tokuu-basthet:

thepioden:

hair-old-styles:

harrystyies:

What if oxygen is poisonous and it just takes 75-100 years to kill us?

My science teacher said he thinks that’s true actually

Yeah this is actually pretty much exactly what is going on. It’s why anti-oxidants are such a big deal. Bonus fact: oxygen oxidizes stuff in your cells or, in other words, it’s not toxic, just setting you on fire

very very slowly.

#this is either brilliance or madness

Oxidation is the process of rusting. Iron oxidizes, as do a few other things. You are not rusting.

Aerobic metabolism (IE metabolism that uses oxygen) leaves behind random bits called free radicals, and those bang around your cells causing damage. Antioxidants bind to free radicals and let you flush them from your system. Nobody’s really sure what proportion of aging is due to free radical damage due to all the other crap that happens to you as you get older, like your cells being unable to divide anymore due to shortened DNA.

Now, if we all had nanobots fixing that crap, I’d say we oxidize. XD

(via codename-scarecrow)

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Domestic Coda

And here is the thing I couldn’t shove in there.. with bonus Sam!

Coda: Bloom

Quorra hummed to herself as she searched among the odd glasses and bottles in Sam Flynn’s living space, looking for one that would harmonize with the flowers resting on the small counter in the kitchen.

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lostangelssong:

I really have no explanation for this. Aside from the fact that it’s practically canon. But I’m not sorry. So have some of the Manliest Slash ever written. IDEK guys. IDEK.

Title: Extra Op 68
Fandom: Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Rating: PG-13, mostly for Snake’s mouth
Archive: Ask and ye shall be as gods receive
Warning: This is a slashfic involving Big Boss. Aside from that, it’s actually pretty tame.
Spoilers: Some of the endgame stuff from Peace Walker is mentioned. You’ve been warned.

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Teavana Teas Full of Pesticides

arcadiasilver:

Teavana is one of the most prolific online tea sellers, selling their loose leaf tea blends to millions across the world. Pitching their products as healthy, organic, and safe, the brand has been sought by Starbucks Co. to acquire the brand. The Glaucus Research Center tested 13 of Teavana’s tea’s and found:

• Pesticides Abound. 100% of the tea samples contained pesticides, many of which are classified by the EPA as Possible Human Carcinogens. One of Teavana’s most popular and expensive teas, Monkey Picked Oolong, was the most contaminated with 23 pesticides. 
• Teas Violate US Law. 100% of the tea samples violate U.S. food pesticide standards (CFR Title 40 sect 180), meaning they are ‘adulterated’ under the FDCA and subject to federal seizure. We believe Teavana will recall its adulterated teas rather than risk the civil and criminal liability it may incur by knowingly selling adulterated products over Black Friday weekend. 
• Broad Failure of EU Pesticide Tests. Contrary to Teavana’s representations in its SEC filings, 77% of the tea samples failed the European Union pesticide import standards (EC 396/2005) for dry teas, meaning that such teas would be banned from sale to consumers in the European Union. 
• Banned Pesticides. 62% of teas tested showed traces of the pesticide Endosulfan, which has been banned by the US, China, the EU and 144 other countries because its use may impair fertility, cause harm to unborn children and other damage to agricultural workers.

The study also found that Teavana’s claims that their teas are organic is also a lie, only one of the teas tested qualify as organic or European organic. Read the rest of the report here. 

I had pretty much stopped buying their stuff after the overpricedness of the blends became obvious.. but I tossed my remaining stash after hearing this— if you click around a bit you can find the table with the lab results. I’ll stick to the stuff in the grocery store first! That stuff actually goes through USDA Organic certification. :/

That and the last tea I did buy was stupid expensive and only good for a single brew. The double-brewed leaves tasted like CRAP for something that was six bucks an ounce. I’ve had teabags do better.

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Domestic (take two) chapter 6

Gardening is good for the soul, man.

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Sunshine glittered in the leaves, flashes of color gleaming off the droplets left over from the morning’s fog on the deep green and the pale yellow flowers of the towering bush—rose bush—in the back of the yard.

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