Science!: Sperm Battles And Bad Fathers
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Nice article! I lol'd hard reading the sperm fight bit. I can just imagine a load of sperms wearing helmets, banging heads. Also, guys try to show off infront of girls?! WOW I DIDNT KNOW! /sarcasm.
Kratos strolls in to downtown Memphis looking to conquer, moments later a beam of light turns him to ash. Ra is sitting up on his Kill-Sat laughing his ass off.ninjajoeman said:
I think everyone already knew that boys like to show off when hot girls are around. You don't think all those nut busting hand rail mishaps were accidents do you?
Next week we will all learb that oxygen is good for you.
What did you think all those giant stone structures were for? The bodies found insode aren't dead kings at all, they're people used as living batteries to power death rays.ninjajoeman said:
Excellent science! this week. I especially enjoyed the water and silicon thingy. I have to wonder what these biologists think of their jobs when they make the discovery that ant sperm fight each other. It's interesting and all, but how will that ever have a practical application?
The classification of 'male' and 'female' is determined by the chromosomes of the subject - this fish is chromasomally male but just so happens to be the childbearing one. Same is true of sea-horses if I remember correctly. There are a few really cool creatures that can change their sex depending on the situation!Epoetker said:
There was a cool one I read about this week where they protein tagged two male mosquitos sperm one red, one green, then watched what happened as they went round the females womb some of the pictures were really cool!zelda2fanboy said:
Cant find my source, check back for it at some point!
EDIT: Found the press release, couldn't get the pictures! http://www.syr.edu/news/articles/2010/fluorescent-sperm-03-10.html
Interesting as usual. Just one thing... worker ants are female. Males are called drones, and breeding is their purpose in life - the only thing they do and the only reason they're bred. If it's not close to the nuptial flight of mating season, the colony is entirely female, typically with one or more breeders (the queen(s)) and a lot of usually sterile workers and soldiers.
Silicone and Water, a love that was never meant to be.....
I can see it now
"What light through yonder laser breaks! It is my water, and he is my photon." or something of the sort.
As always Lauren, shedding a drop of light into the wild and scary world of scientific discovery!
I can see it now
"What light through yonder laser breaks! It is my water, and he is my photon." or something of the sort.
As always Lauren, shedding a drop of light into the wild and scary world of scientific discovery!
for the water up hill article it sounds like the tiny grooves in the silicon are sucking up the water in much the same way capillaries in the human body are able to suck blood into very small areas of the body. If you have small enough grooves in anything capillary action will take place.
I'm not saying that water isnt attracted to silicon, I'm saying the main driving force behind this science is probably capillary action coupled with some attraction between the water and silicon.
I'm not saying that water isnt attracted to silicon, I'm saying the main driving force behind this science is probably capillary action coupled with some attraction between the water and silicon.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the water going up on the silicon similar to the capillary effect produced by things like wicks? If that's the case, I fail to see how this is really anything new and exciting, excluding the fact that a laser was involved of course.