Fuck Yeah Science Nerds

mutedcat:

Chemistry Cookies! (by Sugar (Kim))

ikenbot:

Glacier Flows in Iceland

by Erlend Haarberg

An aerial view showing small streams flowing at the Langj kull glacier in Iceland.

[As seen on DailyMail’s ‘Iceland from the air: Incredible aerial pictures show the majesty of the country’s volcanic landscapes’]

decaturjim:

Meet Dave. He is made of things, as are you and I

Our bodies are comprised of a vast array of elements, with oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen remaining the most abundant. But there are many other chemical elements present, all contributing to our health and longevity. The nifty figure above lists each element that has been isolated from the human body in the order of decreasing mass.

This chart is based on the work of Ed Uthman, who derived the data from The Elements, by John Emsley.

(via Starts With a Bang)

discoverynews:

Jurassic Squid Ink Same as Modern Squid Ink

Ink from 160-million-year-old giant squid is essentially identical to today’s squid ink.

The discovery suggests that the ink and the ink-screen escape mechanism of squid have not evolved much (if at all) since the Jurassic Period. The finding, published in the latest Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, might just prove that if it isn’t broken, nature isn’t going to fix it.

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justjasper:

Periodic Table Building Blocks

(via echoesofadistanttide)

thebrinymarlin:

Crab Spider #1 (by J.R.Photography)

sdzoo:

Yun Zi rolling by… by Rita Petita on Flickr.

And he’s safe!

(via johnny--panic)