by Captain Skellett | Jul 15, 2012 | Recent Research
Something happened when I was spliced, something wrong. Some random event in my chromosomes, I suppose it was. In any event, I wound up lacking. My sister took all the toxin genes, and I was left with nothing. It’s a scary world out there for a fungus without a...
by Captain Skellett | Jul 12, 2011 | Just for Fun, Science Art
So it’s appropriate that I’m a little bit tipsy while writing this. Alcohol under a microscope! That’s today’s post. BevShots take photographs of alcohol crystallized on a slide, shot under a polarized light microscope. It can take up to four...
by Captain Skellett | Jan 15, 2011 | Recent Research
In which scientists get drunk and pour their beverages on compounds to create superconductors. It’s no secret that I cook better with wine. I’m not just talking about a dash of red in pasta sauce or half a bottle of cheap white in risotto. I mean, when...
by Captain Skellett | Jan 15, 2010 | Drugs, Poisons
When I was but a lass, freshly ID’d and able to finally hit the local tavern, there was a rumour around that Absinthe was THE drink if you wanted to get drunk fast, and as a bonus, if you could get the proper stuff, it causes hallucinations. OMG terribly...
by Captain Skellett | Nov 9, 2009 | How Things Work, Poisons
Everyone knows you’re supposed to eat something “to line the stomach” before you hit the town, but why is that? Alcohol is pretty volatile, around 5% of what you drink is expelled through the lungs. It’s why you can smell alcohol on someone’s breath,...