XKCD goodness

The only change I would make to this xkcd comic: the percentage has got to be higher, at least if you count Punnett squares they make silently in their heads. At least if my friends and I are any indication.

Some M&Ms are better for you

You may have thought that M&Ms were all the same -- reds are really no different from greens or blues or whatever. Just a silly artificial coating that most certainly does NOT prevent them from melting in your mouth instead of your hand. But science tells us otherwise: the dye from blue M&Ms (and blue gatorade) can reduce spinal injury in mice (and turn them blue). Pretty cool, huh?

If only labs were really like this . . .

What do you get when you mix The Village People with a bio and chem research supplier?
A very weird music video:

(thanks, L. you made my evening.)