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The Art of Hiroshi Yoshida

Brennan: Multi-talented, makes inhuman sounds frequently, sadistic and forgiving in equal measure

Pete: a lovable disaster, the only chemical he doesn’t have is serotonin, doesn’t trust anyone

Ricky: goody two shoes, a self-aware InstaThot, very concerned with their duty to society

Kugrash: a literal rat, a heart of gold, showers maybe once a week

Kingston: the Mom friend™️, knows literally everyone, could kill you but chooses not to

Sofia: a functional alcoholic, generous to an extreme, can and will kill you if crossed

Misty: The popular one, flamboyant in all circumstances, Theater Geek™️

yes these goats really exist! in most ways they are normal goats, except for how they secrete spider silk in their milk

(or rather, they secrete a special protein in their milk, which is then extracted and woven into silk fibers)

their DNA contains transplanted genes taken from the Golden Orb Weaver Spider, whose silk is incredibly strong–but can’t be naturally produced in large quantities. because…spiders are tiny ya’ll.

these superpowered web-slinging spidergoats genetically modified but otherwise normal and healthy goats can produce much larger amounts of this material (marketed as BioSteel), which is stronger than steel and more bulletproof than kevlar. plus it’s lightweight, elastic, and bio-compatible (compatible with living tissue), meaning it has a ton of potential industrial and medical applications.

(imagine 40 years from now you need knee surgery, and your doctor sits you down and explains that your shiny new anterior cruciate ligament was actually artificially woven out of SPIDER GOAT MILK SILK. also in this magical hypothetical future we have universal healthcare. and the wealth of all billionaires has been globally redistributed. this is my hypothetical scenario, i do what i want.)

like i said. pretty nifty!

and here is a photo of one such genetically modified BioSteel™ Goat, her name is Freckles

Viruses come in lots of shapes, but they all have a lipid membrane with proteins sticking out of it and some kind of genetic material inside.

The reason they look like yarn is twofold:

Living things are mostly made up of long chains of chemicals (proteins, RNA, DNA, carbohydrates etc). They’re basically strings that fold up into the right shape to do their jobs! Modelling software does tend to make this look like yarn and it’s very cool-looking.

These are computer models (and one made with a foam ball and pipe cleaners) where the person who made them highlighted each different component with a different colour. Viruses are too small to reflect any light in wavelengths we can see, so they don’t actually have any colour at all.

We can see them with an electron microscope, though! Here is a picture of lots of virions (individual viruses) of the 2009 H1N1 flu from Wikipedia:

The ones that look like hollow circles have been “sliced through” by the focal plane and their contents haven’t taken the stain so they look empty. The outline of the circle is the lipid membrane!

For the other ones, the dark blobs “inside” them are proteins in the membrane of the virus. The virions are slightly out of the plane of focus so we see the stuff on the outside of them.

You can see a halo of these proteins around all of the virions!

The term “zombie” is both a technical term, referring to a family, and a common name, referring to a genus.

The family Zombie is a broad, overarching group that includes the genus that many people call zombie (Ghoulus, not to be confused with Ghouli, the unrelated genus of the Ghala family which also includes bogeymen and some ghosts*) as well as the Mummy genus (Pyrima), the spore-zombie genus (Fungan) and a few others.

The colloquial term “Zombie” is the common term for the genus Ghoulus, which is in the family Zombie and includes Ghoulus romero (the walking zombie), Ghoulus snydera (the running zombie), and Ghoulus smithi (the vampiric zombie, also called the legendary zombie).

Interestingly, there are several things called “zombies” that are neither Ghoulus nor Zombie, including the dancing zombie (Jacksoni thrillera), which is more closely related to (although not currently actually in the same family as) clowns.

*Note: the ghosts in the Ghala family are not true ghosts. True ghosts are in the order Spectere, which is entirely unrelated to Ghouli, Ghoulus, Pyrima, and Fungan. Ghala “ghosts” are given the common name ghost because of their superficial similarity to true ghosts.

the closest to a domesticated ghost we have is the house ghost, Phantome domus (sometimes classified as a distinct subspecies Phantome domus domesticus).

P. domus is interesting because it’s like housecats – they are technically domesticated (scans have shown that the fight-or-flight response, like in domesticated animals, is weaker in P. domus than in related species like P. majestica, the manor ghost, or P. more, the cemetary ghost), but evidence suggests that it’s a naturalistic co-evolution rather than an intentional domestication process like with sheep or dogs.

Hello!

We're very excited to announce that the Olympics Bang will be happening again! The event will run from the 19th of March to August 10th 2021.

This event is centered around the Summer Olympics taking place in Tokyo this year, and it’s all about creating, having fun, and experiencing what could happen if Tendou was a handball player, Bokuto a swimmer, Oikawa a golfer, or Kageyama is on Japan’s national volleyball team – so go have fun! :D

All requirements can be found here, but to sum it up:

Writer: Completed 2k fic MINIMUM

Artist: Completed fully coloured/rendered piece MINIMUM

Please follow the links below to the sign-up forms for writers, artists, and betas. If you want to take part as more than one role, please fill out both sign-up forms (or all three if you think you can manage!).

We hope to see many of you again!

The sign-ups close on April 1st, so make sure to sign up before then!

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