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Category: Anxiety
I’m a cashier at a grocery store
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10 Amazing Photos Of The Human Body Under A Microscope
Some of these photos are artistic, others are terrifying.
Colin Salter’s new book, Science is Beautiful (Batsford, 2015), shows us some amazing images of the human body under a microscope. When the photos are colorized they look like masterpieces of art. Check them out below:
1. This is what bone marrow making blood looks like.
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Stem cells in bone marrow divide and transform into blood cells. This process is constantly happening because blood cells don’t live for a very long time: “Red ones about 120 days, some white ones as little as three,” writes science writer Colin Salter in his book Science is Beautiful.
2. And these are our lung cells.
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“Nuclei, which contain the cell’s genetic information, appear blue. Mitochondria, which generate energy for the cell, are yellow,” writes Salter.
3. These are adrenaline crystals.
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“[Glands that produce adrenaline] are controlled by the hypothalamus, the part of the brain responsible for instinct and emotion,” writes Salter. We always have small amounts of adrenaline in our blood, but when we’re stressed we get more.
“It widens the airways of the lungs and constricts small blood vessels. This makes the muscles work harder and produces a ‘fight or flight’ response,” he wrote.
4. And these crystals are serotonin.
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Ninety percent of the serotonin in our body is found in our gut (yes our digestive system, this includes our bowels). Seratonin is often called the “happy hormone”, though it’s a lot more complicated than that. It also plays a part in memory, learning, mood, appetite and sleep.
5. This is a balancing stone from our inner ear.
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There’s a tiny stone in each of our ears that’s responsible for our sense of balance. The stones are attached to sensory hairs that are sensitive to gravity and acceleration. When we tilt our head the hairs send nerve impulses to our brain so that we can stay balanced.
6. These are insulin crystals.
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“Insulin is produced in the pancreas, and its function is to regulate blood sugar levels,” Salter wrote. If not enough insulin is produced then your blood will accumulate too much glucose which can lead to diabetes. Even if your body produces insulin correctly you can still get diabetes if your cells don’t respond to it.
7. This is what human skin really looks like up close.
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“The outer layer of the skin, the epidermis (top half of this image) consists of dead cells that are constantly sloughed off and replaced from below,” he wrote. The yellow things are a protein called keratin which makes the skin waterproof and strong, so that your organs inside don’t get damaged. The black things are hair follicles.
8. This is what melatonin looks like.
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When it gets dark, your eyes send messages to a gland that produces melatonin – a hormone linked to sleep. “In middle age, melatonin secretion drops off. This may be responsible for aging symptoms such as insomnia and irritability,” he wrote.
9. These are fat cells that have been emptied.
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Fat cells are some of the largest cells in the human body. The thick layer of fat under our skin cushions us and stores energy. In this picture, the fat deposits of the cells have been removed.
“When we put on weight, the cells swell with additional fat, and eventually extra cells are added too,” he wrote.
10. This is a a bacteriophage.
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“Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria,” he wrote. The orange spider-looking thing is a bacteriophage that has just injected its viral DNA into an E. coli bacterium (the blue image).
The “legs” are syringe-like tubes that puncture the cell membrane in order to empty its DNA contents into the bacterium.
“New phages then grow, kill and depart from the host cell within 30 minutes,” he wrote.
Reprinted with permission from Science is Beautiful © 2014 by Batsford, an imprint of Pavilion Books Company Limited.
Read more: http://www.buzzfeed.com/natashaumer/this-is-what-the-human-body-really-looks-like-under-a-micros
Former managing editor at Sky News leaving company over hacking
http://twitter.com/#!/jodiesmith28/status/187925736735248384
According to multiple Twitter reports who are citing BBC News and Sky News, Simon Cole – the former managing editor at Sky News in the UK – is said to be leaving the company in the coming weeks following media light that Sky News was in fact part of the hack-gate scandal.
Why is Simon Cole leaving the company? Is Sky News trying to turn this into a witch hunt? This is all very weird.
— Thais Portilho (@Selkie) April 5, 2012
Twitchy will continue to monitor the situation and update this post as needed.
Read more: http://twitchy.com/2012/04/05/former-managing-editor-at-sky-news-leaving-company-over-hacking/
Philosoraptor
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Geraldo Rivera spots ‘2 coolest men of their generation’ on TV tonight
http://twitter.com/#!/GeraldoRivera/status/404792520732717056
Both Justin Timberlake and Tom Brady are both taking high profile positions on TV tonight, and Geraldo sounds like a big fan of both.
http://twitter.com/#!/ckdrummer/status/404793920959545344Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/11/24/geraldo-rivera-spots-2-coolest-men-of-their-generation-on-tv-tonight/
And every person manages to lose their minds
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Third World Skeptical Kid
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Rolling Stone contributor defends ‘basically terrific’ Venezuelan government
http://twitter.com/#!/charlescwcooke/status/436902627453181952
That’s quite an honor, but Jesse A. Myerson most definitely deserves it. Myerson, if you’ll recall, is the same douchebag who penned the decidedly Marxist-flavored “Five Economic Reforms Millennials Should Be Fighting For” last month for Rolling Stone.
http://twitter.com/#!/redsteeze/status/436903797332647936Today, he’s once again making a complete ass of himself:
http://twitter.com/#!/JAMyerson/status/436901080887087105 http://twitter.com/#!/JAMyerson/status/436901488724426752 http://twitter.com/#!/JAMyerson/status/436901701493067777 http://twitter.com/#!/JAMyerson/status/436901902236659713Progress? In what universe, pray tell?
http://twitter.com/#!/JAMyerson/status/436902058407362560 http://twitter.com/#!/JAMyerson/status/436903345672826880 http://twitter.com/#!/JAMyerson/status/436903614380908545 http://twitter.com/#!/JAMyerson/status/436905382326194176 http://twitter.com/#!/JAMyerson/status/436906644937535488 http://twitter.com/#!/JAMyerson/status/436906841662951424 http://twitter.com/#!/JAMyerson/status/436908660606771200 http://twitter.com/#!/GOPMommy/status/436911990347268096 http://twitter.com/#!/JAMyerson/status/436911917546737664Um, no. It’s just a perfect illustration of the appallingly rotten conditions in which most Venezuelans find themselves.
Myerson’s in dire need of a public shaming. Fortunately, reality-based tweeters are up to the task:
http://twitter.com/#!/varadmehta/status/436904129769009153 http://twitter.com/#!/coolhandschlute/status/436904310123671552 http://twitter.com/#!/cjciaramella/status/436907193359929344 http://twitter.com/#!/GOPMommy/status/436911727351836672 http://twitter.com/#!/EEElverhoy/status/436914335386845184 http://twitter.com/#!/AlexCKaufman/status/436903037203148800 http://twitter.com/#!/mooshakins/status/436905224813293570Also painful? The fact that in this day and age, there are still people out there who defend a political philosophy that has millions impoverished or dead.
http://twitter.com/#!/GOPMommy/status/436912920199323648Some people are just beyond help.
Editor’s note: Myerson’s name was initially misspelled in one instance. We’ve corrected the error.
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Related:
‘This cannot possibly be real’: Rolling Stone’s five economic reforms sure sound like Marxism
Hey, don’t forget to signal Michelle Obama’s Mother’s time card (together with your email address)
http://twitter.com/#!/BarackObama/status/201342355771625477
As a particular Mother’s Day gift to Michelle Obama, the woman spouse’s campaign would like to harvest your current email address.
Therefore don’t forget to sign!
Or perhaps not:
Forget to – no. Won’t – YES. RT @BarackObama: Don't forget to signal @MichelleObama's Mother's Day card before tomorrow.
— Dave (@bigdave0908) May 12, 2012
She's maybe not my mother, dummy. RT @BarackObama: Don't forget to sign @MichelleObama's Mother's Day card before tomorrow: http://t.co/nmtFOqSC
— Travesham (@Travesham) May 12, 2012
Find out more: http://twitchy.com/2012/05/12/hey-dont-forget-to-sign-michelle-obamas-mothers-day-card-with-your-email-address/