study stuff et al

science reblogs and studying motivation <•[biochem student & a graphics addict]•>

[catasters]

[thesciencegoesvroom]

it’s late and apparently i have an exam tomorrow at 8am: an aesthetic

right now i’m doing this thing where when i’m studying i try to shove some self care in there with it because:

a. i’m horrible at self care and really need to do it more (both the pampering and emotional bs varieties)

and

b. maybe by forcing studying to be a comfortable activity i can learn to enjoy it more???

idk. today’s house special on the self care menu is: lotion melts, soft lights, a humidifier, fresh breath, and comfy socks

[thesciencegoesvroom]

late nights + good vibes

It took me way too long to get here (i.e. i spent a good two hours instagram and pinterest browsing) but at least i’m here aight

[poealsobucky]

[aureumn]

Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious. And however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. It matters that you don’t just give up.

Stephen Hawking (via gef-n)

[sciencenewsforstudents]

Wearing sunscreen can help you avoid sunburn and protect your skin cells from damage. But you need to reapply sunscreen after spending some time in the sun. A new finding could lead to another type of sunscreen that avoids that hassle. In fact, the longer you wore it, the better it would protect you from the sun’s harmful rays. The material behind this potential new sunblock: DNA.

DNA is short for deoxyribonucleic acid. It’s the genetic blueprint inside cells that instructs them about what to do — and when. “DNA molecules can get damaged when exposed to sunlight,” notes Guy German. He’s a biomedical engineer at Binghamton University in New York. Instead of letting the sun damage the skin’s DNA, his group asked itself: Why not shield that DNA with some other type?

[weirdsciencefacts]

The gigantic universe

[weirdsciencefacts]

The triple point

[alithographica]

Most animals with a well-known white morph (lions, tigers, domestic cats, peacocks) are leucistic, not albinistic. True albinos are much rarer and are usually only bred-for in indoor pets (mice, rats, snakes).

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[asapscience]

💡 [@piecomic]

[1st-1]

[cosmicfunnies]

[pseudocoding]

the rest of the planetary system is like fuck you

[prettyaveragewhiteshark]

A Biology Teacher Just Destroyed Every Excuse for Transphobia With Cold, Hard Facts

A biology teacher posted a status pointing out the wide variety of genders in the human and animal kingdoms.

This is AMAZING. The teacher’s rebuttal:

I just commented this on a transphobic post that was all like, “In a sexual species, females have two X chromosomes and males have an X and a Y, I’m not a bigot it’s just science.” I’m a science teacher so I responded with this.

First of all, in a sexual species, you can have females be XX and males be X (insects), you can have females be ZW and males be ZZ (birds), you can have females be females because they developed in a warm environment and males be males because they developed in a cool environment (reptiles), you can have females be females because they lost a penis sword fighting contest (some flatworms), you can have males be males because they were born female, but changed sexes because the only male in their group died (parrotfish and clownfish), you can have males look and act like females because they are trying to get close enough to actual females to mate with them (cuttlefish, bluegills, others), or you can be one of thousands of sexes (slime mold, some mushrooms.) Oh, did you mean humans? Oh ok then. You can be male because you were born female, but you have 5-alphareductase deficiency and so you grew a penis at age 12. You can be female because you have an X and a Y chromosome but you are insensitive to androgens, and so you have a female body. You can be female because you have an X and a Y chromosome but your Y is missing the SRY gene, and so you have a female body. You can be male because you have two X chromosomes, but one of your X’s HAS an SRY gene, and so you have a male body. You can be male because you have two X chromosomes- but also a Y. You can be female because you have only one X chromosome at all. And you can be male because you have two X chromosomes, but your heart and brain are male. And vice - effing - versa. Don’t use science to justify your bigotry. The world is way too weird for that shit.

[freelancervermont]

Addressing this to the TERF that assaulted me.

[badscienceshenanigans-deactivat]

as a biologist I love that humans think there are 2 sexes but mold just said “fuck the police I’ll be genetically compatible with whatever 698,307 sexual variants I want”

[h0odrich]

omg

[miamulder]

TRANS LION TRANS LION TRANS LION

[anomalocapris]

Current gender: *roars like a lion*

[wavinglikethetrees-deactivated2]

@grandadofrad 😀

[kylie]

HOW DOES POPCORN EVEN DO THAT THING

[ubelyptus]

HERE I SHOW YOU THE THING

[ncc-1337-deactivated20170924]

this is the most majestic thing i have ever seen in my entire life 

[skarosoul]

it’s like a ballet

[gifsboom]

[its-nick-bitxh]

take a fuckin sip, babes

[deputychairman]

Sure, cats falling off things is funny, but NOTHING is funnier than robots miscalculating the speed, force or angle needed to complete a mundane task. NOTHING.

[warbyparker]

[thecatacombkid-deactivated20120]

Whoa. The MLA has officially devised a standard format to cite tweets in an academic paper. Sign of the times.

[davvvd]

ebooks, Horse. (horse_ebooks). “Leg Butt” 18 Nov 2011, 12:38 PM. Tweet.

[capnsubnuki]

wint. (dril). “IF THE ZOO BANS ME FOR HOLLERING AT THE ANIMALS I WILL FACE GOD AND WALK BACKWARDS INTO HELL” 22 May 2012, 2:46 PM. Tweet.