biology

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Nematode worm responsible for elephantiasis.

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fish gills

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Salp (Pegea confoederata)

Length: 15cm

Location: Warm waters worldwide

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DNA Chromosome Wrapping - what makes it possible for a six foot long molecule to fit into the nucleus of every cell in the human body! This entire process of forming into the familiar chromosomal shape only happens right before a cell is about to divide. 

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It’s hard not to admire this kind of patience!

Lisa Nilsson constructed anatomical recreations from tissue paper.

Anatomy Sculpted from Tissue Paper

via TodayandTomorrow; Colossal

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'Scanning electron microscope image of a pyralidae moth. Side view of head.'

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SEM of scabies mites in the skin ;___;

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SEM picture of a scuttle fly

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vespula vulgaris

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Plastic eating fungus discovered, an answer to our pollution problems?

Students from Yale University, have brought back a fungus from Ecuador that eats polyurethane. This polymer is commonly found in plastics, and it’s used widely in making all kinds of synthetic products.

The fungi, Pestalotiopsis microspora, is the first anyone has found to survive on a steady diet of polyurethane alone and—even more surprising—do this in an anaerobic (oxygen-free) environment that is close to the condition at the bottom of a landfill.

This is good news for everyone..

Plastic is one of the most resilient man made materials. According to Penn State University, a plastic bag takes 10 to 20 years to decompose, where as a plastic container takes 50 to 80 years to decompose. The worse is the plastic soda bottle, it takes 450 years to decompose. The fungi’s abilities seem to be a perfect tool in bioremediation.

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These pieces are made of Japanese mulberry paper and the gilded edges of old books. They are constructed by a technique of rolling and shaping narrow strips of paper called quilling or paper filigree. Quilling was first practiced by Renaissance nuns and monks who made artistic use of the gilded edges of worn out bibles, and later by 18th century ladies who made artistic use of lots of free time.

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mitochondrion

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protein coat

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tongue eating parasite; feeds off the blood supply of a fish tongue until it shrinks and eventually replaces it