We are starstuff

Science is my passion.

[thechanelmuse]

Artist Paints the Universe and Nature into Black Women’s Hair

Pierre Jean-Louis is a multimedia artist based in New York and Philadelphia, who has built up quite a social media following as a result of his unique works. Jean-Louis paints mystical images of the universe and nature onto images of Black women’s natural hair. His intricate works feature flowers, vines, and even an entire forest, all seamlessly woven into coils and kinks. Jean-Louis even invites his followers to tag him in their photos on Instagram so that he can consider their portraits as well.

[strangebiology]

Using my amazing ~*journalism skills*~ I found out the story behind my unicorn skull! (that I’m auctioning Friday!) Sorry for the dead pic, but it’s not gory so I think it’s ok? I also have a pic of him in the truck that I’ll put on Flickr cause he’s more clearly dead there.

So here is the backstory from the hunter!

Nice to hear from you, glad you have enjoy the items. I harvested the Unicorn during Massachusetts deer season. The skull was going to be cut down to make skull cap mount but after drying process was clear that deformities would not make that mount possible, so skull was left in tact to display. Wildlife biologist confirmed my thought that Unicorn may have been struck by vehicle which caused compression of the skull along with blindness in the left eye all of which ended in the final fixed antler. Also at time of harvest there was strip about 3” down from antler that was exposed bone no hide, appeared to been that way for long time. The day that made contact with the Unicorn it was traveling with another seldom spotted deer, a drop tine with eight drops for a total of 19 points. The drop tine was harvested the next morning. Have included some photos for you.

[naomimaria]

Eat some pie and praise the maths today.

[13242567-deactivated20210306]

Count your carbons.

Ancient Organic Chemistry Proverb (via monobored)

[ohdarlingbeatles]

The Beatles on a ranch in Missouri, 1964

[nathanbrake-deactivated20191215]

[did-you-know]

This liquid is boiling and freezing simultaneously because it’s reaching its ‘triple point,’ which is the temperature and pressure at which three phases of a substance (gas, liquid, and solid) co-exist in equilibrium. Source

[ted]

How cool is this? 

[asapscience]

WOAH, cool! 

[eatsleepsciencerepeat]

[currentsinbiology]

Revealed: The awful anchor that lets UTIs take hold

To establish an infection in the urinary tract, bacteria must be able to withstand the tremendous forces of urine flow so they’re not simply washed away. New research is giving scientists a remarkable view of a strange, spring-like shock absorber used by the most common cause of urinary tract infections (UTIs) to survive and thrive where other bacteria cannot. By better understanding how these bugs anchor themselves to the urinary tract lining, doctors will be able to devise new drugs and vaccines to stop them.

Manuela K. Hospenthal, Adam Redzej, Karen Dodson, Marta Ukleja, Brandon Frenz, Catarina Rodrigues, Scott J. Hultgren, Frank DiMaio, Edward H. Egelman, Gabriel Waksman. Structure of a Chaperone-Usher Pilus Reveals the Molecular Basis of Rod Uncoiling. Cell, 2015; DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.11.049

Flexible coils allow the bacterium to withstand the tremendous forces of urine flow. Understanding the coils’ structure will help researchers find ways to prevent UTIs. Credit: UVA Health System

[voodoolounge]

@MickJagger : David was always an inspiration to me and a true original. He was wonderfully shameless in his work. We had so many good times together. He was my friend, I will never forget him.

[skunkbear]

Can you identify the species in these photos from Malheur National Wildlife Refuge? Follow @nprskunkbear and the hashtag #FlockupyMalheur on twitter for fun facts about these birds.

Most of the images come from Flickr user Dan Dzurisin - he has lots of amazing wildlife photography on his page. The landscape comes from Flickr user Mathew Foster.

Other images:

Jon Nelson

Barbara Wheeler Photography, USFWS Volunteer

Roger Baker, USFWS

Ray Bosch, USFWS

Why is the refuge occupied by armed militants? Read all about it here.

[did-you-know]

The rare book library at Yale University has no windows because the walls are made of translucent marble.

Source

[honey-tea-stuff]

*Heavy breathing*

[cloudfreed]

because direct unfiltered sunlight may damage the older books and age them more quickly

[crookedwiings]

*EXTREME HEAVY BREATHING*

[deepslateemeraldore]

IM ALWAYS A SLUT FOR LIBRARIES

[fitnesstipsonly]

[badsciencejokes]

When someone asks if you need help at the grocery store

[ageofdestruction]

time series: saturn’s rings and moons, photographed by cassini, 25th december 2015.

20 frames. 2nd gif adds each frame, displaced slightly to the right, to the previous ones.

image credit: nasa/jpl/ssi. animation: ageofdestruction.

[beauxrcves-deactivated20160512]

It’s not your blood they needed. It was my father’s blood. My blood… the blood of a pirate.

[jumpsandbumps]

Someone got dressed up for Christmas!