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    I’m a grad student in Pathology. I’ve seen some shit. You, you, made me gag. Well done.

    Yes. There are definitely serum-free growth media available, we use them in scientific research for times when FBS leads to inappropriate growth (you can’t use it when culturing primary neurons for example, because it hyper-stimulates astrocyte growth and you outcompete all your neurons). But those media are…

    We use a lot of it in Science. It’s a fantastic source of growth factors for patient-derived cell lines (when culturing from the fibroblast stage) or basically any cell culture really typically has at least a step where cells are cultured with FBS to get them established in the dish. It’s absolutely critical for…

    Learn to use context clues?

    Uh, no. She called it that. To quote the author of the fucking piece:

    You fucking kidding me?

    Or the bloggers could try to have some standards. Gizmodo used to be decently professional and some of the writing here is still pretty good, but crap like this is demonstrative of a distinct quality dive of late.

    Unlike the author of this mediocre article I’m not being paid to be here.

    I think the aquarium staffer quoted in the source might not know the difference between “astonishment” and “admonishment”. *Sigh*

    Honestly, it’s an embarrassment to Gizmodo’s already fairly low writing standards. Please try to keep the trolling our of your job. If you’re going to write an article about a scientific project, take it seriously and give credit where credit is due -to the original author rather than intentionally “trolling” your…

    Then maybe you should write like a professional and not an internet troll? Keep the trolling our of your job. If you’re going to write an article about a scientific project, take it fucking seriously and give credit where credit is due -to the original author.

    I really liked the Chocolate Strawberry ones they had for valentine’s day.

    Or, you know, we could genetically engineer crops so that the genes from nitrogen-fixing bacteria - like the symbiotic ones that live in legume roots - are expressed by the crop’s roots (or just the genes that make the symbiosis possible if cutting out the middle bug is too weird), that way we don’t need…

    I basically only play on my 10 minute walk to and from work. Since the update, I’ve acquired three kings rocks and two metal coats. I knew they were rare, but those rates seem awfully low - that, or I’m just extremely lucky. Their data is definitely more compelling than my anecdote.

    The problem is that the ideal soldier demographic of lower-middle class poor white men is exactly Drumph’s base, and this will make them cream themselves. It’s a jobs program that they can wrap in an ultra-patriotic bow. It’s sickening.

    They 100% got some high paid trial consultant to give him the most innocent-looking appearance they could manage. I say just made him look a little like Sylar from Heros. You know, the serial killer.

    I’m a scientist, I don’t believe in magic of any kind. But at this point, fuck it, whatever anyone’s willing to try.

    A discongruity between your body morphology and your gender identity is, by definition, a psychiatric disorder. It’s a simple medical fact. The difference is that it should be handled with acceptance, support, and the understanding that it is harmless and none of your god damn business how they choose to deal with it.

    If we’re lucky the Germans will lock his room door from the outside while he sleeps and just leave him there.