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Post by Willing Sniper on May 10, 2014 20:54:51 GMT -8
Looking At Tears Under A Microscope Reveals A Shocking Fact.
One day Rose-Lynn Fisher wondered if her tears of grief would look different from her tears of joy, so she began to explore them up close under a microscope. She studied 100 different tears and found that basal tears (the ones that our body produces to lubricate our eyes) are drastically different from the tears that happen when we are chopping onions. The tears that come about from hard laughter aren't even close to the tears of sorrow. Like a drop of ocean water each tiny tear drop carries a microcosm of human experience. Her project is called 'The Topography of Tears'
Tears from laughing until crying
 Tears of change
Tears of grief
Tears from onions
Joseph Stromberg of the Smithsonian’s Collage of Arts and Sciences explained that there are three major types of tears: basal, reflex, and psychic (triggered by emotions). All tears contain organic substances including oils, antibodies, and enzymes and are suspended in salt water. Different types of tears have distinct molecules. Emotional tears have protein-based hormones including the neurotransmitter leucine enkephalin, which is a natural painkiller that is released when we are stressed. Plus, the tears seen under the microscope are crystallized salt and can lead to different shapes and forms. So even psychic tears with the same chemical composition can look very different. Fisher said, “There are so many variables—there’s the chemistry, the viscosity, the setting, the evaporation rate and the settings of the microscope.”
Basal tears
 Tears of timeless reunion
 Tears of ending and beginning
 Tears of momentum, redirected
 Tears of release
 Tears of possibility and hope
 Tears of elation at a liminal moment
 Tears of remembrance
 Like snow flakes and fingerprints, no tears are alike. I can't believe the difference between all of these.
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2014 21:06:45 GMT -8
very cool, brought a tear to my eye.  |
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Post by Willing Sniper on May 10, 2014 21:24:50 GMT -8
HA!!
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2014 5:50:30 GMT -8
None of the pics are showing up on my page. Wah!
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Post by Willing Sniper on May 11, 2014 7:32:03 GMT -8
None of the pics are showing up on my page. Wah! Tears of a clown
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2014 7:48:38 GMT -8
Yes. Amazing how a godless world would evolve such things.
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Post by Willing Sniper on May 11, 2014 8:24:06 GMT -8
But it does. All without a cosmic magician. Amazing...
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