Go check out Carnival of the Cats #99 ~ Valentine Edition.
We’ve all seen floaters (vitreous opacities): small particles suspended in the human eye that result in visual oddities that change location and move as we reorient our eye (including the negligible movement resulting from a blink). It’s a normal biological occurrence that most if not all humans experience. Dr. Charles has posted a great personal experience with them in an older person. This time, however, it’s not one of his patients.
I somehow managed not to mention last week that Yahoo is helping the Chinese government jail dissidents. I will never do business with Yahoo again considering they also handed over search data to the U.S. government without any regard to user privacy. Maybe they just don’t like their customers.
Orac’s Respectful Insolence has moved to its new home at Science Blogs. Be sure to update your bookmarks accordingly.
Bald eagles basking in the sun. Check out the larger version of the photo. In a word: beautiful.
How about a star with planets rotating in opposite directions? It wouldn’t happen in our lifetime — humans could well be extinct by the time it does — but the possibility of two accretion disks forming planets that orbit in opposite directions around a single star is a fascinating possibility. It also means we may yet discover an existing solar system with these dynamics. Very cool.