Category Archives: Biology

Well that Was Awesome!

Went shooting on the Farm Fam Farm, got to shoot a bunch of cool guns. Still the high point was shooting some prairie dogs! I was amazed how much damage they do to a field. So Sci-fi, Gay Cynic, Lawdog, … Continue reading

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A Study I Can Get Behind!

Baby Animal Pictures are good for you! Puppies. Kittens. Fat babies. These are the cute things in life we love to coo about, but who knew that the mere sight of them could heighten our mental skills? A new study … Continue reading

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Evening Duck Pictures

From Formynder! Hard to tell, but it looks like a Muscovoy Duck to me. They’re big, and they have a more goose-like attitude than most ducks. Mess with the Ducklings and you get the Momma!

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On That State Police Junk Scientist

This is a huge mess! Chemist Annie Dookhan was ‘‘Superwoman,’’ a colleague at a Massachusetts state crime lab used to joke. She seemed unstoppable in her quest to please prosecutors, police and her bosses, testing two to three times more … Continue reading

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Beard Beer

Honestly not as strange as it sounds: A local brewery went rogue to find yeast for a new batch of beer. Rogue Brewery used a sample from the beard that Brewmaster John Maier has been growing since 1978. As a … Continue reading

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I Missed This One

When talking about the fading of global environmentalism, I missed Silent Spring. Reason rips it apart!

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Headed in the Right Direction

Looks like the International Environmental movement is fading. Twenty years ago, the first Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro marked the arrival of environmentalism as a potent force in international affairs. That 1992 conference produced the United Nations Framework Convention … Continue reading

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Book Review: On Killing

Just finished reading the book On Killing by Lt. Col Dave Grossman, Overall I will say it was a great book, but not without its flaws. OK to start Lt. Col Grossman is a soldier with an impressive record, he … Continue reading

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A Great Invention!

Where can I get one? Chinese hospitals are introducing a new machine which can extract sperm for donors. According to China’s Weibo social platform the automatic sperm extractors are being introduced in a Nanjing hospital, capital of Jiangsu province. The … Continue reading

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Odd Biology: Pseudo-Penis

Watched a documentary on Hyenas and fond this REALLY strange: Female Hyenas are the dominant members of their society, and they look MORE like males than even males! More here. Man, that’s strange and neat!

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