MOS: Carpal & Cubital Tunnel
I’m dealing with nerve entrapment fuckery right now. Which are fancy pants medical words for “my left arm fucking hurts because bodies are bullshit.” I’m […]
MOS: The Gulf War Oil Spill
Major industrial accidents are often built upon years and years of ignoring safety protocols, cutting corners, and generally using a ‘fuck around and find out’ […]
MOS: Russian Domesticated Fox Project
Stories that include the words “Russia” and “animal science research” in the same sentence rarely have a lovely ending for the animals, but this story […]
MOS: The Pudu Deer
Oh dear. Oh dear. Oh itsiest bitsiest deer. Today’s Moment of Science… The Pudu Deer. Hailing from the rainforests of South America, there are two […]
MOS: Laika the Space Doggo
Y’all I watched an entire documentary for this and I’m not citing a goddamn thing from it. It involved dreadfully sad scenes with puppies. I […]
MOS: The Thagomizer
Scientific disciplines generally have standardized naming rules and conventions for when you discover a new type of stuff. But if you want to get in […]
MOS: Australia’s invasive feral hogs
Today started with a good old fashioned google search for one of my favorite subjects: mankind’s inability to stop cramming invasive critters into new and […]
MOS: Semelparity
I just can’t lay off with these weird fuckers. So bringing a climax to this nuttery, here are some critters who really put it all […]
MOS: Science History in Wartime
(This was originally published on April 19th, 2022, two months after Russia attacked Ukraine. It’s been lightly edited.) I’ve struggled with how to talk about […]
MOS: Zoological Junk
Well. It’s another day of Mrs. Auntie SciBabe can’t fucking concentrate. And y’all had way, way too much fun with the article about dorks yesterday. […]