November 2011
28 posts
life is so freakin' ironic
life is also silly.
life is also beautiful.
“Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out of...”
– Carl Sagan (via scinerds)
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This Is Your Brain On Love →
c’est le amour?
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Brain Gene Activity Changes Through Life - Science... →
sciencenote:
“The complexity is mind-numbing,” says neuroscientist Stephen Ginsberg of the Nathan Kline Institute and New York University Langone Medical Center, who wasn’t involved in the studies. “It puts the brain in rarefied air.” In the studies, published in the Oct. 27 Nature, researchers focused not on DNA — virtually every cell’s raw genetic material is identical — but on when, where and...
I wish more people were interested in science.
amen.
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Time – and brain chemistry – heal all wounds . . . →
jtotheizzoe:
Christie WIlcox has a touching and beautiful exploration and personal account of pain, loss, and the biology of how we can hurt so much sometimes, even if we aren’t physically injured:
I know I’m not physically hurt. Though it feels like I’ve been kicked in the stomach with steel-toed boots, my abdomen isn’t bruised. Spiking cortisol levels are causing my muscles to tense and...
“You make my heart have premature ventricular contractions”
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“There are certain things in life where you know it’s a mistake but you...”
“Yes, the universe had a beginning. Yes, the universe continues to evolve. And...”
– Neil deGrasse Tyson (via usgroovykids)
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