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haunting the institute

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I love how humans have literally not changed throughout history like the graffiti from Pompeii has people from hundreds of years ago writing stuff like “Marcus is gay” “I fucked a girl here” “Julius your mum wishes she was with me” and leonardo da vinci’s assistants drew dicks in their notebooks just for the banter and mozart created a piece called “kiss my ass” so when people wish for ‘today’s generation’ to be like ‘how people used to’ then we’re already there buddy we’ve always been

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the post semester crashout is so real and brutal yall all i've been doing is rotting around the apartment which is confusing and yet not

i'm p sure i passed most of my classes so like huzzah, but smth must have been in the waters these past few months fr bc idk if college has ever been this harsh

still waiting for my research grades to come out ughhhh

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The first teeth were sensory organs on the skin of ancient fish

Teeth are good for chewing and biting, but they are also sensitive – and that may have been their original function hundreds of millions of years ago

Teeth first evolved as sensory organs, not for chewing, according to a new analysis of animal fossils. The first tooth-like structures seem to have been sensitive nodules on the skin of early fish that could detect changes in the surrounding water. The finding supports a long-standing idea that teeth first evolved outside the mouth, says Yara Haridy at the University of Chicago. While there was some evidence to back this up, there was an obvious question. “What good is having all these teeth on the outside?” says Haridy. One possibility was that they served as defensive armour, but Haridy thinks there was more to it. “It’s great to cover yourself in hard things, but what if those hard things could also help you sense your environment?”

Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2481186-the-first-teeth-were-sensory-organs-on-the-skin-of-ancient-fish/

Image: Yara Haridy

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was locked in at a cafe to finish a paper, and got an espresso matcha latte that absolutely sent me to space with how strong it was

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the desperate urge to reply to an email from a professor with:

hey what do u mean by this actually

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can everyone turn their lights off i wanna see the stars in the night sky

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You are strong but you're also tired, and that's okay.

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went to discuss my research with my adviser, and she gave me a donut ! <3333

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mildly crashing out today

yes i'm still pulling an all nighter for my quantum exam.

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time-dependent perturbation theory 4 breakfast 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

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it's out of our hands folks

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I JUST FUCKING CHURNED OUT A WHOLE ASS LAB REPORT IN ONE AFTERNOON MY BRAIN IS SO FRIED

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If you’re reading this, it’s too late. The positive vibes are already coming for you, get ready. You have no choice but to have a good day now.

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and to no one's surprise she was really understanding and chill about it and everything is fine and great even LOL

i just sent a very scary message to my adviser and now i have turned my notifs off bc i'm terrified of her reply

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SHES TYPING A REPLY

i just sent a very scary message to my adviser and now i have turned my notifs off bc i'm terrified of her reply

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SHES SEEN MY MESSAGE

i just sent a very scary message to my adviser and now i have turned my notifs off bc i'm terrified of her reply