The Real Names of 10 Operation Ailments. Poor Cavity Sam.
With all those different ailments riddling his body, you'd think he was a goner for sure. But he's been plugging away, suffering through numerous operations at the hands of unskilled amateurs since 1965. Here are the 10 real terms for some of the problems Cavity Sam has been dealing with over the years. 1. Brain Freeze In 2003, people could call in or go to the website to vote on Sam's latest affliction. 2. Mini Motion: Award-Winning Microscope Videos. Video: The High-Resolution Life of a Neuron. The activity of a single neuron is captured in unprecedented detail by this footage, which is so fine-grained that individual proteins can be seen shuttling in and out.
Captured on microscope and illuminated by bioluminescent proteins, the video represents a methodological improvement that allows imagers to focus on individual pathways inside the cell. That prevents overlapping pathways from being simultaneously and confusingly illuminated. The study describing the method was published in July in Cell Reports. Video: Bioluminescent proteins illuminate the activity of a single neuron. (Arnold et al. The mouth of a child is a terrifying thing to behold. This is strangely comforting.
I still feel that I've dealt with more than my fair share of dental problems - but apparently it could hardly have been helped. FWIW, the rundown: My lower incisors (all four) came in sideways, so i had braces in 3rd grade to right that (which later necessitated a gum graft to repair the damage done by that much movement; and even later, now appears to be causing root damage, requiring multiple root canals); my upper canines never descended, and appeared to be absent until the orthodontist ran a much wider x-ray and found them pushing the wrong way, dangerously close to my sinuses, so I had surgery again to expose them and more braces to pull them down; all four wisdom teeth were impacted and needed surgical extraction; and all of this was likely because a) my teeth are relatively large and b) my jaw is relatively short - so I had a fourth surgery to extend my jaw (yes, by first breaking it) to prevent any further crowding-related problems.
What Are Eye Boogers, Anyway? Every morning when I wake up, I’ve got stalagmites of crust in my eyes. What is this stuff, and where does it come from? That crust is a type of rheum, a thin mucus naturally discharged from our eyes, noses and mouths. Rheum is made up of mucus, skin cells, oils and dust. The rheum that comes from the eyes and forms eye boogers is called gound, which you may know as eye sand, eye gunk, sleep dust, sleep sand, sleep in your eyes, or eye shnooters.
When you’re awake, gound doesn’t cause any problems. Your eyelids regularly corral it down to your tear ducts, where it’s washed away. Gound isn’t a big deal for most people, but an unlucky few have a major problem with it. (Good morning!) Rheum. Rheum in cat eyes.
Why Does Getting Hit in the Testicles Hurt So Much? More than any other bodily injury, getting hit in the testicles is probably what every man dreads most. Of all the soft, fleshy spots on the human body, none register the same kind of incapacitating, end-of-the-world pain as the family jewels. What causes such inconceivable pain? Well, for starters, a shot to the balls is just like any other physical strike to the body: because of nerves, it’s gonna hurt. Unlike most other parts of your body, though, your scrotum lacks protection in the form of bones, large muscle mass, and fat. Semen's Secret Ingredient Induces Ovulation. Image: University of Utah Andrology Microscopy Lab/NASA By Emily Underwood, ScienceNOW If you’re trying to avoid getting pregnant, here’s another reason to mistrust the rhythm method of birth control: New research confirms that the fluid in semen, long dismissed as primarily a vehicle for sperm, contains a substance that can trigger ovulation and other pregnancy-supporting hormonal responses in female mammals.
The find could lead to new fertility treatments in humans. Like most female animals, women are spontaneous ovulators, meaning they release eggs on a fairly regular basis regardless of their sexual activity. A few animal species, however, such as camels and rabbits, release viable eggs only in response to sex. When Adams and his colleagues finally tested the idea decades later, they were taken aback by their results. That sparked a 7-year search for OIF in semen. This story provided by ScienceNOW, the daily online news service of the journal Science. The Rise of the Three-Parent Family. It could be both.
People like to use the "traditional family" argument, but I find that argument is rooted in ignorance and lack of education. The thing is, the definition of a "normal family" changes all the time, it's different depending on the society and the culture and the time. There are societies where men have many wives, where women have many husbands, where kids are raised by the mother and her family while the father plays little part, where large extended families live together and help with each other's kids, etc.
Their argument is based on the false idea that we're biologically wired to set up families in a certain way (aka the "it's natural! " How many calories does thinking burn?