mnemehoshiko:

"Your Baby Looks Like Your Ex—Shocking New Research Shows Previous Partners’ Sperm May Lurk Inside You."

In which

1. Jezebel for once HAS AN NON ABYSMAL SCIENCE ARTICLE and
2. Dr. Weinberg eloquently states some of the myriad problems with science journalism.

NOW TIME FOR MNEME RANT!

I love science. That’s why I’m pursuing a doctoral degree in it. Do you know what I hate? Poorly written science communication. Science journalism, in theory, is one of the best ways of convey new ideas and concepts to a non-science audience!! The problem is modern science journalism is amazingly poor and shoddy and the education of the audience consuming said articles also tends to be poor as well regarding these topics.

The articles referenced above deal with fruit flies. You would not know that from the headlines which of course went the sensational route with minimal connection to reality. The only reason I had a vague idea of what they may be referring to was because I had done an intern in undergrad in a drosophila lab and thus knew that type of behavior was seen in drosophila. The majority of readers (or even people who just read the title and forwarded the article) would not be aware of this at all and in many cases panic unnecessarily.

Let me give you another example, recently in the U.S. there’s currently a patient suffering from Ebola in Texas. The initial headlines were along the lines of “EBOLA OUTBREAK IN TEXAS” and “EBOLA SPREADS TO TEXAS” which distinctly different from “A Man Traveling from Liberia Contracted Ebola and was Asymptomatic til They Reached the US”. One is unnecessarily sensational AND dangerously inaccurate, the other is accurate reporting of the situation as well as showing a cursory understanding of the transmission of the disease.

Science is not a magic band-aid. There is no magic science dust. Science is an intense study of the natural world and how we and everything else interact with it. Be enthusiastic about science. Revel in it. But be accurate. Check your facts. If you don’t understand something or why something is, dig. Ask questions. Get messy. That’s what science is about.

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Beakman, Beakman’s World

Before Yukawa Manabu, there was Beakman :P

Mind you, I already liked science, way back in elementary school days. The fact that I flunked my first quizzes on social sciences while I did well on the ones on science might have influenced a little. But Beakman’s World made me fall in love with it. The show took the learning in science to a whole new level, showing me and thousands of kids out there how this subject can be found in our everyday things, and how everything can have an answer, and just how science can be something awesome, and yes, fun.

Many who had Beakman in their childhood became real-life scientists today. It seems that to this day some approach Paul Zaloom, the actor who portrayed this eccentric and much beloved scientist, to tell him so, something that he said he never tires of hearing.

I myself couldn’t really say that Beakman had no influence in my choices of becoming a scientist. I’m much older now, and I know there is a reality that can sometimes be challenging, and even harsh to many. Regardless, if I look back, I can still look back and remember why I fell in love with science. Even if my profession changes one day, I know I will still love it.

toothlessrebel:

asgardiantelevision:

Doesn’t look like a limerick to you? Try this:

A dozen, a gross, and a score
Plus three times the square root of four
Divided by seven
Plus five times eleven
Is nine squared and not a bit more.

THE FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCCCKKKKKKK

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potentialforart:

fhoantells:

"I just want Bruce Lee to hold me as long as he can."

I’m dying.

(imgur album)

Every person’s dream

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necrophilofthefuture:

If bees aren’t around to fertilize crops, we lose many food species. Colony collapse disorder seems to be caused by certain pesticides, parasites, and harsh winters. Save the bees. 

(Source: wholefoods.com, via liuet)

intj-confessions:

I’m not the best at it.

lostvox:

HELLO, ACCURATE PIE CHART REFLECTING MY LIFE

(Source: amandaonwriting, via liuet)

itistimetodisappear:

baaaaaaaaaaaaaaatman:

troubled-hippo:

alberoni:

If you start from the bottom up it’s a story of two friends. Then murder, then revenge.

woah

I like it backwards

woah

(Source: humortrain, via maegane)

goldfrapp-uccino:

_{AU: When Harry arrived at Neville’s Christmas party he did not expect to run into old Professor McGonagall.}

I’M NOT CRYING

I HAVE HAYFEVER

IT’S ALLERGIES

I HAVE FEELS IN MY EYES

(Source: alex1406, via liuet)

humansofnewyork:

"I have a hard time figuring out relationships. The girls I’ve dated haven’t exactly told me when they were upset. They just started acting strangely, but telling me they were fine. So I thought: ‘Well, everything must be fine. I’ll just keep doing my thing.’ Turns out everything wasn’t fine."