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Wed, 22 May 2013 00:15:17 -0400

freshphotons: Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Alexey...

Mon, 20 May 2013 03:32:05 -0400

freshphotons:

Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Alexey Kashpersky (High-Res).

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Mon, 20 May 2013 03:21:44 -0400

jellyfishtimes: paintbrusches: I’ve come to tell you all that...

Mon, 20 May 2013 02:57:17 -0400

jellyfishtimes:

paintbrusches:

I’ve come to tell you all that this is a recently discovered type of worm known as the Pigbutt Worm or the Flying Buttocks. It is about the size of a hazelnut, and lives around 3,000 to 4,000 feet beneath the ocean surface. In theory, they surround their mouths with a cloud of mucus to capture falling marine snow (dead plant and animal matter).

I prayed to the gods for mercy when I googled “pigbutt worm”.

neuromorphogenesis: Consuming Coffee Linked to Lower Risk of...

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:26:14 -0400

neuromorphogenesis:

Consuming Coffee Linked to Lower Risk of Detrimental Liver Disease

Regular consumption of coffee is associated with a reduced risk of primary sclerosing cholangitis(PSC), an autoimmune liver disease, Mayo Clinic research shows. The findings were being presented at the Digestive Disease Week 2013 conference in Orlando, Fla.

PSC is an inflammatory disease of the bile ducts that results in inflammation and subsequent fibrosis that can lead to cirrhosis of the liver, liver failure and biliary cancer.

“While rare, PSC has extremely detrimental effects,” says study author Craig Lammert, M.D., a Mayo Clinic gastroenterologist. “We’re always looking for ways to mitigate risk, and our first-time finding points to a novel environmental factor that also might help us to determine the cause of this and other devastating autoimmune diseases.”

The study examined a large group of U.S. patients with PSC and primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) and a group of healthy patients. Data showed that coffee consumption was associated with reduced risk of PSC, but not PBC. PSC patients were much likelier not to consume coffee than healthy patients were. The PSC patients also spent nearly 20 percent less of their time regularly drinking coffee than the control.

The study suggests PSC and PBC differ more than originally thought, Konstantinos Lazaridis, M.D., a Mayo Clinic hepatologist and senior study author says: “Moving forward, we can look at what this finding might tell us about the causes of these diseases and how to better treat them.”

yessSSS! this is why I love coffee!

very satisfied with semester grades. sighs. it's one of the best feelings when you know you accomplished one of your goals~! Celebrating with sukiyaki tomorrow!!

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:05:04 -0400

glow-worm-chronicles: I’ve been deliberately not reblogging supernatural stuff because I don’t want...

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:07:05 -0400

glow-worm-chronicles:

I’ve been deliberately not reblogging supernatural stuff because I don’t want to spoil it for my friends who are still catching up but goddamn was that season finale just painful and gorgeous and heart wrenching and amazing

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Fri, 17 May 2013 20:01:26 -0400

Body Bags (1993)

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:53:36 -0400

Body Bags (1993)

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Fri, 17 May 2013 19:40:52 -0400

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Fri, 17 May 2013 19:40:00 -0400

earthlynation: Jellyfish

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:24:11 -0400

earthlynation:

Jellyfish

Now that the semester finally has ended, I HAVE SOO MUCH TIME TO DO AWESOME THINGS! More yogaa...playing games...like harvest moon >_>...eating a lot :D

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:50:21 -0400

motherjones: nickbaumann: Awesome icons of the Female Saints...

Thu, 16 May 2013 11:22:29 -0400

motherjones:

nickbaumann:

Awesome icons of the Female Saints of Television, by Spencer Salberg. Prints are available here.

“Our Lady of Having it All”

"Normality is a paved road: It’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it."

Thu, 16 May 2013 03:46:46 -0400

“Normality is a paved road: It’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it.”

- Vincent Van Gogh (via akumamatata)

thenewenlightenmentage: Human Stem Cells Created by...

Thu, 16 May 2013 03:46:09 -0400

thenewenlightenmentage:

Human Stem Cells Created by Cloning

Breakthrough sets up showdown with induced adult lines.

It was hailed some 15 years ago as the great hope for a biomedical revolution: the use of cloning techniques to create perfectly matched tissues that would someday cure ailments ranging from diabetes to Parkinson’s disease. Since then, the approach has been enveloped in ethical debate, tainted by fraud and, in recent years, overshadowed by a competing technology. Most groups gave up long ago on the finicky core method — production of patient-specific embryonic stem cells (ESCs) from cloning. A quieter debate followed: do we still need ‘therapeutic’ cloning?

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awesomesan: Kat Fowler demonstrating Eka Pada Koundiyanasana

Wed, 15 May 2013 21:51:19 -0400

awesomesan:

Kat Fowler demonstrating Eka Pada Koundiyanasana

altairis: 30 Day Anime Challenge (from the last to the...

Wed, 15 May 2013 04:22:00 -0400

altairis:

30 Day Anime Challenge (from the last to the first!)
Day 1: Your Very First Anime - Yu Yu Hakusho

just finished watching the series and the ending was so bittersweet D: i’ll miss it…

すぅ☆

Wed, 15 May 2013 04:20:44 -0400

すぅ☆

canadian-space-agency: Col. Chris Hadfield: “Safely home -...

Wed, 15 May 2013 04:18:39 -0400

canadian-space-agency:

Col. Chris Hadfield: “Safely home - back on Earth, happily readapting to the heavy pull of gravity. Wonderful to smell and feel Spring.”

Read about Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield’s return to Earth following historic five-month mission here: http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/media/news_releases/2013/0513.asp

Photo credits: Mikhail Metzel/AFP/Getty Images/Guardian/space-pics/NASA

This Broke

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freshphotons: Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Alexey...

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jellyfishtimes: paintbrusches: I’ve come to tell you all that...

neuromorphogenesis: Consuming Coffee Linked to Lower Risk of...

Consuming Coffee Linked to Lower Risk of Detrimental Liver Disease

very satisfied with semester grades. sighs. it's one of the best feelings when you know you accomplished one of your goals~! Celebrating with sukiyaki tomorrow!!

glow-worm-chronicles: I’ve been deliberately not reblogging supernatural stuff because I don’t want...

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Body Bags (1993)

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earthlynation: Jellyfish

Now that the semester finally has ended, I HAVE SOO MUCH TIME TO DO AWESOME THINGS! More yogaa...playing games...like harvest moon >_>...eating a lot :D

motherjones: nickbaumann: Awesome icons of the Female Saints...

"Normality is a paved road: It’s comfortable to walk,﻿ but no flowers grow on it."

thenewenlightenmentage: Human Stem Cells Created by...

Human Stem Cells Created by Cloning

awesomesan: Kat Fowler demonstrating Eka Pada Koundiyanasana

altairis: 30 Day Anime Challenge (from the last to the...

すぅ☆

canadian-space-agency: Col. Chris Hadfield: “Safely home -...

"Normality is a paved road: It’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it."