#molecule

He was my beautiful betta fish!! I was so charmed by how pretty and elegant he looked. He was so smart!!! He recognized me and knew when I approached the tank first thing in the morning it was feeding time, and he'd swim up to me whenever I sat by his tank and would let me watch him. I got hi. When he was about 2 years old so I only had him for a little over a year. We have snails, so when he passed he kept them well fed, but I was still so devastated and cried for hours the first time I did a water change where I didn't have to chase him away from the Tuube.

I was so, so hesitant on bringing Molecule home because I'm not sure if I'll be ready to handle her death. I was so certain Juno died to my negligence or poor husbandry, despite the fact that I Knew bettas had relatively "short" lives compared to humans. 5 is *old* for a betta, that's elderly, and I knew I got him as an adult. Toby has been keeping fish for ages, he taught me how to take care of Juno, so I know logically it was no failure on my part. But still, my self loathing is THAT powerful.

Molecule is a little baby, and I so desperately hope I get to spend a few years with her, and I can't wait to get to know her. She seems so feisty already even tho it's only day 2 of having her home, and I'm so excited to get to know her. I'm watching her swim around and eat her little baby pellets and square up at the snails (Juno did too at first until he figured out they literally can't and won't bother him) and try to figure out What The Fuck That Is. She's such a beautiful little girl and I can't wait to watch her grow up.

“Perhaps the rivers of ink that have been expended discussing the nature of the “continuous” over the centuries, from Aristotle to Heidegger, have been wasted. Continuity is only a mathematical technique for approximating very finely grained things. The world is subtly discrete, not continuous. The good Lord has not drawn the world with continuous lines: with a light hand, he has sketched it in dots, like the painter Georges Seurat.”

Replacing a missing brain lipid may calm overactive blood vessels and restore healthy blood flow—opening a new path toward treating dementia. A potential new approach to treating reduced brain blood flow and certain forms of dementia is beginning to take shape. Scientists at the University of Vermont, Robert Larner, M.D. College of Medicine have uncovered […] Read more about this post… Credits:…

Scientists have uncovered how a molecule called spermine, naturally produced by the body, helps cells neutralize toxic protein buildups linked to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. By encouraging these harmful strands to cluster together, much like cheese gathering spaghetti, cells can more easily recycle and remove them through autophagy. Experiments in tiny nematodes show the molecule boosts…