They call me Cammy McRage

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sciencesoup:

Badass Scientist of the Week: Dr. Eric Pianka

Eric Pianka (1939–) is a biologist, herpetologist and evolutionary ecologist, specializing in lizards from all over the world.  He became interested in lizards at an early age, while living along the California-Oregon border near an army base, but when he was 13, he and his brothers found an intact bazooka shell—which Pianka accidentally dropped. The blast basically exploded his leg. Most of it was reconstructed, but his left leg was left shortened and partially paralysed, which later resulted in spinal problems. Field biologists have physically and mentally challenging jobs, travelling to remote locations and dealing with dangerous animals, but Pianka wasn’t fazed by his disability. After graduating from high school, he travelled around the southern United States collecting snakes and butterflies, then graduated from Carleton College with a BA in biology, attended the University of Washington studying lizard ecology and diversity, then completed a postdoctoral degree at Princeton University. He spent a year and a half doing fieldwork in the deserts of Western Australia, where he discovered six new lizard species. When he returned to work at the University of Texas, he took up wrestling bisons as a hobby, going out onto the U.S. prairies to herd them and even being gored once. Pianka continues with fieldwork to this day—aged 73—and all up, he’s spent nearly 10 years of his life in some of the most terrible and inhospitable deserts in the world: the Great Basin, Mojave, and Sonora Deserts in North America, the Kalahari in Africa, the Great Victoria Desert in Western Australia… Pianka also cares deeply about the plight of the Earth. In an acceptance speech for the 2006 Distinguished Texas Scientist Award, he became so passionate about the survival of Earth that he suggested that the best solution was to develop an airborne version of the Ebola virus to kill 90% of humans, thus saving the planet. He later stated that he wasn’t advocating mass murder, but he stuck by his guns that the Earth would indeed be better off. Needless to say, this was controversial—and completely badass.

moneyisnotimportant:

Hustle by Joey Roth

One of my favorites.

sciencesoup:

Lighting up the Skin

Humans have practiced tattooing for thousands of years, but recently many people have been seeking subtler types that can’t be seen in normal light, such as glow-in-the-dark or Ultra Violet tattoos. While traditional tattoo ink consists of metallic pigments combined with a carrier solution, glow-in-the-dark ink utilises the process of phosphorescence, absorbing light and later emitting it as a glow in darkened conditions. UV ink, on the other hand, utilises the process of fluorescence and can only be seen under a blacklight—highly energetic UV light that lies just above visible light on the electromagnetic spectrum (i.e. just above violet). Fluorescent substances absorb this light and then re-emit it, and because some energy is lost in the process, the re-emitted light has a longer wavelength and so becomes visible. The vibrancy of UV tattoo ink depends on the colour, and the tattoos are nearly invisible in normal light, although scarring from the application process can still show. Dozens of everyday materials produce a fluorescent glow such as soda, detergents, and white paper—so it’s perhaps unsurprising that while there are safety concerns over phosphorous inks, UV inks seem to be far safer. However, they do currently have a reputation for irritation and complications, so the process is far from perfect just yet—but it looks awesome.

septagonstudios:

Robert Farkas

it8bit:

Awesome Kickstarter + NEStalgia = Doom!

Our art project 72Pins has teamed up with Kickstarter project PortsCenter to bring the BFG 9000 back to life. Artist Gabriel Leoni once again brings his pixel talent to the arena with this exclusive Doom Nestalgia cart. 

What is the show about? PortsCenter is a “A 13-part webseries taking an entertaining and informative look at unique ports of video games, hosted by a tall red-haired Brit” as well as an awesome take on some retro gaming goodness. We at it8Bit really want to see this show happen. 

Please help out and back this Kickstarter

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“There’s only ever one option here”.

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