December 29, 2011
yale researchers teach monkeys the concept of currency

monkeys subsequently discover prostitution

December 24, 2011

December 20, 2011
a scientist looks at what's living inside his belly button

“Several species [of bacteria] I’ve got, such as Marimonas, have only been found in the ocean before. I am particular baffled that I carry a species called Georgenia. Before me, scientists had only found it living in the soil.

In Japan.

When I learned this, I emailed Dunn to let him know I’ve never been to Japan.

“It has apparently been to you,” he replied. “

December 20, 2011
belly button science

“This is a diagram summarizing similarities between people’s belly button microflora. The closer you are to somebody, the more similar are the bacteria in your belly buttons. We have identified the whole communities by reading DNA signatures of all bacteria in each of the first samples, using next-generation 454 sequencing technology.”

October 21, 2011
Chickens can be hypnotized easily

October 21, 2011
Traveling to Other Stars

October 16, 2011

October 16, 2011

October 16, 2011

October 16, 2011