Fractal pancakes and organ pancakes! Now I know what’s been missing from my morning routine all these years. These are from Saipancakes and if you’re not satisfied with what you see here, don’t worry, they have lots more.
…those lungs look extra tasty, don’t they?
(via neatorama)
this is fucking ridiculous. i’ve tried making alphabet pancakes and i can’t even get a simple “L” right.
A geologic map of Mars viewed from above the northern polar ice cap, based on surveys from the Viking orbiter spacecrafts, with colors depicting rock type (lithology), rock layers (stratigraphy), and structure. Part of a collection of artistic planetary maps, and a fine addition to the map as art.
Neil deGrasse Tyson, New York, Dec. 19, 2006. “Letter to the Editor” New York Times published December 21, 2006 in the Read section.
Scientists discover huge single-cell organisms deep on the ocean floor
Meet the Xenophyophores: Scientists have announced the discovery of a hitherto unknown, large single-celled organism living about 6.6 miles beneath the ocean’s surface. The organisms, called xenophyophores, were discovered in the Mariana Trench, the deepest place known in the ocean floor. They aren’t kidding about the “large,” either — a single cell can exceed four inches, which kind of blows our minds, honestly. Research suggests the xenophyophores are resistant to heavy metal toxicity, as by trapping water particles they concentrate high levels of mercury, uranium and lead, with no apparent detriment to the their health. source
(Source: shortformblog)
From the island nation known for the quality of its cigars comes some pretty big news today: Xinhua reports that Cuban medical authorities have released the first therapeutic vaccine for lung cancer. CimaVax-EGF is the result of a 25-year research project at Havana’s Center for Molecular Immunology, and it could make a life or death difference for those facing late-stage lung cancers, researchers there say. CimaVax-EGF isn’t a vaccine in the preventative sense—that is, it doesn’t prevent lung cancer from taking hold in new patients. It’s based on a protein related to uncontrolled cell proliferation—that is, it doesn’t prevent cancer from existing in the first place but attacks the mechanism by which it does harm. (via Cuba Announces Release of the World’s First Lung Cancer Vaccine | Popular Science)
Waiting for my boss to show up at work so, to bide the time, I went over to a nearby bookstore and look what I found.
(Source: thebarstoolphilosopher, via heraclitorus)
New hope for the Ivory Coast? (I wish.)
(Source: evanfleischer, via latimes)
