Don't Drop the Base

Just a lab fairy & snake lady IG: @passthechloroform Generally you'll only find science, chemistry, and snakes here because those are my greatest loves. I speak passable English, French and Dutch. Warning: there are occasionally graphic images containing blood and organs. (With generally scientific explanations for what is happening. Human bodies are cool.)

[just--space]

The edge-on galaxy NGC 4710

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[climateadaptation-deactivated20]

Here you go.

[flylittlekoala]

the first time EVER scientists managed to spot a pair of deep sea octopi mating it turned out to be 1. two males and 2. two males of different species 3. the much smaller octopus was clearly topping. neither of the octopi showed any sign of distress, so they clearly were into it, and octopi are too smart not to know what they were doing. source

[postmodernmulticoloredcloak]

the animal kingdom is a lot gayer than people want you to believe.

[labnotes19]

Oxidation state +10 may exist in a platinum compound

Prediction suggests platinum oxide compound is stable in +10 state for nearly a year from Chemistry World RSS http://ift.tt/24LWpUW via IFTTT

[adventuresinchemistry]

I have a lot of relatively complex feelings about the overrepresentation of women in science outreach 

[sixpenceee]

This is a tilt-shifted photo of the space shuttle Endeavor.

[hersocialapp]

Watch this video of a lesbian couple describing how they feel about each other without using the word “love”. Safe to say Hallmark is currently winning the battle of Valentine’s ad by a landslide. Reblog if you “loved” the ad.

[unclefranktv]

this destroyed me

[0ffthewvll]

shit

[skunkbear]

[badsciencejokes]

Science (definition): – a particular area of study – doing stuff in a lab that would be a felony in your garage.

[myjetpack]

A recent cartoon for New Scientist.

[thejunglenook]

My kind of fable

[vethox]

Look at your wrist, see the blueish veins? The blood flowing through them contains hemoglobin, a protein that has four iron atoms incorporated into its structure. Iron is only naturally produced in one place, it can only be forged in the core of dying stars.

Every time you look at your veins, remember that you are built from, and kept alive by, pieces of stardust.

[twerkcy-jackson-deactivated2018]

This is beautiful. I needed this

[an-amber-experience]

just learned this in astronomy and can confirm. I love.

[sciencetylia]

Here’s the structure of hemoglobin, because this post needs more Science:

[microaerophilic-blog]

and for those not in the know, hemoglobin is the molecule in your red blood cells that carries oxygen from your lungs to other parts of your body. it’s pretty important.

[token-white-friend]

i just found my screenshot of The One Time I Was Funny On The Internet

[sixpenceee]

Green trails show the movement of the fireflies in Wisconsin as the Milky Way galaxy sparkles in the background. Photos by Adam Dorn. 

[amazinguniverses]

The Great Carina Nebula

[phoukanamedpookie]

Scientists now think that being overweight can protect your health

Studies show it helps patients with an increasingly long list of medical problems.

[sourcedumal]

And notice the tone the scientists researching this.

“What do you mean the fatties live longer? This CANNOT BE RIGHT DO THE STUDIES 15 MORE TIMES!”

And when they can’t figure it out, they simply say “it’s not worth reading” to keep anything POSITIVE about fat bodies from getting out into the public eye.

Because then folks might not but into the billion dollar industry for diet fads and weight loss scams that all of these obesity doctors line their pockets with.

Because then theyd actually have to start treating their fat patients like PEOPLE.

[ikwt]

Snoqualmie Stars (OurEarthInFocus) | instagram

[puffadda]

It takes about fifteen minutes to fill a dewar with liquid nitrogen. In that time I thought of the greatest science pun of all time:

If Lex Luthor were a piece of lab equipment what would he be? An evil dewar!

#physics #jokes #lol (at The University of Oklahoma)

[scienceshenanigans]