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As we left the theater after watching Star Trek (which, by the way, was awesome), two friends of mine got into an argument about how realistic it was for the Centurian Slug (similar to the eel parasite from Ceti Alpha 5) to secrete a toxin that would affect the brain of Captain Christopher Pike and make him give up Starfleet secrets.

The blood-brain barrier does restrict many substances from reaching the brain and microscopic materials, such as bacteria. In general, most things cannot pass through it and must be changed in order to pass through the barrier.

I didn’t see the new Disneynature film on Earth Day, sadly enough, but I did go and see it before it vacated the big screen.

Earth is a documentary of epic scale.

I grew up watching the discovery channel (before Animal Planet…

Okay, well, personally I felt it was already getting to be spring… most of the time I assume that as soon as its March, its spring.

So why is there a specific date for the start of Spring? It has to…

Eutrophication is the conversion of a body of water to a highly productive ecosystem with rapid decomposition and low Oxygen levels.

It doesn’t sound so bad right now, does it. However, the productive organisms are bacteria and small organisms. They are…

I used to be a dinosaur nut. It seems like all little children go through this stage. They blithely rattle off long scientific names of long dead animals to their parents shock. This child can’t even pronounce their R’s yet!…