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And they still wonder! Are There Aliens?

Belly Button Bacteria

 

h/t: In the hunt for new antibiotics, the genius of simplicity, by Carl Zimmer on STAT;

 

Friday Frustule

Let it RIP: Is that you Skorp? It’s me, StarBear…

H/T to Cells Retrieved From Stratosphere Are Alien Life Scientists Claim (Discover Blogs)

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• New Alien Life Claim Far from Convincing, Scientists Say (space.com)
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StarBeer Goggles

The Joggles of the StarBeer Goggles

H/T to beer goggles; word-of-the-day joggles; and wildlife crossings! (credit to Adam Fagen’s photograph)

Mmm, I am going to try to embed a facebook posting. Meh, didn’t work (I copied the embed code on the fb posting; maybe it only works the other way around), but here it is:

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Post by Bear With Us Sanctuary and Rehabilitation Centre for Bears.

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• ‘Beer goggle’ study wins Ig Nobel (bbc.co.uk)
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Puzzle Sombrero: RompeCabezas Jueves

RompeCabezas StarBear: Dancing with Fire?

As a StarDweller, dancing with fire is a requirement… even if you’re footloose and fancy-free. Always say hi to Eukaryotic SombreBro’s 🙂

See the beautiful Sombrero (Beautifully distorted…click for a different view point)

Sombrero Galaxy: A United Nations treaty declares Outer Space the common heritage of humanity. Garrett Hardin doubted the capacity of conscience to protect such commons areas (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Puzzle Space Piece

HourGlass Puzzle Pieces falling into Space– (CC 3.0 Unported picture in puzzle piece via ESO)

H/T to Bizarre Alignment of Planetary Nebulae (ESO)

 

 

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Ergo, Terrestrial

Id, Ego and Super-ego: Don’t offend my Ego with your ID

StarBear was intelligently designed by her author.

 

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Holidays at Lake Vostok

From StarBear’s Family Album

(h/t to New Evidence: Antartica’s Ancient Ice-covered Lake is full of Life, iO9; PLOS ONE: Subglacial Lake Vostok)

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• Biologists find over 3,500 life forms in Antarctic Lake Vostok basin (indrus.in)
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