim Springer and Jim Lewis were put up for adoption as babies and raised… Continue reading Twins
Believe it or not, these are old images in which Guillaume Duchenne was attempting to find the perfect smile through electrodes targeted at specific muscles. He articulated this quest: The “Duchenne smile” is a genuine one, one that seems happy and friendly. It’s the result of two different groups of muscles working together. Cheek muscles turn… Continue reading
This will blow your mind. Does this mean I can float if I’m covered in liquid nitrogen?! Is that dangerous?! Oh the possibilities of SCIENCE! Also, a question for my science-y readers: what does it all REALLY mean?(Source: http://www.youtube.com/)
Giggle-worthy. And that’s not all.
Cows: what you never knew. Check out that stomach! All this and more unnecessarily wonderful knowledge at the website that knows everything (or that I at least assume to be generally correct). Wikipedia gives different sorts of info; I’m pretty sure you never actually have to meet a cow if you consume both fact-laden webpages. But… Continue reading
Sperm bank catalyzing redhead extinction
Cyros International, the world’s biggest sperm bank, doesn’t want redheaded donors anymore. The demand is too low, they stated. I suppose there’s still a chance that the ever-popular brown hair brown eyed donor is a carrier of the recessive mutated MC1R gene, but my completely scientific theory is that even less redheaded babies are going… Continue reading Sperm bank catalyzing redhead extinction
Is there a limit to the amount of mucus that can be produced by a person and expelled through their nose? Where IS it all? And what determines how thick it is?
Do you know? I was going to research these incredibly intriguing questions and answer them right here(!) but then was too overwhelmed by the overly-scientific explanations that I found on Google. Anyone want to take a stab at the answer or part of it? Because that’d be cool. Do it in honor of Allergy Season!
Jen Bokoff 
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