“Stop judging her from what you see. She is not weak. If it wasn’t because of her… Nick would have loose an arm, Dawn would have drown- all of us might as well be dead if it wasn’t because of her. …. even I wouldn’t be standing here making a perfectly good argument if it wasn’t because of her. All this time… it wasn’t her who needed me, it was always the other way around. So stop talking as if she’s a burden to this operation.” -Ryan Zace- Too. Much. Awesomeness.

“Stop judging her from what you see. She is not weak. If it wasn’t because of her… Nick would have loose an arm, Dawn would have drown- all of us might as well be dead if it wasn’t because of her.

…. even I wouldn’t be standing here making a perfectly good argument if it wasn’t because of her.

All this time… it wasn’t her who needed me, it was always the other way around.

So stop talking as if she’s a burden to this operation.”

-Ryan Zace-

Too. Much. Awesomeness.

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kai-isolated: Welcome Back by *kai-isolated There’s no way this really happened. Rylie’s too short to reach that level.Hehehehehheheehhehehe. Just kidding.  

kai-isolated:

Welcome Back by *kai-isolated

There’s no way this really happened. Rylie’s too short to reach that level.

Hehehehehheheehhehehe. Just kidding.  

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discoverynews: First Test-Tube Hamburger Ready This Fall The world’s first “test-tube” meat, a hamburger made from a cow’s stem cells, will be produced this fall, Dutch scientist Mark Post told a major science conference on Sunday. Post’s aim is to invent an efficient way to produce skeletal muscle tissue in a laboratory that exactly mimics meat, and eventually replace the entire meat-animal industry. keep reading As much as I am into genetic engineering and all that, I like cow’s meat coming from the slaughter of a cow (excuse that image in your head right now). If you like your meat natural, please protect animals’ rights so that they stay as our food source. Or else, we’ll end up getting hamburgers from stem cell labs. Now that’s a disappointing image.

discoverynews:

First Test-Tube Hamburger Ready This Fall

The world’s first “test-tube” meat, a hamburger made from a cow’s stem cells, will be produced this fall, Dutch scientist Mark Post told a major science conference on Sunday.

Post’s aim is to invent an efficient way to produce skeletal muscle tissue in a laboratory that exactly mimics meat, and eventually replace the entire meat-animal industry.

keep reading

As much as I am into genetic engineering and all that, I like cow’s meat coming from the slaughter of a cow (excuse that image in your head right now).

If you like your meat natural, please protect animals’ rights so that they stay as our food source. Or else, we’ll end up getting hamburgers from stem cell labs. Now that’s a disappointing image.

scientificillustration: “Blastula of 32-cell stage in Patella vulgata prior to the initiation of gastrulation. A. vegetal view. B. median-section of same as indicated in A” From: ‘The improbability of dorso-ventral axis inversion during animal evolution, as presumed by Geoffroy Saint Hilaire’ Before we become full, complex human beings, we were just a couple of cells multiplying and dividing tremendously. This process amazes me. Excuse my temporary nerd-iness.

scientificillustration:

“Blastula of 32-cell stage in Patella vulgata prior to the initiation of gastrulation. A. vegetal view. B. median-section of same as indicated in A”

From: ‘The improbability of dorso-ventral axis inversion during animal evolution, as presumed by Geoffroy Saint Hilaire’

Before we become full, complex human beings, we were just a couple of cells multiplying and dividing tremendously. This process amazes me.

Excuse my temporary nerd-iness.

jtotheizzoe: The Science of Why Adele’s ‘Someone Like You’ Makes Everyone Cry Tension, resolution, and the ever important “buildy-ness” (which is a term I invented but is accurate), these are the characteristics behind the most extreme emotional reactions to songs: Twenty years ago, the British psychologist John Sloboda conducted a simple experiment. He asked music lovers to identify passages of songs that reliably set off a physical reaction, such as tears or goose bumps. Participants identified 20 tear-triggering passages, and when Dr. Sloboda analyzed their properties, a trend emerged: 18 contained a musical device called an “appoggiatura.” An appoggiatura is a type of ornamental note that clashes with the melody just enough to create a dissonant sound. “This generates tension in the listener,” said Martin Guhn, a psychologist at the University of British Columbia who co-wrote a 2007 study on the subject. “When the notes return to the anticipated melody, the tension resolves, and it feels good.” Chills often descend on listeners at these moments of resolution. When several appoggiaturas occur next to each other in a melody, it generates a cycle of tension and release. This provokes an even stronger reaction, and that is when the tears start to flow. There’s just about the most detailed scientific analysis of a Grammy-winning song ever at the link. (via WSJ.com)

jtotheizzoe:

The Science of Why Adele’s ‘Someone Like You’ Makes Everyone Cry

Tension, resolution, and the ever important “buildy-ness” (which is a term I invented but is accurate), these are the characteristics behind the most extreme emotional reactions to songs:

Twenty years ago, the British psychologist John Sloboda conducted a simple experiment. He asked music lovers to identify passages of songs that reliably set off a physical reaction, such as tears or goose bumps. Participants identified 20 tear-triggering passages, and when Dr. Sloboda analyzed their properties, a trend emerged: 18 contained a musical device called an “appoggiatura.”

An appoggiatura is a type of ornamental note that clashes with the melody just enough to create a dissonant sound. “This generates tension in the listener,” said Martin Guhn, a psychologist at the University of British Columbia who co-wrote a 2007 study on the subject. “When the notes return to the anticipated melody, the tension resolves, and it feels good.”

Chills often descend on listeners at these moments of resolution. When several appoggiaturas occur next to each other in a melody, it generates a cycle of tension and release. This provokes an even stronger reaction, and that is when the tears start to flow.

There’s just about the most detailed scientific analysis of a Grammy-winning song ever at the link.

(via WSJ.com)

the-star-stuff: Biochemist publishes a paper solving the mystery of life, but no one understands it Case Western Reserve University biochemist Erik Andrulis has just published a paper about a discovery that goes way beyond the RNA he usually researches. He claims he’s discovered the secret to life itself - and it all has to do with energy-spirit things he calls gyres. His 105-page paper is called “Theory of the Origin, Evolution, and Nature of Life,” and you candownload the whole thing for free from the peer-reviewed journal Life. The problem is that even sympathetic readers found the paper incomprehensible and (worse for scientists) untestable. PHOTOCREDIT: R.T. Wohlstadter | Shutterstock  Read more about this here: [1] ‘Crackpot’ Theory of Everything Reveals Dark Side of Peer Review [2] Biochemist publishes a paper solving the mystery of life, but no one understands it

the-star-stuff:

Biochemist publishes a paper solving the mystery of life, but no one understands it

Case Western Reserve University biochemist Erik Andrulis has just published a paper about a discovery that goes way beyond the RNA he usually researches. He claims he’s discovered the secret to life itself - and it all has to do with energy-spirit things he calls gyres. His 105-page paper is called “Theory of the Origin, Evolution, and Nature of Life,” and you candownload the whole thing for free from the peer-reviewed journal Life. The problem is that even sympathetic readers found the paper incomprehensible and (worse for scientists) untestable.

PHOTOCREDIT: R.T. Wohlstadter | Shutterstock 

Read more about this here:

[1] ‘Crackpot’ Theory of Everything Reveals Dark Side of Peer Review

[2] Biochemist publishes a paper solving the mystery of life, but no one understands it

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samaralex: Batman Necklace Kai, drool over this :D

samaralex:

Batman Necklace

Kai, drool over this :D

That’s how Nix roll - hell yeah

kai-isolated:

I thought best friends spare each other the embarrassment… damn you, Kai. Hahahahha!!

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discoverynews: Here’s a good way to blow a Thursday afternoon. Random, fascinating facts (now, Tweetable!). Enjoy the Discovernator!

discoverynews:

Here’s a good way to blow a Thursday afternoon. Random, fascinating facts (now, Tweetable!).

Enjoy the Discovernator!