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I haven’t posted on here in a while, but I figured this would be a good reason to return. I released this album exactly one month ago. I put a lot of my essence into it, and, though I employed an arrangement that I’m not used to employing (there’s only like, 3 or 4 electric guitar parts on the whole album), I think it turned out pretty neat. Enjoy! (You can also download it for free) 

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Back in biology class, you were probably taught that DNA was a sensible, organized system. When they called it “the building blocks of life,” you probably pictured DNA as a series of neatly edged Legos snapping together to form a cohesive whole. When in reality, DNA is more like an old scrapbook that someone has torn up, pasted back together, filled with old newspaper clippings about murder and then taken into the bathroom with them.

A large part of this internal mess comes from the endogenous retrovirus. A normal virus works by moving into a host cell and using it to reproduce, but retroviruses reproduce by actually mixing their own genetic material with the DNA of the host cell they’re invading. If a normal virus is a home invasion robber, busting down your door and smashing up your stuff, a retrovirus is the creature fromAlien, impregnating you with its horrible seed and producing a twisted mockery of everything you once were, and then laughing as that atrocity murders all of your friends. Metaphorically speaking, of course.

In the distant past, retroviruses picked up by our ancestors would occasionally find their way into the sex organs, and the newly virused-up DNA was passed along to their children. As a result of all this virus-laden boning, we modern humans have about 100,000 of these microscopic gate-crashers cluttering up our DNA. When you add in the assorted genetic trash they’ve left behind, more than 40 percent of human DNA is made up of ancient, sinister and almost certainly cursed viruses.

The 6 Creepiest Things Hiding in Your DNA

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9 Things People Who Love Tennis But Hate When The Players Hit The Ball Will Understand

Anyone who loves tennis but hates when the players hit the ball will definitely know what we’re talking about!

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Figured I’d share these. Jamming some Prince while I go to bed. Goodnight, all.

Both photos were found at: http://proguitarshop.com/andyscorner/prince-the-unsung-guitar-hero

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why is there so much spongebob on my dash are y’all 7 

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These gif come from what would be one of the first recordings of an Omura’s whale (Balaenoptera omurai) this baleen whale is one of the least known species of whales in the world.  Was described in 2003,  as an ancient lineage basal to a Bryde’s/sei whale clade. Currently known only from whaling and stranding specimens primarily from the western Pacific and eastern Indian Oceans,

Now, researchers have studied around 25 individuals in Madagascar, noticing unique body patterns. The study will continue on whales’ vocalizations, behavior and population characteristics.

Video: Cerchio et al. 2015. Omura’s whales (Balaenoptera omurai) off northwest Madagascar: ecology, behaviour and conservation needs Royal Society Open Science 

see our last post about Omura’s whale

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This 6-Year-Old Guitarist Is Adorable, But My Solos Are Amazing

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In The Loosest Possible Sense Of The Word, Are You Maybe An Insect?

Very broadly speaking, is it basically fair to say you are a bug? 

Take this quiz to find out!

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it’s fun to stay at the

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gillian cussing in the x files gag reels