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Diffusion spectrum MRI image of the human brain showing three dimensional grid structure of white matter tracts. From Wedeen, et al (2012).   

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my favorite show..noooo :(

Hugh Laurie’s House, M.D. Ending After Eight Seasons

Dr. Gregory House is hanging up his stethoscope.

The FOX medical drama House, M.D. will air its final episode in April 2012, the show’s producers announced Wednesday.

Starring Hugh Laurie, 52, Lisa Edelstein, 44, Omar Epps, 38, Robert Sean Leonard, 42, Jesse Spencer, 32, Oddette Annable, 26, Peter Jacobson, 46, and Charlyne Yi, 26, the show has earned two Primetime Emmy Awards since its debut in 2004. (Previous cast members include Olivia Wilde, 27, and Jennifer Morrison, 32.)

“After much deliberation, the producers of House M.D. have decided that this season of the show, the eighth, should be the last. By April this year they will have completed 177 episodes, which is about 175 more than anyone expected back in 2004,” producers Laurie, David Shore and Katie Jacobs tell Us Weekly in a statement.

“The decision to end the show now, or ever, is a painful one, as it risks putting asunder hundreds of close friendships that have developed over the last eight years — but also because the show itself has been a source of great pride to everyone involved.”

The cast and crew of House, M.D. “will bid farewell to the audience and to each other with more than a few tears, but also with a deep feeling of gratitude for the grand adventure they have been privileged to enjoy for the last eight years.”

Laurie, Shore and Jacobs add: “If the show lives on somewhere, with somebody, as a fond memory, then that is a precious feat, of which we will always be proud.”

Sad to see it go, but I completely understand Hugh wanting to get back to this family and everyone wanting to work on other projects. I’ll always be in love with you love you, Dr. House! 

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Anatomical Heart Vase by Esque Studio.

This five inch vase has open ventricles for flower stems and is an absolutely gorgeous piece of glassware. If only I could afford it though. One day…one day…

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Snoozin’ Arctic Fox (Alopex lagopus)

Alcian blue staining of a whiptail lizard. 

Image(s) by Andrea Wills (2007 Woods Hole Embryology Course) 

About whiptail lizards

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The Spirit of Iceland | Svínafellsjökull glacier, Skaftafell, Southern Iceland, Europe
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Photographer notes:
Dramatic cloud sceneries with stray sun light are typical for Iceland. Such unique moods of the light arise from low elevation sunlight not reaching the ground that falls through broken multi-layered cloud decks. This indirect light is causing different hues and light intensities at the surface. The black hills in the background belong to the 330 ft (100 m) high terminal moraine of Svínafellsjökull glacier in Skaftafell, southern Iceland. The moraine is composed out of volcanic breccia eroded by the glacier from the surrounding mountains. The steep ice fall of Svínafellsjökull follows gravity at a speed of 3.3 ft (1 m) per day. Hence, the ice of the bordering glacial lake, that is up to 1.3 ft (40 cm) thick, is steeply piled up at the terminal moraine. This glacial drift of 0.4 inch (1 cm) within 15 minutes causes the ice of the glacier and the ice on the lake to crack constantly under this immense pressure. A multitude of tension cracks form within the ice. This produces a stunning network of parallel aligning white lines. The cracking sounds produced by the drifting ice, the harsh winter conditions at 17°F (-8°C) and chilly winds together with the impressive light situation made this experience on the ice unforgettable.