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Mouse Party. We Live Here, I Guess We Might As Well Know Something About It: Note: This is only a tiny portion of the graphic, you have to hit the jump to see the whole, incredibly long thing. Reminds me of myself. This is a graphic depicting the earth from the highest mountains to the lowest ocean trenches. The middle is filled with fun facts like, "the height of Mount Everest", "the scuba diving record", and, "if the GW dunked his penis in the ocean it would probably hit a submarine".
Don't believe me? Two words: Red. Hit the jump for the whole graphic and get your learn on. Infographic: Tallest Mountain to Deepest Ocean Trench [ouramazingplanet] Thanks to Erin, who there AIN'T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH, AIN'T NO VALLEY LOW ENOUGH, AIN'T NO RIVER WIDE ENOUGH TO KEEP HER FROM GETTING TO GEEKOLOGIE. First Image Of A New Memory Being Formed. Allegedly, this is the first image captured of a new memory being formed on the cellular level.
If your brain were dinner, new memories would be the glowing noodle appetizer. The image shows that proteins are created at connections between brain cells when a long-term memory is formed. Neuroscientists had suspected as much, but hadn't been able to see it happening until now. Scientists still want to understand more about how our brains translate memories made on the go into long-term storage. Since synapses are connections between cells, experts think that fortifying these connections, or perhaps even making new ones, helps our minds associate different ideas and form memories of connected events. Speaking of memories, you remember the time we snuck off and made out in that house that was being built? First Image of a Memory Being Made [livescience] Symphony of Science.