Monday, September 12, 2011

Indiana Jones, spiders, and a T-shirt. This...

Indiana Jones, spiders, and a T-shirt @ Threadless. This one is for Mel. 


Dr Jones Phobia

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Transparent Mice


Transparent mice. Atsushi Miyawaki at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute has created a reagent using urea, glycerol, and soap that removes the pigment from cells. Although it only works on dead animals right now, they hope to refine it to work on live ones. How will cats hunt mice if they are transparent? Will we have to fit them with infrared goggles?
ScienceShot: The Invisible Mouse - ScienceNOW
ScienceShot: The Invisible Mouse - ScienceNOW