we may need one of these for XMRV

[urbantravels]

These have been well known to science types for years - but they keep adding new members to the family. I like the new "Petri dish" mini-sets.

http://www.giantmicrobes.com/us/orderform.php

Something for idle minds to dwell on while we wait for the other shoe to drop...

 

[dipic]

I started reading this thread and thought "oh, is this what I think it is? ...Yes!" haha. I would love to own a little XMRV plushie, as perhaps a bit morbid as it may seem.

 

[urbantravels]

They've always been a bit morbid, but to me that's part of their charm. I notice they've added "awareness ribbons" to a few of them, like HIV and Hep C - that's new.

I think the Ebola virus is particularly cute.