Fiona Elisi Lynette, PhDc

Alumnus of New Helic University. This blog is my outlet for personal enjoyment inter alia. [Independent post-Zoids: Guardian Force / Chaotic Century Fiona Elisi Lynette RP blog | perpetual WIP | SEMI-HIATUS]

[crisolyn-uendelig]

[thebrainscoop]

Cosmopolitan: Get That Life  How I became a museum’s Chief Curiosity Correspondent

Did you ever think Cosmo would run an image of dermestid beetles nibbling on a goose carcass? 

WELL, THEY DID. 

I can’t describe how proud I am that such a popular magazine typically focused on fashion and sex tips is also incorporating scientists into their features because fashion and sex tips and gross anatomy are not at all mutually exclusive. 

We are rebranding feminism and empowerment one major media publication at a time. 

Thank you, world. 

[whatshouldwecallgradschool]

BUT SERIOUSLY... WHY?

credit: Pedr0

(turn that frown upside down, Pedr0! :p)

[tomscholes]

As exercise, I’ll be sharing a drop of my inspiration folder each day for a month. The theme will remain unspoken and will be relaxed yet connected. Let me know what you think and if you’d like to suggest a topic :) Week one round up: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

[whatshouldwecallgradschool]

TRYING TO EXPLAIN WHY MY RESEARCH SHOULD BE PUBLISHED

credit: amanda

[mindblowingscience]

Babies’ brains practice words long before they can speak

Newborn babies arrive as strangers in a strange land. They know nothing of the customs or language of their new mysterious world. Yet astonishingly, with almost no obvious effort, babies learn an entirely new language. Some babies even learn several.

They manage this feat, in part, by tons of behind-the-scenes practice, a new study finds. Babies mentally rehearse the movements required for speech long before they utter a word, scientists reported July 14 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Continue Reading.

[whatshouldwecallgradschool]

WHEN THE UNDERGRAD IS TEACHING THE HIGH SCHOOLER HOW TO DO AN EXPERIMENT

credit: Chaparro

[abandonedography]

Paronella park, was abandoned but has now been turned into a park

(SOURCE)

[elenamorelli]

[misbehavedscientist]

[brainsx]

playin scrabble with a chemist like

[whatshouldwecallgradschool]

WHEN THE FIRST YEAR COMPLAINS ABOUT TAKING CLASSES

credit: alphalyrae1

[historyinmarrow]

Echoes in the Static

[irvineandsaix]

"You were supposed to go back home." he continues mechanically. "You and Van. Tried to scare you enough to go home. Couldn’t even get that right." Saix shifts just a little on the blacktop, he was feeling his age from pouring so much energy into keeping Irvine’s body alive. Even just greeting Fiona had drained him. "You didn’t know what coulda happened out there. What people would do. What I’d done."

[historyinmarrow]

There is more than enough going on to keep every bit of Fiona's faculties busy. Zeke is racing to Van. Van has likely "requisitioned" a Storm Sworder. Jerky is having trouble dealing with the Gs involved with flying Mach 5. Then, do not even get started with the nearly empty heap of bloodied flesh and bone sitting in front of her. Fiona feels like a raw nerve.

And everything just gets better when Irvine continues running his mouth off. Of all the things he could be saying right now. Fiona snaps at what is left of the man she reveres as her older brother, "The only wrong you did was trying to scare us away." -- What started as a deep breath to calm herself falls flat into a sharp huff. -- "If you didn't teach us-..." And the rest of her words die in the back of her throat. The nerve of some pilots. It feels like Irvine is falling apart at the seams between her blood stained fingers and flimsy gauze. Fiona gives up on finding the words to fight him. There is already enough to deal with, already enough to patch up.

Time passes like the worst kind of nightmare: far too slowly. Fiona loses herself in the details. The puss clings to her fingertips like moldy glue and bad memories. The stale, metallic stench of blood smothers her nose and tears at her eyes. The words Irvine keeps spouting turn into static.

She barely registers when Zeke fuses with the Storm Sworder, and Van nearly crash lands nearby. The rest blends together into a mess of tears and screams echoing somewhere in the place Irvine is supposed to be.

[abandonedography]

Not really abandoned

[asonlynasacan-deactivated201412]

When [science] permits us to see the far side of a new horizon, we remember those who paved the way, seeing for them also.

Carl Sagan, from Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (Episode Five, “Blues for a Red Planet,” originally broadcast October 26, 1980)

[micdotcom]

15 beautiful photos show a side of Pakistan not usually seen in the media

While the media’s portrayal of Pakistan reduces the country’s 179.2 million people to broad-brush stereotypes, the reality is quite different. Here are images that show a side to Pakistan that goes beyond the headlines.

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[whatshouldwecallgradschool]

WHEN I DO AN EXPERIMENT WITHOUT FULLY PLANNING IT FIRST

credit: VPR

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