infinity-imagined:

   DNA Double Helix stores genetic information.     DNA Polymerase replicates DNA.

   RNA Polymerase synthesizes RNA from DNA.   Ribosomes use RNA to build proteins

These four biological molecules are essential to all life on Earth.

They originated more than 3 Billion years ago during the Proterozoic Era, in a common ancestor of Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukaryota.  Together these molecules form the fundamental pattern of the fractal of life; they are specialized machines that replicate each other and produce an endless variety of new forms.  They have evolved over trillions of generations into extraordinarily complex arrangements that consume energy, organize, and reproduce.

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psydoctor8: Taking the piss out of stem cell squabblers Human neural stem cells hold great promise for research and therapy in neural disease. We describe the generation of integration-free and expandable human neural progenitor cells (NPCs). We combined an episomal system to deliver reprogramming factors with a chemically defined culture medium to reprogram epithelial-like cells from human urine into NPCs (hUiNPCs). These transgene-free hUiNPCs can self-renew and can differentiate into multiple functional neuronal subtypes and glial cells in vitro. Although functional in vivo analysis is still needed, we report that the cells survive and differentiate upon transplant into newborn rat brain. [via Article, IMG] Meaning researchers have developed a method that transforms the cells in human urine into precursors of brain cells. The idea: cells from urine > than stem cells since they are easier to get and the risk of embryonic tumor development isn’t a concern. Also, it’s a crafty way for lemon party goers to support and fund raise for neurodegenerative treatment research.   

psydoctor8:

Taking the piss out of stem cell squabblers

Human neural stem cells hold great promise for research and therapy in neural disease. We describe the generation of integration-free and expandable human neural progenitor cells (NPCs). We combined an episomal system to deliver reprogramming factors with a chemically defined culture medium to reprogram epithelial-like cells from human urine into NPCs (hUiNPCs). These transgene-free hUiNPCs can self-renew and can differentiate into multiple functional neuronal subtypes and glial cells in vitro. Although functional in vivo analysis is still needed, we report that the cells survive and differentiate upon transplant into newborn rat brain. [via Article, IMG]

Meaning researchers have developed a method that transforms the cells in human urine into precursors of brain cells. The idea: cells from urine > than stem cells since they are easier to get and the risk of embryonic tumor development isn’t a concern. Also, it’s a crafty way for lemon party goers to support and fund raise for neurodegenerative treatment research.   

(Reblogged from psydoctor8)

Stop telling people not to get pets for the holiday.

serveitindrag:

ondanceatron:

serveitindrag:

ofwordsandwaltzes:

serveitindrag:

Instead, encourage people to adopt from shelters.

Fact: People are going to get pets for Christmas. There is no avoiding it: dozens of movies have emphasized that pets make the best Christmas presents,…

I would suggest contacting the shelter and asking about transportation. If they explain that they would love to adopt, but aren’t able to get out to that city, most shelters will gladly arrange transportation to take the animal to their forever home. Same with rescues. 

Unfortunately, a lot of shelters don’t put their animals on Petfinder. =/ Or on the internet at all. In rural communities especially, a lot of people don’t even know they have a local shelter because it’s in an out-of-the-way location and there’s no advertising. So definitely suggest they call their local police department or commerce and check to see if they have a shelter near them!

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Don’t give up if there are no shelters in your area - there are a lot of very committed “indie” animal rescue organizations or groups that almost never get any kind of advertisement so are mostly unknown to the general public. 

They do a lot of good work and you can adopt from them, though the animals won’t always have been neutered or spayed or gotten all their shots yet like they will with shelters, because they don’t have much funding and are often just animal lovers taking them in and essentially fostering. 

Search for “animal rescue” in your area, ask your and other vet clinics (they almost always know of someone looking for a home for a pet), AND call all of the shelters in the nearest region and ask them if they know of any rescuers in your area, explaining how much you’d love to adopt a rescue but can’t get to the shelter, etc.  Please And Thank You.  :)  ~whyinthehell

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Mechanitis Butterfly Chrysalis View high resolution

Mechanitis Butterfly Chrysalis

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scientistintraining: Baby Geek Onesie by waycooltshirts View high resolution

scientistintraining:

Baby Geek Onesie by waycooltshirts

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coolcatcamorra: bestnatesmithever: View high resolution

coolcatcamorra:

bestnatesmithever:

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Interesting photographer’s vision for this shot.  And who says sloths never whisper sweet-nothings?

Interesting photographer’s vision for this shot.  And who says sloths never whisper sweet-nothings?

collective-history: A cat mummy, Egypt, ca. 400-200 BC Since the Late Period the Egyptians gave animal mummies as gifts to the gods. These animals were bred near the temples. The largest amount of cat mummies was gifted to the goddess Bastet at her ritual center, Bubastis, in the eastern Delta of Egypt. Some cat mummies were exported to Europe in the 19th century for use as fertilizer. View high resolution

collective-history:

A cat mummy, Egypt, ca. 400-200 BC

Since the Late Period the Egyptians gave animal mummies as gifts to the gods. These animals were bred near the temples. The largest amount of cat mummies was gifted to the goddess Bastet at her ritual center, Bubastis, in the eastern Delta of Egypt.

Some cat mummies were exported to Europe in the 19th century for use as fertilizer.

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nevver: Circling the Sun The night lights of the Americas shine in this visualization of our planet at night, which is based on data acquired by the Suomi NPP satellite in April and October. The image, released by NASA Earth Observatory today, has been nicknamed the “Black Marble.” NASA is known for its “Blue Marble” images, which show Earth’s sunlit disk as seen from space — and now it’s making a splash with the nighttime view, nicknamed the “Black Marble.” This picture of the night lights of North and South America is just one frame in the Black Marble series, which is based on data from the Suomi NPP satellite and was unveiled today during the American Geophysical Union’s fall meeting in San Francisco. The image has been built up from readings made by the weather/climate satellite’s Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite, or VIIRS. It’d be tough to snap this kind of picture at any single moment, because of cloud cover as well as seasonal changes in the way sunlight falls on our planet. Suomi NPP’s handlers had an easier job, because the satellite could make multiple passes in April and October. Those fly-overs produced data that could be presented as a full-disk nighttime view of Earth. NASA says the VIIRS instrument’s “day-night band” is well-suited to pick up on dim signals such as city lights as well as gas flares, auroras, wildifires and reflected moonlight. For the Black Marble images, stray sources of light were removed during processing to emphasize the city lights. “Artificial lighting is an excellent remote-sensing observable and proxy for human activity,” Chris Elvidge, who leads the Earth Observation Group at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Geophysical Data Center, said in today’s image advisory. Weather forecasters are using the VIIRS imagery to track fog and low clouds through the night — which can be a concern for high-traffic coastal airports such as San Francisco. But it’s not just about the weather: Researchers can track night lights over time to estimate economic activity and population growth. For example, satellite images graphically show how North Korea’s economic development has lagged behind that of its neighbors, or how India has developed through the decades. Night-light pictures can also help facility planners decide where to put astronomical observatories that need dark skies, or help emergency officials gauge the extent of power outages.  “For all the reasons that we need to see Earth during the day, we also need to see Earth at night,” Steve Miller, a researcher at NOAA’s Colorado State University Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, said in a NASA news release. “Unlike humans, the Earth never sleeps.” View high resolution

nevver:

Circling the Sun

The night lights of the Americas shine in this visualization of our planet at night, which is based on data acquired by the Suomi NPP satellite in April and October. The image, released by NASA Earth Observatory today, has been nicknamed the “Black Marble.”

NASA is known for its “Blue Marble” images, which show Earth’s sunlit disk as seen from space — and now it’s making a splash with the nighttime view, nicknamed the “Black Marble.”

This picture of the night lights of North and South America is just one frame in the Black Marble series, which is based on data from the Suomi NPP satellite and was unveiled today during the American Geophysical Union’s fall meeting in San Francisco. The image has been built up from readings made by the weather/climate satellite’s Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite, or VIIRS.

It’d be tough to snap this kind of picture at any single moment, because of cloud cover as well as seasonal changes in the way sunlight falls on our planet. Suomi NPP’s handlers had an easier job, because the satellite could make multiple passes in April and October. Those fly-overs produced data that could be presented as a full-disk nighttime view of Earth.

NASA says the VIIRS instrument’s “day-night band” is well-suited to pick up on dim signals such as city lights as well as gas flares, auroras, wildifires and reflected moonlight. For the Black Marble images, stray sources of light were removed during processing to emphasize the city lights.

“Artificial lighting is an excellent remote-sensing observable and proxy for human activity,” Chris Elvidge, who leads the Earth Observation Group at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Geophysical Data Center, said in today’s image advisory.

Weather forecasters are using the VIIRS imagery to track fog and low clouds through the night — which can be a concern for high-traffic coastal airports such as San Francisco. But it’s not just about the weather: Researchers can track night lights over time to estimate economic activity and population growth. For example, satellite images graphically show how North Korea’s economic development has lagged behind that of its neighbors, or how India has developed through the decades. Night-light pictures can also help facility planners decide where to put astronomical observatories that need dark skies, or help emergency officials gauge the extent of power outages. 

“For all the reasons that we need to see Earth during the day, we also need to see Earth at night,” Steve Miller, a researcher at NOAA’s Colorado State University Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, said in a NASA news release. “Unlike humans, the Earth never sleeps.”

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collective-history: On this day, seventy-nine years ago, citizens in a bar celebrate the end of alcohol prohibition in the United States. December 5, 1933. View high resolution

collective-history:

On this day, seventy-nine years ago, citizens in a bar celebrate the end of alcohol prohibition in the United States. December 5, 1933.

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collective-history: Inheritance law, part of the Law Code of Gortyn, Crete, fragment of the 11th column. Limestone, 5th century BC. View high resolution

collective-history:

Inheritance law, part of the Law Code of Gortyn, Crete, fragment of the 11th column. Limestone, 5th century BC.

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I wish organizations/people would stop referring to the killing of cats, dogs, & other animals out of “convenience”, as “euthanasia”. 

Because seriously…it’s not euthanasia.  And maybe a few more people would start taking better care of their animals if we didn’t soft-pedal it, and called it what it is:  KILLING.

(Euthanasia (from the Greek: εὐθανασία meaning “good death”: εὖ, eu (well or good) + θάνατος, thanatos (death)) refers to the practice of intentionally ending a life in order to relieve pain and suffering.)

Please spay and neuter your pets, and also please go and rescue animals from the Sayreville New Jersey shelter and/or any other location, and give them a safe, loving home.  Thank you.

Sayreville New Jersey animal rescue center is closing due to sandy. They don’t know what to do with animals and are giving them away for free. Tell your friends, they are going to euthanize what they can’t save. The animals all have their shots, it’s free adoptions.

tehriz:

bobfoxsky:

Please repost and let people know.

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Organic chemistry explained with cats.

Some people might point out that “conformations” and “configurations” are also concepts in organic chemistry that mean much the same thing, and that this post is a thinly disguised effort to teach concepts in organic chemistry through a discussion of cats. Horseshit. This is 100% cat content here people! This is a cat blog.

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ricothomasrico: invado: Anatomically Correct Heart Illustration

ricothomasrico:

invado: Anatomically Correct Heart Illustration

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