Nothin' Fancy

projectilevomitingrainbows:

Introducing my favourite protein: Kinesin! It’s so cute and I really want it as a plushie.

Kinesin is the little orange-y thing that looks like two big feet, walking over a microtubule. The big blue ball it carries is a vesicle full of large molecules that were produced in the center of the cell. Kinesin is a motor protein that carries this vesicle to where the molecules are needed in the cell, e.g. at the membrane. Kinesin’s partner in crime is Dynein that walks the microtubules towards the center of the cell. Especially Kinesin is thought to play an important role in mitosis, meiosis, axonal transport and more.

This gif was made from the brilliant animation made by BioVisions for Harvard University. ‘The Inner Life of the Cell’ is amazing and I think everybody should have seen it at least once in their life to get a better idea how much of a miracle life really is.

(via fybiology)

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toofuckingcute:

“Zoomie (on top) found Kona (on bottom) on the beach as a newborn pup that had survived an intentional drowning by some asshat. She has protected Kona by sitting on her ever since.” - via Reddit.com

A moment of zen for my long lost blog.

electricprawn:

June (0:14)

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mediation:

thisistheglamorous:

They Might Be Giants - Tubthumping

Not only does it make complete sense that TMBG perform this song for AV Club’s Undercover, not only is it awesome to see TMBG pile in as many people as possible to sing with them (and awesome/funny to see Dan Telfer rock out in the background), but I guarantee this will make you happy.

you know what this is awesome

I just love these guys.

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utnereader:

How does a bicycle work? Turns out, not exactly how we’d thought … Many of us can repeat the conventional grade-school wisdom that the gyroscopic effect is the magical stabilizer of the spinning bike wheel—but scientists are finding that the physics of biking are much more complex than this, reports Science News. They are learning this in part by trying to knock over moving bikes. Read more …

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bestmadeco:

Summer Interlude: Northwoods of Minnesota

Happy Solstice, MN. Make it count.

laughingsquid:

Draw a circle around the one God loves the most.

When I was in 2nd grade at St Margaret Mary School I overheard two teachers in the hallway talking about one of the naughtier kids in the school and one of them said, “That’s what happens when you’re not baptized.” Even in 2nd grade I thought that was pretty messed up.