where is my mind?

It’s Ursus arctos horribilis. “ursus” meaning bear in Latin and “arctos”, bear in Greek.

so essentially a grizzly is a “horrible bear bear.” 

Happy (Very Special) Pi Day!

Today is Pi Day, and a very special one at that. Because it’s 2015, today’s date bears the first five digits of pi! At 9:26 AM, we’ll have 8 digits. Fifty-three seconds in, we’ll have the first 10 digits! 

The gif above demonstrates the uniqueness of this year’s Pi Day. It’s a snippet from “Keep your eyes to the skies this Pi Day”, a video by MIT bloggers. 

Celebrating Women in Science With @rachelignotofsky

For more tributes to female scientists, follow @rachelignotofsky on Instagram.

Growing up, Rachel Ignotofsky (@rachelignotofsky) knew she was going to become either a scientist or an illustrator. The Missouri resident chose art, but now she’s combining her two passions with a series of drawings celebrating groundbreaking and often unheralded women in science.

“I wanted to do my part and celebrate these women and their accomplishments and hopefully get a younger audience familiar with them,” Rachel says. “I think that a good way to fight gender bias is to show young girls and boys strong female role models.”

So far, she’s done seven drawings out of a planned 50, highlighting women such as 19th century paleontologist Mary Anning and pioneering computer scientist Grace Hopper.