Word: fingers
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...knows whether Plato ever flipped anyone the bird - but he might have. People have been raising their middle finger to indicate something other than "Does this cuticle need trimming?" since the time of the ancient Greeks. Like democracy and feta cheese, it spread around the world...
...tattoo ink that changes color to indicate glucose levels in the skin. The researchers are aiming to test the ink on mice by the end of the month, said Heather Clark, a member of Draper’s biomedical engineering group. The small tattoos could replace the often painful finger-pricks that diabetics endure up to twelve times a day to monitor their blood glucose levels. The ink is composed of a glucose-detecting molecule, a color changing dye, and a molecule that mimics glucose, all of which float in spherical polymer bead. When a glucose-detecting molecule approaches...
...humans’ longer period of mental development—a process tied to how connectomes change. If brainbow can illuminate such developments, scientists could begin to better understand the brain.“I was interested in behavior in some way that was hard to put your finger on,” Sanes says. “What spot in the brain accounts for how we act? When somebody has a nervous breakdown, what is actually breaking down? We’re beginning to claw our way there.”But as Sanes and Lichtman seek...
...customer rules, just for showing up. There's more room to stretch out on the flight, even in coach. The malls have that serene aura of undisturbed wilderness, with scarcely a shopper in sight. Every conversation with anyone selling anything is a pantomime of pain and bluff. Finger the scarf, then start to walk away, and its price floats silkily downward. When the mechanic calls to tell you that brakes and a timing belt and other services will run close to $2,000, it's time to break out the newly perfected art of the considered pause. You really...
...Cornell in Ithaca, New York.Consider driving to Cornell if you can picture yourself in a Steven King novel, or alternatively, are in the market to buy a mobile home. Some towns to look into include the Village of Greene and the Town of Triangle. A little known fact: the Finger Lakes were originally settled by representatives from Playskool. Friday the 13th saw a substantial loss for the Crimson at the hands of the Big Red.For us, it also meant a serious loss of faith in the quality of Cornell fandom. When it came to the student body?...