Science and Medicine

How the term 'scientist' came to be johndcook.com/blog/2011/02/1…

Why are so few foods blue? biology.stackexchange.com/questions/5647…

The name jejunum comes from the Latin word for empty because this part of the intestine was found empty on autopsy.

F = ma

Python software library for astronomy: astropy.org

Adipose tissue stores fat. Babies have what is called brown fat, which has more mitochondria and is very vascularized, while adults have white fat that is more closely packed.

Lorentz force: F = q(E + v x B)

Most published research results are false johndcook.com/blog/2008/02/0…

Gallium and cesium melt at room temperature, if your room isn't air-conditioned and it's warm outside. (Around 84 F, 29 C).

Hardy-Weinberg principle en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardy%E2%…

LASER = Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

The hypochondriac region is the upper abdominal regions beneath the ribs. Hypochondria gets its name from the hypochondriac region. An unknown organ in this region was thought to be responsible for symptoms.

Why water is wet nautil.us/issue/25/water…

For those unaware that the replication crisis has come for the “hard” sciences:

'Anyone who is not shocked by quantum theory has not understood it.' -- Niels Bohr

Why can you multiply different units but not add them? johndcook.com/blog/2013/11/1…

The abbreviation 'h.s.' comes from the Latin hors somni, at the hour of sleep.

A nautical mile is approximately one minute of arc along a meridian. Officially a nautical mile is 1852 meters. A knot (kn) is one nautical mile per hour.

As AC frequency increases, the reactance of a capacitor decreases.

Informally, an astronomical unit is the distance from the Earth to the sun. Officially it is 149,597,870,700 meters.