Back in 2012, I did both the religious and secular world a solid by making Lent suggestions to mutually-affective nuisances like George Lucas, the Westboro Baptist Church and Rick Santorum. And, since they’re barely bothering us in 2015, I think it worked. You’re welcome, America.
So, now that God’s making us put in the work into this relationship following Valentine’s Day, here are some more current suggestions for Lent. Continue reading Take it from Snee: Lent harder
News agencies around the globe breathlessly reported on their third page in the science section today that scientists have discovered the hardest natural structure in the world: the teeth of the limpet.
The limpet, contrary to whatever Don Knotts thinks it is, is a mollusk that uses tiny teeth made of the thinnest carbon fibers found to date to scrape the sea crap it eats off of sea rocks. Although the original teeth are microscopic, their make-up actually retains all of their strength when scaled larger.
‘People are always trying to find the next strongest thing, but spider silk has been the winner for quite a few years now,’ [lead study author Asa Barber] told the BBC. ‘So we were quite happy that the limpet teeth exceeded that.’
And that’s why we’re posting a correction to the story. Clearly, the limpet’s tooth is only the second hardest material found in nature; the first being found inside the lab coat of the scientist who discovered it.
Have you ever seen an insect and thought it could probably stand to lose a few grams?
Science has, and it’s not the bug’s fault. It turns out that insects are as susceptible to obesity, and can even get diabetes. (We’re guessing it’s the blood-sucking ones that get that.) A group of researchers is going to study intestinal infections in dragonflies to see if there is a link to obesity. This could end up giving us a better understanding of obesity in humans.
Then again, it could also make us see insects as more human, and therefor less of an enemy, thereby plunging the War on Animals into madness.
