ScienceKu

I don't know. I like writing haikus for some strange reason. Like science.

[scienceku]

Kid-like ooh-ing, and  then macaque jokes: Bio grad students at the zoo.

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How do you carry away my heart, wee frogfish, with your tiny fins?

[via @FeaturedCreature, photo by Paul Rudder]

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Phyllospadix, you look like beautiful green hair tousled by the surf

(photo by Lee Rentz, via flickr)

[scienceku]

Pre-coffee: slowest neurotransmitters at the goat rodeo but

Post-coffee brain: like two monkeys on a wild pig. World's fastest lit search!

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Pressing buttons, shapes light up a screen. Learn a new language. Bonjour, R. 

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Cephalopod hugs are the best, plenty of arms for everybody!

[via Monterey Bay Aquarium]

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"Out of my brain on the train on the train on the train…” Repetition

makes the music come together, all together now, all together…

[explore-blog]

We now know that 24 hours without sleep, or a week of sleeping four or five hours a night induces an impairment equivalent to a blood alcohol level of .1 percent. We would never say, ‘This person is a great worker! He’s drunk all the time!’ yet we continue to celebrate people who sacrifice sleep for work.

Insights from the doctor who coaches athletes on sleep. Pair with the science of what actually happens while you sleep and how it affects your every waking hour.

More on sleep here.

(via explore-blog)

Get that rest, folks! Science says so.

(via jtotheizzoe)

Sooo.......... all I'm seeing is that one could come to work drunk way more often

[scienceku]

sweet smell of success: to days of wine and honey raise your antenna

[beatricebiologist]

Because we demand better mascots!

[scienceku]

Sample cheers: because I think these (and more) are all awesome ideas.

Whose house? T house! Whose house? T house! Whose house? T house! Gooooooooo Tardigrada! 

Mantis Shrimps! We're such pimps! We think you're all big ol' wimps! Mighty Mantis!

One cell, one beat. One team, no feet. This Archaean feat will sure be sweet.

[scienceku]

Festival season: Sex & Bugs & Rock 'n Roll Very good indeed.

[scientific-women]

We want to create an index of the lady scientists on Tumblr, much like shychemist did for all scientists. (Have we thanked you lately?!) However, it’s a bit more challenging as not all of you announce your gender on your blogs. So, if you identify as a woman/female,* let us know if you want to...

[scienceku]

Feminism & science: These are a few of my favorite things.

Count me in, ere I contribute a few haiku rants. (And Indy, too.)

[scienceku]

"Merely to ask the questions is to validate them." Thanks, Ms. Couric.

[scienceku]

Love Actually rant names worst cephalopod wing- man: cock-blocktopus.

[creature-feature-blog]

go watch the full video, i could literally make a thousand gifs of this spider and never fully represent how damn cute it is.

this is a peacock spider, potentially the most adorable creature on this planet without a four-chambered heart. if it wasn’t 5 mm long, i would cuddle the daylights out of it. he is a romantic that woos potential mates with a dance, waving his third pair of legs and a colourful ‘cape’ held out on flap-like extensions. much like a peacock, in fact.

[scienceku]

There are Arthropods and Aren't-thropods; this pun brought to you by: Dad.

[scienceku]

Need a sexy space costume? Be a NAS'tronaut! I'll be here all week.

[nouralogical]

Microscopic images of plants by Fernan Federici

[itsokaytobesmart]

Oh, tiny garden. How pretty thou art.

[scienceku]

Microscope pictures, my love for you as tender as for lush fig trees.