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David Attenborough does What a Wonderful World in his typical style.
This was just what I needed tonight.
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Posted on December 12, 2011 via A Miscellany with 392 notes
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Fat’ is usually the first insult a girl throws at another girl when she wants to hurt her.
I mean, is ‘fat’ really the worst thing a human being can be? Is ‘fat’ worse than ‘vindictive’, ‘jealous’, ‘shallow’, ‘vain’, ‘boring’ or ‘cruel’? Not to me; but then, you might retort, what do I know about the pressure to be skinny? I’m not in the business of being judged on my looks, what with being a writer and earning my living by using my brain…
I went to the British Book Awards that evening. After the award ceremony I bumped into a woman I hadn’t seen for nearly three years. The first thing she said to me? ‘You’ve lost a lot of weight since the last time I saw you!’
‘Well,’ I said, slightly nonplussed, ‘the last time you saw me I’d just had a baby.’
What I felt like saying was, ‘I’ve produced my third child and my sixth novel since I last saw you. Aren’t either of those things more important, more interesting, than my size?’ But no – my waist looked smaller! Forget the kid and the book: finally, something to celebrate!
I’d rather they were independent, interesting, idealistic, kind, opinionated, original, funny – a thousand things, before ‘thin’. And frankly, I’d rather they didn’t give a gust of stinking chihuahua flatulence whether the woman standing next to them has fleshier knees than they do. Let my girls be Hermiones, rather than Pansy Parkinsons.
Posted on December 4, 2011 via Be Your Image with 661 notes
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Self-portrait of a female Celebes crested macaque (Macaca nigra) in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, who had picked up photographer David Slater’s camera and photographed herself with it.
Another little interesting tidbit: This photo has no copyright because it is “the work of a non-human animal.”
Posted on December 4, 2011 via Animals Rule with 1,077 notes
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Posted on December 4, 2011 via Painfully Cute with 3,782 notes
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Posted on December 4, 2011 via michelle , ma belle . with 87,697 notes
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Posted on December 4, 2011 via Pceluvnlemonade with 3,101 notes
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A fox is caught mid-pounce as it prepares to nose-dive into deep snow to catch a mouse. Wildlife photographer Richard Peters captured the adventurous fox while travelling through Lamar Valley in Yellowstone National Park
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Satellite: Envisat, Instrument: MERIS, Acquisition: 17-Aug-2011
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Posted on September 14, 2011 via Science is Beauty with 291 notes
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Glow With the Flow
It’s hard to miss the news this week that researchers at the Mayo Clinic have used fluorescent protein techniques to map how infected cats fend off feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), which results in their version of AIDS. After all, along with the published findings came photos of glowing green cats!
The work has ramifications for both FIV and HIV research, advancing understanding of the disease process and perhaps how to treat it. It’s also the latest example of the scientific work that earned UC San Diego research Roger Tsien and two colleagues the 2008 Nobel Prize in chemistry.
Since first describing how to extract green fluorescent proteins (that’s a ribbon diagram of a GFP structure) from the naturally luminescent Aequorea victoria jellyfish and insert them into other living organisms, the Nobel laureates have helped scores of researchers use the technique to shine a novel light upon unseen biological processes and mechanisms, then use that knowledge to develop new understandings of life and new treatments for the human condition.
Glowing cats is just the latest example. The work ranges from simple worms called C. elegans to fruit flies, mice and monkeys. Tsien and others have also broadened the palette of colors, making it possible to brilliantly color different cells and nerves in the human brainstem and create a “brainbow.”
Herewith, a glowing review.
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