The Physics of the Hulk’s Jump

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/05/the-physics-of-the-hulks-jump/

Double Helix Club2011/12 Season 3: Frog dissection

I hope you enjoyed the dissection today and I’m impressed that none of you had to leave the lab at any point!

Bull Frog- after dissection with organs exposed

The Amazing Sperm and Egg Race Comic Strips and creative writing

Thanks for your great Comic strips and stories this week.

Creative Writing- a love story between sperm and egg

My name is Louis Sperm. I am born from the country, Testes. In this country, all of us share the same last name, Sperm. This country is protected by the Scrotum army.
One day, there was a news on the paper saying that the princess named Ovum, from the country, Ovary, is accepting a proposal of marriage from any man in Testes if they can pass her country’s defense. Everyone in Testes was interested and they drove on the Vas Deferens highway towards Ureter, the capital of the country, the kingdom of King Penis.
I arrived in front of the border to Ureter, and I told the guard that I was here to apply for the chance to go to Ovary. The guard led me to the Prostate Gland section of the palace and they provided me with all the supplies, armors and weapons I need. After all the gearing up, the guard brought me to a hall full of people and presented us to King Penis.
King Penis says,”One of you must propose to the princess of Ovary and bring pride to the country!”
King Penis assigned a boat and brought us to the border of Ovary. We were then released in the city, Vagina. The moment we were released, the White Blood Cell army of Ovary started attacking us. I ran towards the only gate that was present in front of my sight with a few other people that was here with the same objective. It was a tough journey towards the gate and I witnessed many death. But, I finally reached the Gate of Cervix. The gate was heavily armed with cannons, and the only way across the gate is to swim beneath the gate. I took out the oxygen tank from my supply kit, and started diving.
I reached the only opening of the Gate of Cervix that leads toward the city, Uterus. It was so narrow that I had to abandon my oxygen tank to allow me to pass through. I swam as fast as I could and I saw light in front of me. My breath started to go out and I was suffocating, but luckily, I had been able to reach the surface in time before I die. On the surface was many White Blood Cell soldiers waiting for our arrival, and many of my accompany was killed.
I managed to sneak through the only opening of their formation and I arrived  at a crossroad. I took out the map and noticed that both the road was called Oviduct and there was a stone in front of me stating that only one of the route will lead to the Kingdom of Ovary where I can meet the princess. Most of the people had chose the left Oviduct but I decided to go alone from the right.
It was an extremely tough journey as I do not have any help anymore. I decided to adapt to the Guerrilla Warfare tactic and fight against the White Blood Cell army. After three days and three nights of continuous fighting, I manage to reach the front of the Palace of Ovary, which was located in the middle of Oviduct.
“Spermtastic!” I yelled, “I had chosen the right path!!! My lady, I am on my way…”
The guard led me to a beautiful room where there sits a beautiful lady. She approached me and said,”Hello my dear, you had overcame all the difficulties to come find me… Let’s fuse!”
We hold hands and walked towards a black hole……
At last, we turned into a zygote and live happily ever after.

The Amazing Egg and Sperm Race

Play the Amazing Sperm Race and think about how this game is similar to real life fertilization and how it could be improved

Click and Clone Mimi the Mouse

Click here to clone Mimi the mouse

Double Helix Club 2011-12: Season 3- Coke Menthos and Making Slime

Double Helix Club 2011-12: Season 2- Screaming Jelly baby, Burning Food and End of CCA Reflections

Please add your reflections as comments to this post.

Double Helix Club 2011-12: Season 2: Investigating Reaction Time

This week we investigating our reaction time before and after drinking coffee by catching a ruler and tranquilizing sheep with this bbc reaction time game.

Bad Movie Science

Its not just the destruction of the Death Star that shows Bad Movie Science in Star Wars!

Click here to find out more movies that fail the real life science test

Albino Animals- example of mutation ans/or inheritance of rare recessive alleles

Snowflake the Albino Gorilla

Albino animals are rare but many can be found around the world in zoos. They are the result of the inheritance of 2 recessive alleles or a mutation in the gene for the pigment melanin. To find out more click here.

Albino Aligator

Also click here to read a article from the Daily Telegraph on Albino Animals