May 2012
Great Scientists: Pythagoras
fakescience:
Only ~45% of blood's total volume actually contain...
humananatomyfacts:
The other 55% is composed of water, plasma proteins (such as albumin, globulins, and fibrinogen), ions, sugars, lipids, amino acids, hormones, vitamins, dissolved gases, urea, and uric acid.
There are about 1,350,000 neurons in the human...
“I think it’s very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone...”
– Olivia Wilde (via colourmeinvincible)
In one square inch of skin there are 4 yards of...
The tooth is the only part of the human body that...
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Development of the Human Embryonic Brain from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
We were shown this video in class as part of a lecture on the biology of learning and memory. No matter how you look at it, it is impressive how much the brain grows in size, swelling with newly formed neurones who spread their fingerlike synapses impulsively through the far corners of the...
Our nose is our personal air-conditioning system:...
“Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food,...”
– Socrates, 470-399 BC (via medicalstate)
In one square inch of our hand, we have nine feet...
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So What Now? (27/5/12)
I’ve had a very lazy week. I’ve basically spent my first week of freedom/summer holiday playing xbox, watching TV (I still have over 30 recordings to watch!) and DVDs (I’m devouring Doctor Who season 2 at the moment), surfing the net and chilling with my friends in the glorious sunshine. I even went to the cinema!!! (If you haven’t seen ‘TheAvengers/Avengers Assemble...
There are more living organisms on the skin of a...
humananatomyfacts:
On average, people have 182 species of bacteria living at any one time on their forearms, and about 8 per cent of these have never been formally described by scientists.
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