Isabella Rosellini’s Green Porno was a wonderful, hilarious series about the various bizarre (at least to us) ways in which the insect and invertebrate kingdom sexually reproduces. But it mostly focused on the “sex” part, and not so much the “reproduction” part. Mammas, the third installment of the series, does nothing but. To watch the rest, which includes the mothering habits of spiders, cuckoos, wasps, and more, you’ll want to visit Sundance.

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Maybe Batman should consider adding this ability to his arsenal. I mean, if Man-Bat hasn’t already cornered the market.

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In this episode of Just Cos, sci-fi writer/producer extraordinaire Jane Espenson (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Battlestar Galactica, Torchwood… seriously, if there’s a genre show you’ve liked from the past ten years, chances are good she’s been involved. She’s like Mark Sheppard that way.) talks the intersection of ladydom, Doctor Who, and the larger world of sci-fi. Specific topics adressed by Espenson and a vast array of Who cosplayers include how to set about writing an awesome female character (Hint: You don’t), why there are so few male TARDIS cosplayers, and which female Whedonverse alum should play the Doctor.

(*also because she’s a good writer and producer. We don’t need just one reason to love Jane Espenson.)

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If you’re a Facebook sort of person, you might be familiar with the page I Fucking Love Science and its PG-13 counterpart Science is Awesome, both run by the same person. Or you might be familiar with the pages, but not the person. I say that because apparently many of those who like the page and follow its posts had no idea of the identity of Elise Andrew, an English blogger by way of Canada. Which, in and of itself is no bad thing. Though Andrew has done interviews before and mentions her gender in the page’s About, IFLS and SiA are both written in a general style without out much personal interjection from her, and certainly everybody has a right to release only so much info as they want to on the internet.

What’s notable, or perhaps depressingly mundane, about the reaction to a recent post in which Andrew plugged her Twitter feed, the avatar of which is a picture of her face, is the number of people who A) were excited to share their shock that a science blog was run by a woman or B) figured this was license to share their opinion on her relative attractiveness.

Man, I love that creepy raccoon. Man, I love the Brain Scoop. You should all watch the Brain Scoop. Everyone should watch the Brain Scoop.

Sara Volz started raising algae underneath her bed in the ninth grade, not just to investigate biology as any young scientist might like, but to actually make some real contributions to the emerging technological field of biofuel, one that is struggling to produce a fuel source as cheap as petroleum-based fuels are right now.

I myself had a loft bed when I was her age, and I can attest: they leave a lot of room for activities!

Geeks OUT is having a big party to celebrate Sigourney Weaver as one of the deities of Science Fiction cinema (and to raise some funds for their mission to raise awareness of and provide LGBT- and queer-positive spaces for comics, creators, and teen outreach), and that means a lot of badass donated artwork. This one’s by David Pietrandrea. Go on over and take a look at what’s already been donated to their raffle.

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Though if you’re geeky enough to wear the Periodic Table of Elements on your wrist, you probably know it by heart, right? It’s one of many by JezebelCharms on Etsy.

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Edith Widder is an oceanographer and inventor who, as she explains in her TED talk, put together a camera rig designed to be as interesting and unthreatening to a giant squid as possible. And while hearing about her process and reasoning behind the rig that captured much of the first footage of living giant squid in their natural habitat is definitely interesting, I think the camera that captured the reaction of these scientists and biologists upon seeing the squid for the first time deserves special mention as well.

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Amazing things happen in petri dishes, I know, but even the name sounds gross to me (Sorry, Julius). But artist Klari Reis made me look at them in a different light. “The Daily Dish 2013” is another go at her project from back in 2009, one new work of art a day. According to Science Friday, “Reis works under controlled temperature and humidity conditions, painting forms inspired by microbiology onto a lab bench staple…[her] paint is actually a two-part epoxy polymer, colored with industrial dyes.” They say she got the inspiration for the project 10 years ago when diagnosed with Crohn’s disease. While hospitalized, she was allowed to look at her own cells through a microscope. Each petri takes a few weeks to create, and get this, when she reveals her work in installations, she calls it “Hypochondria.” Take a look at just a fraction of the artistry she’s created so far this year.

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