December 2011
4 posts
yale researchers teach monkeys the concept of... →
monkeys subsequently discover prostitution
a scientist looks at what's living inside his... →
“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. “
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 2011
20 posts
Chickens can be hypnotized easily →
Traveling to Other Stars →
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