“The good thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it.”
Great quote from astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. Via chrispiascik.com. Also available as a t-shirt.
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September 1, 2011
Eerie bubble and ferrofluid movie.
“I combined everyday soap bubbles with exotic ferrofluid liquid to create an eerie tale, using macro lenses and time lapse techniques. Black ferrofluid and dye race through bubble structures, drawn through by the invisible forces of capillary action and magnetism.”
Mesmorizing to watch: kind of want to get some ferrofluid now to play with. Especially after you read a little more on the properties of this strange material (see wiki entry).
September 1, 2011
Not exactly what to think of this: Growing sphincters in petri dishes.
“Eyes, sperm, you name it: these days, chances are someone’s cooking it up on a little slab of agar and gearing up to graft/sew/implant it in anything that comes near. Today’s body part is the anal sphincter, that handy little ring of muscle that maintains the separation between your insides and your outsides. Researchers grew them from cells, implanted them in mice, and compared the new sphincters’ function with the animals’, ah, native orifices. And apparently, they were quite satisfactory.”
(via Discover)
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