What are these?

[BurtWorm]

No cheating!

[slinkerwink]

1. Bush's remaining eight brain cells.....

[BurtWorm]

2. No. these are actually vastly more substantial.

[waterman]

11. very good one, and quick too

[smirkymonkey]

22. LOL! First laugh I've had all day!

...However, I think he's down to only two now.

[Ediacara]

3. Hard to tell

but chloroplasts?

[Richardo]

4. Human clones from Korea?

is my guess

[BurtWorm]

7. You nailed it!

Did you cheat?

[Richardo]

9. No, I'm proud to say...I heard the story on NPR this morning

and it just popped into my pointy little haid...

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

5. Queen Elizabeth's IUD's?

[SoCalDem]

6. embryos?

:shrug:

[BurtWorm]

8. Could you be more specific?

Actually, don't bother. Richardo guessed. You're right that they're human embryos.

[Ediacara]

10. Well ok, then what's THIS?

[waterman]

12. denim?

[Ediacara]

15. nope

[Exgeneral]

13. W's chapped ass after last week?

close up?

[Ediacara]

17. you're right about close up

but why would I want to post a pic of W's ass!?

[jpak]

18. shocked quartz

the thingy's in Burtworm's original post are human blastomeres

aka "embryos"

[Ediacara]

19. so so close!

but you need some..... Potassium :-)

[jpak]

20. Damn it! Where's that geology text...

Potassium + silica = ........ugh

What's the stochiometry?????

:)

on edit:

K-feldspar????

[Ediacara]

23. yep

The variety known as Microcline, but K-spar is close enough :-)

[jpak]

21. OK DinoBoy

What are THESE...heh hehhh...

[Ediacara]

24. I am not sure

Since it's a composite image I'd guess it's something from space. Rocks on sand? On Mars maybe since they look rounded by either wind or water.

[jpak]

26. Ding ding ding

They're the spherules (Martian "blueberries) photographed by the Opportunity rover this week.

http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/press/opportunity/20040212a.html

too freakin' cool...

[trof]

14. Arrrrr, Matey!

Pieces of Eight!
Amoebas?

[moof]

29. They are grovelbot bait.

If you don't believe it just ask the bot what week this is.

[ronnykmarshall]

16. Those are you're new shoes, Dawn!

[Donkeyboy75]

25. Cloned human embryos

I work in a biochem lab and just got done looking at those pictures

[Sequoia]

27. Human cells ready to turn into babies?

Well....?

[MisterP]

28. stem cell party!

[Rabrrrrrr]

It's the last bit of food for the GrovelBot cuz he can't afford no more,

right Bot?

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[populistmom]

31. Blastocysts

I believe is the technical term. Do I win a prize?