We-are-all-paranoid - Microbe Nerd Alert

Women in STEM are just witches in white lab coats instead of black robes

art source: abigaillarson-Poisonous Plants irenhorrors-Drawlloween Laboratory

google's search suggestion feature helps us to articulate a question that we've all been wondering about but have never been able to put into words: "Can bacteria make smarter?"

VACCINATE YA KIDS FFS

Dear scientists,

Please, for the love of God, please, make your papers more understandable.

Fuck you

Sincerely,

A college student on the verge of tears

Reminder that the "fittest" in "survival of the fittest" does not mean "strongest/most violent".

It refers to an animal that is best fitted to thriving in a given ecological niche. A fit animal is one that is successful at the tasks of finding food food and water, avoiding predators, and reproducing, by whatever means work best for their situation.

Stop the ban on blood donation of gay men

Two neurons sensing each other and trying to connect

Credit: @rockatscientist

Virophages are such a wild concept. It’s a teeny virus that infects a bigger virus. What a genuine flex of natural selection.

Think of others. Think of the vulnerable.