I Kept Taking About The Martian On My Other Blog, But I'm Too Excited To Keep It On Just One Of Them.

I kept taking about The Martian on my other blog, but I'm too excited to keep it on just one of them. If you like science and fun stories, read The Martian by Andy Weir; you will not regret it.

Just a quick practice with my dip pen.

Crick: *can't find Watson at a crowded party* this calls for drastic measures

Crick: *uses hands as megaphone* WE SHOULD HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED ROSALIND FRANKLINS CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR SOLVING OF THE STRUCTURE OF DNA!

Watson: *from other side of the room* whAT THE FUCK DID YOU JUST SAY???

Crick: There he is

When they saw me in my space suit and the parachute dragging alongside as I walked, they started to back away in fear. I told them, don’t be afraid, I am a Soviet citizen like you, who has descended from space. And I must find a telephone to call Moscow.

Yuri Gagarin,

the first human to travel to space; upon re-entry Gagarin landed 280 kilometers away from the intended landing site, to the surprise of a farmer and his daughter who watched him fall from the sky (via whats-out-there)

HELLO FELLOW CITIZENS I AM A CITIZEN JUST LIKE YOU DEFINITELY NOT AN ALIEN NOW TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADERS

(via currentboat)

Link between intestinal bacteria, depression found

Scientists from the Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute at McMaster University have discovered that intestinal bacteria play an important role in inducing anxiety and depression.

The new study, published in Nature Communications, is the first to explore the role of intestinal microbiota in the altered behavior that is a consequence of early life stress.

“We have shown for the first time in an established mouse model of anxiety and depression that bacteria play a crucial role in inducing this abnormal behaviour,” said Premysl Bercik, senior author of the paper and an associate professor of medicine with McMaster’s Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine. “But it’s not only bacteria, it’s the altered bi-directional communication between the stressed host – mice subjected to early life stress – and its microbiota, that leads to anxiety and depression.”

G. De Palma, P. Blennerhassett, J. Lu, Y. Deng, A. J. Park, W. Green, E. Denou, M. A. Silva, A. Santacruz, Y. Sanz, M. G. Surette, E. F. Verdu, S. M. Collins, P. Bercik. Microbiota and host determinants of behavioural phenotype in maternally separated mice. Nature Communications, 2015; 6: 7735 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8735

This study is the first to explore the role of intestinal microbiota in the altered behavior that is a consequence of early life stress. Credit: © Martinan / Fotolia

Stopping by the window on a clear 3-am-snack-run

…The moon is lovely; sky dark and deep, But I have promises to keep. And -wait- why am I not asleep? Why the fuck am I not asleep???