This comes as a total surprise and one of the coolest things to happen to me in professional aspect in a long while - I got nominated for a Blogger Recognition Award by TheNexusScienceBlog! Thanks…
What makes a giraffe?
Giraffes are tall. Only their neck is longer than every person walking on Earth... By a quarter of a human... Ok, if you want the actual number, a giraffe's neck usually stretches to 2,5m! And…
Xenon – the miracle molecule
Xenon is one of the so-called noble gases. Noble gases are the chemical equivalent of a teenage kid quietly sitting in its room and not saying much in the school cafeteria, while its friends go party…
Tickle me pink – what makes us ticklish?
The human skin is the biggest organ in our body and is also the biggest sensory organ. It is just as vital sensory organ as our eyes, ears, tongue and nose. Thanks to it, we…
Blushing caterpillars (Amazing parasites, part 2)
Do you know the story of Odysseus - a legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's epic poem the Odyssey. In part of his journey to the underworld, Odysseus had to choose…
Dressed to kill (Amazing parasites, part 1)
Parasitic life style is arguably one of the most creative in the whole range of living organisms. There are plenty of explanations why parasites exist - to fill every little gap in the food chain,…
Vitamin D for happy thoughts
It was a beautiful day today in Brussels! So I was stubbornly sitting on my sunlit balcony (despite the not-all-that-comfortable 6°C) hoping to get those sun rays to do its magic and for the VitaminD…
A single molecule DNA dipole (The tinkerers of…
In the first post of this series, I told you about the amazing attempts to make nanomachines and 3D structures from DNA molecules, some coming in place in medicine, others - in electronics. Here's some…
There are no green animals!
I am sure you would immediately attack me with a ton of examples of animals which are green - from the majority of amphibians and reptiles, to the brightly colored in green tropical birds, insects,…
Extreme babies of animals
Nature is well known for its extremes in pretty much every regard - variety, colours, sizes, dangerousness, smelliness, cuteness and what not. And while sometimes some natural features of organisms make sense (the warning bright…