The body doesn’t like foreign objects. For example, our skin is often able to “work out” small splinters, and we can reject many implants with nasty allergic responses to them. Some species (such as catfish), when you give them an implant, will work it into the intestine, and poop it out (there’s even a report […]
I rarely opine on publishing or publishing practices. This is mostly because I feel like I’m not ‘good’ at them. My papers don’t often get in with minor revisions. Often I’ve got a ridiculously puffed head about my own work (apparently), and send them to places which reject them out of hand, or suggest major […]
Sci is at SciAm Blogs today, talking about the recent study showing two rats, connected brain to brain. Did we create Borg? What is this connection exactly…and what does it mean? And is it worth the hype? Head over and check it out.
Carl Zimmer over at Phenomena posted another great post about the tongue-eating parasite! Don’t worry, it’s not coming for YOUR tongue, it prefers fish. The parasites get in the fish’s mouth, one turns female (they start out all male) and eats the fish’s tongue, and then takes its place! She hang outs there while the […]