Top 10 Gifts for Scientists or Science Lovers!

It’s the giving season and there are lots of great gifts out there, but it seems ideas and decisions are in short supply. So I’m here to give some great suggestions for the scientist or science lover in your life!

Cell Division – An Intro

When cells grow, the run into a problem.  As the cell grows in size, their surface area to volume ratio changes.  As it turns out the higher the volume is in relation to the surface area, the more difficult it becomes to diffuse enough material into the cell.  Think of a city with 1 road. [...]

The Cell II

After covering the animal cell, I’d like to talk just briefly about a few other types of cells.  We’ll go over plant cells and prokaryote cells. Plant cells Plant cells are very similar to animal cells.  Major differences are that plants have a cell wall outside of their cell membrane.  The cell wall provides structure, [...]

What is Life? II

To go just a little further in depth as to what we meant last time when we discussed the characteristics of living things, I wanted to make a follow up post.  I’ve been putting this off, but it’s time to bite the bullet. All living things are made up of 1 or more cells.  Cells [...]

Another Nobel in The Roundup

The 2009 Chemistry Nobel, Incredible Insect Macro Photography, and follow me on Twitter.