Albert Einstein Explaining E=mc2. Via u/sataniscraycray

”Double, double toil and trouble;

Fire burn and cauldron bubble”

- Song of the Witches, Macbeth

another lab day!

today I extracted some DNA from our fli1a:eGFP background and1/2 mutants so that we can genotype them. I ran an RT-PCR and I’ll do the gel tomorrow to determine their genotype (all with the help of the amazing MSc. student i’m working under).

the fish are all currently really small so it was harder to cut their fins, but I think it went well for my first time! hopefully my PCR is successful too...

the fins regenerate in about a week, so these fish will be good as new soon!

Denizler Kitabevi Bookshop in Istanbul, specializing in antique maps and maritime books.

“If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.”

Frederick Douglass, February 14, 1818* - February 20, 1895

Frederick Douglass, ca. 1879 Series: Portraits, 1862 - 1884. Collection: Frank W. Legg Photographic Collection of Portraits of Nineteenth-Century Notables, 1862-1884 

Born into slavery in Maryland two hundred years ago in 1818, Frederick Douglass went on to become a prominent abolitionist, author, orator and statesman.

“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”

More African American history resources at the @usnatarchives

(*While the actual date of Douglass’ birth is unknown, he reportedly chose to celebrate his birthday on February 14.)

Happy Earth Day!!!

"Ere many generations pass, our machinery will be driven by a power obtainable at any point of the universe. 

"This idea is not novel. Men have been led to it long ago by instinct or reason; it has been expressed in many ways, and in many places, in the history of old and new. We find it in the delightful myth of Antaeus, who derives power from the earth; we find it among the subtle speculations of one of your splendid mathematicians and in many hints and statements of thinkers of the present time. 

"Throughout space there is energy. Is this energy static or kinetic! If static our hopes are in vain; if kinetic — and this we know it is, for certain — then it is a mere question of time when men will succeed in attaching their machinery to the very wheelwork of nature.

–Nikola Tesla

"Experiments With Alternate Currents Of High Potential And High Frequency," February 1892.

edited screen cap from the politician

musée du louvre, parís - 2014


(pictures are mine - auriblue)

Johann Sebastian Bach - Cello suite No.1 Prelude in G - Major

Introducing Astronaut Story Time – from Earth! 📖⁣⁣

Tomorrow and each weekday at 4 p.m. EDT, record-breaking astronaut Christina Koch, who recently returned to our home planet after 328 days in space, will read a children’s book on HER Instagram Live!⁣

👉🏽Follow @Astro_Christina to enjoy #NASAatHome ⁣ ⏰Tap our story on Instagram to set a reminder to tune in ⁣ ⁣ If you want to learn more about life as one of our @NASAastronauts or you want to apply to #BeAnAstronaut, click HERE. Applications close in 5 days. ⁣

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