I think you can in Europe.

More research, bolding in the results section is from me.

<Sighs> this is pretty timely since my husband and I had a talk about my cursing habits since I'm 7 months pregnant. I've definitely gotten worse with the swearing and his concern is I swear mostly in the car when I'm driving, and mostly when I'm angry at other drivers. So I'm trying to keep my road rage in check…

Ugh, that's horrible that you had to deal with someone like that. My aunt's first child had anecephaly, but they didn't know until the birth (this was in the 80s so I don't know how many ultrasounds my aunt had or if it was detectable at all with the technology of the day), and she was devastated. It was really hard…

I had a talk about using that word with my brother, and I wish I could remember how I phrased it. Basically I just told him that hearing it used in a pejorative way bothered me. I told him that I knew it would be hard to stop using it completely since a lot of people don't even notice it, but if he could refrain…

I had my hair done up in a beehive last year, and they can get some impressive height from just teasing it. And lots of hairspray and bobby pins, took me two showers to get my hair close to normal. My hair was about 3-4 inches past my shoulders back then.

I've never tried Barry White, but with my fish I do what ever it takes to get my embryos (threaten, cajole, swear, Good Cop AND Bad Cop). Stupid fish, they are supposed to be easier than mice!

A lot of biology labs don't work with the kind of chemicals or heat that would make synthetic materials really problematic, and when you do you wear a lab coat and work in the hood. But we often work with carcinogenic or radioactive material, when any barrier between your skin and the harmful material is good. So…

Well my zebrafish totally care what I wear and will only give me embryos if I'm in a cocktail dress with heels (closed toe of course, this is a lab.) Also I have to sing Marvin Gaye to them...and sometimes dance a little.

I did not know that drinking out of Mason jars is hipster. My husband and I have been using Mason jars as drinking glasses for a few years now. In our defense, we started doing it because we had all these left over Mason jars after we canned our own pasta sauce....oh wait.

I think they could be cute to wear under a skirt that's a little floaty, so if there's a breeze, at least you are well covered and all anyone would see is a bit of lace.

Not just the hardcore ones. My family is fairly reform but my Grandmother is all about avoiding the evil eye, so no shower from that side of the family and she refuses to buy anything for her future great-grandchild until after the birth (2.5 months to go!) I guess she bought something for my aunt's first child who…

Yeah, from what I heard Collins only pursued the patent because if he didn't go for it, someone else might have. But he certainly didn't do it for the money.

I was coming in to say this. No one really argues for the patenting of a test, but the patenting of a gene that reduces the research communities ability to effectively study and understand that gene is something that most geneticists I know heavily disagree with.

These are the covers I have. I remember buying Sabriel and then borrowing the other two. Later I decided I wanted to own the complete set and the new covers had started coming out. I had to search for the original covers so my set would match. I'm weird like that (books have to match, and be the correct size, I'm…

I remember reading the short story while on a plane and feeling so weird about it. Because my brother and mother were on the plane, as well as all the other random strangers who I was sure could sense that I was reading erotica.

He's very handsome! Time to think of a name?

I hope he's healthy and you can find a home for him! My friend found a pregnant cat wandering around her neighborhood, no indication that she's someone's pet. So my friend took her in, and I'm hoping to meet some super cute kittens soon!

I found a source that broke down the gestational age at abortion even more, and of the abortions past 20 weeks, only 7% were after 24 weeks. (this guy was very specific about 6 months being his time frame). I just can't find any sources about the reasons behind the abortion except for one old article from 1987 that…

This reminds me of a conversation I had with a co-worker about abortion just yesterday. (I usually try to avoid controversial topics at work, especially with new co-workers, this particular conversation went in weird directions).