Pongos (orangutans), gorillas, chimpanzees and humans make up the clade Hominidae, the Great Apes. But we don't all have the same number of chromosomes. The former all have 48 chromosomes (24 pairs), while humans have 46 (23 pairs). So what happened? Chromosome abnormalities like gain or loss of a... read more

#chainmail

Jay

1mo

INTP

Gemini

Three set I made

Steel and brass spiral chain. Earrings are a helix

#science

milo

1mo

INTJ

Capricorn

pulsar in a jar

high frequency high voltage discharge from the solid state tesla coil ionizes the air in the radiometer in the presence of a permanent magnet on top where the light is brightest. the magnetic field as well as the heat and light produced turns the rotors of the mill spinning, squeezing, trapping and... (edited) read more

#gothaesthetic

Martez

4mo

ISTP

Aquarius

I'm heavily thinking about it.

So I don't have any piercings. But I've been thinking about getting an industrial, lobe, and maybe a Helix. I been holding off for so long mainly worried about my religious and old school family. Not to mention I'm a little worried about the needles and such.

#science

Denys

5mo

INTJ

Who's your favourite scientist?

I've been thinking this morning after waking up. For me it's Barbara McLintock: "...discovered mobile genetic elements in plants more than 30 years ago. The discovery was made at a time when the genetic code and the structure of the DNA double helix were not yet known." After having received her... (edited) read more

#motherearth

🅜🄸🆈₳𝓌😻🌜☄️🪱🦀🪄🧿☯️

5mo

INTJ

Cancer

☠️

“You are made up of 84 minerals, 23 elements and 8 gallons of water divided by 38 billion cells. You were built from nothing by the spare parts of the earth you consumed, according to a set of instructions hidden in a double helix small enough to be carried by a sperm cell. You are made of... read more