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Entries from June 2008

Cosmonaut pissing

June 28th, 2008 · No Comments · astronomy, images

The first photo shows the tradition of Russian cosmonauts, according to it just before taking their seats inside of the space ship they have to take a leak upon the wheel of the bus which takes them to the launching site.
http://www.monochrom.at/english/2008/06/cosmonaut-pissing-tradition.htm

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It’s Called epMotion

June 26th, 2008 · No Comments · videos

Pipetting all those well-plates, baby, sends your thumbs into overdrive
And spending long nights in the lab makes it hard for your love to thrive
What you need is automation, girl, something easy as 1 2 3
So put down that pipette, honey, I got something that will set you free
And it’s called epMotion (whisper: ‘cause you [...]

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Rockstar lab coat

June 26th, 2008 · No Comments · , images

It is a fact that every lab has a rockstar, sometimes several. What better way for the researcher carrying this cross of coolness to flaunt their stuff than with a funky punky lab coat?

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=sr_gallery_1&listing_id=12625872
Via Easternblot

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Atomic Clock Wristwatch

June 25th, 2008 · No Comments · images, physics

The watch keeps time to a few nanoseconds per day. The attractive display is based on 7-segment red LED technology.
High-performance models available.

http://www.leapsecond.com/pages/atomic-bill/

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Demonstrate emotion in a cow

June 23rd, 2008 · No Comments · , videos

Try #16 experience to demonstrate some emotion in one estable animal like a cow.
Adrena’s cow was our guineapig.

Cow and the Knife Shooter

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Use your brain

June 13th, 2008 · No Comments · biology, images

Caution
This machine has no brain.
Use your own.
Via Of two minds

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Beer X Science

June 13th, 2008 · No Comments · research

According to the study, published in February in Oikos, a highly respected scientific journal, the more beer a scientist drinks, the less likely the scientist is to publish a paper or to have a paper cited by another researcher, a measure of a paper’s quality and importance.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/18/science/18beer.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

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XKCD classics - The Difference

June 13th, 2008 · No Comments · cartoons

My choice: I wonder if that happens every time.
Source http://xkcd.com/242/

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Gray Goo Nanobots

June 2nd, 2008 · 4 Comments · technology

Remeber
ONLY YOU
Can prevent Gray Goo
Never release nanobots assemblers
without replication limiting code.

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