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Catching up on the internet between cleaning and found that underwater rivers do exist.

Really. WTF nature?

Yesterday I discovered that I left Daemon's power cord at the Lab, so despite of my resolve to Not Be In Lab At All this weekend I had to pop in to grab the charger. Fail, yes. It is, coincidentally, really hard to present data when you can't present data. (This is apparently a valid worry when presenting at large conferences about unpublished research, as that, despite of being considered unethical, people have stolen information and used it to "scoop" other's research.) (For those not familiar with the academia: your standing and survival depend on publications. Your publications is ranked by impact. Your impact decreases exponentially with each paper someone else besides you publish on similar / identical research.)

(It's perfectly possible for someone to be scooped without any data-stealing to occur, I should mention. Especially if you are working on a really popular topic, such as application of stem cells in neurodegenerative disease. Or diabetes. Heck, anything that involves application of stem cells.)