The Cranes I Can't Place

superseventies: Elton John on stage at the Sundown Theatre,...

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:30:21 -0400

superseventies:

Elton John on stage at the Sundown Theatre, Edmonton, London, 1973

i am reminded of how much a fucking hate epilators and why i haven’t used one in five years

Mon, 13 May 2013 18:51:20 -0400

i am reminded of how much a fucking hate epilators
and why i haven’t used one in five years

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Mon, 13 May 2013 15:30:40 -0400

freshphotons: Illustration and Graffiti by Remo Lienhard.

Sun, 12 May 2013 15:30:32 -0400

freshphotons:

Illustration and Graffiti by Remo Lienhard.

malicemidnight: yokhakidfiasco: thedeadhand: general-winky: W...

Sat, 11 May 2013 15:30:34 -0400

malicemidnight:

yokhakidfiasco:

thedeadhand:

general-winky:

WHAT THE ACTUALLY FUCK I AM SO UNCOMFORTABLE RIGHT NOW

what the actual fuck

This is actually pretty cool

UM………………………

biomedicalephemera: kidsneedscience: Born in 1707, Carl...

Fri, 10 May 2013 15:30:43 -0400

biomedicalephemera:

kidsneedscience:

Born in 1707, Carl Linnaeus would rise to such a level of greatness that the philosopher Jean-Jaques Rousseau once said “Tell him I know no greater man on earth,” and was heralded by many of his contemporaries and apostles as Princeps botanicorum - the Prince of Botany. This praise was not without merit: he’s the reason we name almost everything in biology the way that we do. Prior to Linnaeus, the science dealing with naming, organizing, and classifying organisms, called taxonomy, was a disorganized and confusingly complex mess. The word taxonomy is derived from an irregularly-conjugated Ancient Greek word taxis which means arrangement, and the Ancient Greek suffix -nomia, derived from the Ancient Greek word nemein, meaning to manage.

Linnaeus had a passion for botany, and while he went to school to study medicine, his long-term goals always included learning about plants. At 25, he won a grant to travel to Lapland and document the local flora and fauna. While there, he began to classify the flowers he found with what we now know as the bionomial classification system - from the Latin bi, meaning two, and nominus meaning name. Prior to this system, species were given long, many-worded descriptive names, and there were several competing outlines for classifying plants and animals into groups, none of which were particularly accurate or helpful to a scientist not intimate with the specific branch of biology the outline was designed for.

The binomial classification system uses two identifiers for a species - the “generic name” (also known as its genus), and the “specific” name (also known as the species). Linnaeus introduced this system in his book Systema naturae, first published in 1735. Even though the first edition was basic and just twelve pages long, it introduced to the scientific community a system that was simple, understandable, easy to remember, and easy to add new species to. Throughout his life, Linnaeus and his apostles continued work on Systema naturae, and by its 10th Edition in 1758, it classified over 4400 species of animals, and 7700 species of plants.

Portrait of Carl Linneaus by Hendrik Hollander, 1853, in the public domain.

Image from Haeckel’s Tree of Life in the public domain.

Guest post for Kids Need Science.

Taxonomy and Nomenclature 101

1000drawings: Take Your Clothes Off by Adara Sánchez

Thu, 09 May 2013 15:30:27 -0400

1000drawings:

Take Your Clothes Off by Adara Sánchez

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Wed, 08 May 2013 15:30:22 -0400

sbrama: fonte: http://www.rivistastudio.com/in-breve/le-piu-bell...

Tue, 07 May 2013 15:30:23 -0400

sbrama:

fonte: http://www.rivistastudio.com/in-breve/le-piu-belle-illustrazioni-scientifiche-foto/

ugh ugh ugh i’m really annoyed because someone i follow posted a brief summary/idea/thing...

Mon, 06 May 2013 20:50:36 -0400

ugh ugh ugh i’m really annoyed because someone i follow posted a brief summary/idea/thing about a screenplay she wants to write and it’s actually the greatest thing and it’s the type of thing i want to write and i’m really thankful to have seen it bc it has sort of focused me but NOW I CAN’T GET HER IDEA OUT OF MY HEAD AND IT’S SO DISTRACTING LIKE

LIKE I NEED TO WRITE *MY OWN* SHIT

almondseed: Vasorum lymphaticorum corporis humani historia et...

Mon, 06 May 2013 15:30:21 -0400

almondseed:

Vasorum lymphaticorum corporis humani historia et ichnographia, Paulo Mascagni

Illustrations by: Ciro Santi

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Sun, 05 May 2013 15:30:31 -0400

scientificillustration: elevatocontrasto: Sea Life (Vida...

Sat, 04 May 2013 15:30:17 -0400

scientificillustration:

elevatocontrasto:

Sea Life (Vida Marina)

Thanks for the submission elevatocontrasto!

hairflips: Decisions… Decisions… Men’s Hairstyles

Fri, 03 May 2013 15:30:37 -0400

hairflips:

Decisions… Decisions… Men’s Hairstyles

mucholderthen: Ernst HaeckelKunstformen der Natur (1899)SLIME...

Thu, 02 May 2013 15:30:35 -0400

mucholderthen:

Ernst Haeckel
Kunstformen der Natur (1899)
SLIME MOLD FRUITING BODIES

Myxomycete plasmodia are generally from as small as a few centimeters to several meters square in size (among the largest).

There are two types:

acellular, consisting of multiple nuclei encased in a single cell wall,

cellular, which are composites of multiple, individual cells.

Slime molds are thought to be one of the first organisms formed as a collective of individual cells. After slime molds become plasmodial they roam and devour bacteria, fungi, and detritus, moving at a rate of about 1/25th of an inch per hour, or 2 cm per min. among the quicker. At the end of its career as a plasmodium the slime mold settles in a place where there is a draft that can carry aloft its spores, which it releases from structures called “fruiting bodies.”

Myxomycete taxonomy is based on these fruiting bodies.

( source )

loveyourchaos: fiercelymild

Wed, 01 May 2013 15:30:44 -0400

loveyourchaos:

fiercelymild

stop laughing right outside my door oh my god i’m gonna find a man and rip his dick off

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:49:59 -0400

stop laughing right outside my door oh my god i’m gonna find a man and rip his dick off

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Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:30:51 -0400

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Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:30:16 -0400

WOW I AM VERY FRUSTRATED ALL I WANT IN LIFE IS TO BE A CUTE BOY/GIRL/BOTH/NEITHER AND TO HAVE AT MY...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 05:19:06 -0400

WOW I AM VERY FRUSTRATED

ALL I WANT IN LIFE IS TO BE A CUTE BOY/GIRL/BOTH/NEITHER AND TO HAVE AT MY DISPOSAL A FIELD OF CALIFORNIA POPPIES OR AFRICAN DAISIES WHERE I CAN LAY AND LISTEN TO THE TINY SOUNDS OF BUGS AND LET THEM CRAWL UNDER MY LAYERS AND NOT CARE

GODDAMN