Scienceing!

lachryphagy is the term used to describe the behaviour of tear drinking in nature, typically in environments - like the purvian amazon shown here - where sodium and other micronutrients are hard to find. 

bees and butterflies need sodium for egg production and metabolic purposes, but their diets of nectar are low in salt. so the orange julia and sulfur yellow butterflies you see here turn to the salty tears of often stationary turtles and caiman. 

23 questions we don’t have answers to

12 mind blowing pictures of protein gels

you HAVE to see how sexy these 7 western blots look

21 papers you should have read before you started your project

17 pieces of data that just don’t add up

9 unpublishable results

you’ll NEVER believe reviewer 3′s response to this paper submission

bacteria HATE her: local chemist synthesizes polyketide in just 12 steps

this lab hack shows how you’ve been drying your glassware WRONG

15 named reactions only real organic chemists will know

The first poster for the NASA drama Hidden Figures starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monáe.