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What Became of the Glowing Green Bunny?
What do you get if you cross a bunny rabbit, some jellyfish genes and a madcap Brazilian bio-artist? Alba, the glowing green rabbit. Yes, we know, it's an oldie, but it's a goodie too, and one that's worth retelling, if only to see what became of the bunny. In 2000, artist Eduardo Kac commissioned a French genetics lab to make his genetically modified creation by implanting the albino rabbit with Green Fluorescent Protein from a type of jellyfish.
Continue reading...How Russian Scientists Kept a Dog’s Severed Head Alive!
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
image via Wikipedia Can a head live without a body? The answer should be simple: yes, but only for a little while. Scientists say that the brain continues to function for about two minutes after the heart stops. But can a lopped off head continue to survive after [...]
Continue reading...How to Turn Your Vacuum Cleaner into a Bazooka
Monday, May 12, 2008
The processes to make a vacuum cleaner bazooka. Images compiled from Planet SciCast Imagine my delight at discovering an absolutely epic experiment to turn your household vacuum cleaner into a bazooka. Word. Yay kids, this is where science helps you to shoot your friends in the gonads.
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Friday, July 10, 2009
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