An educator in Spain left little to imagination to teach her third grade students about the human anatomy.

Instead of simply using a textbook to instruct the class, Vernica Duque donned a form-fitting bodysuit that mapped out all the internal organs in great detail.

I was surfing the internet when an ad of an AliExpress swimsuit popped up, the 43-year-old told Bored Panda.

Knowing how hard it is for kids this young to visualize the disposition of internal organs, I thought it was worth giving it a try.

While no skin was exposed, illustrations of the heart, lungs, intestines, kidneys, muscles and ligaments were displayed in full view on the spandex getup.

Her revealing ensemble went viral with over 13,000 retweets after Duques proud husband shared images from her scintillating lesson on Twitter.

Very proud of this volcano of ideas that I am lucky to have as my wife , he captioned the tweet, which was translated into English from Spanish. Today she explained the human body to her students in a very original way And the kids were freaking out. Great Veronica !!!

A seasoned instructor with over 15 years of teaching science, art, English and Spanish, Duque prides herself in finding innovative ways to make the lessons interesting and exciting to her students.

I decided long ago to use disguises for history lessons, she added. Im also using cardboard crowns for my students to learn grammatical categories such as nouns, adjectives, and verbs. Different grammar kingdoms, so to say.

She added: Id like society to stop considering teachers to be lazy bureaucratic public servants. Were certainly not.

Going forward, its safe to say many will be inspired by dissecting Duques body of work.

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was born in the middle of the Humanism movement a search for the lost wisdom of the classical age that broke with the rigid schemes of the Middle Ages. It provided an opening and a new vision of the world: man was no longer subdued and debased by life and by the weight of sin but felt, on the contrary, that he could take the reins and guide his destiny. Humanism brought him to the center of the universe, completely reassessing his position and his potential.

This passionate investigation, which began mainly thanks to the studies of Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374), also brought the recovery of the hermetic message and with it with the discovery of texts linked to the figure Hermes Trismegistus , the Egyptian Thoth, the ibis - God of wisdom, magic, time measurement, mathematics and geometry, and the inventor of writing. The Latin translation by Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499) of the Corpus Hermeticum , presented to the Medici court in Florence in 1463, spread hermeticism and its religious and occult teachings among scholars; who saw it as a divine revelation reserved for initiates.

Leonardo da Vinci was partly fascinated by secret knowledge and research, but his field was not ancient scrolls and codices, he was an omo sanza lettere (man without literary culture), he did not know Greek or Latin, but was an assiduous reader of the books of nature and texts in Italian vernacular. Like the humanists, Leonardo wanted to rise to the level of the angels through the study of God's creation.

Possible self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci. ( Public Domain )

Leonardo's philosophy is presented in his very personal style of notes in books or sometimes in the form of pensieri (thoughts), i.e. stories that include and conclude with a clear and defined moral that often refers to Plato and Aristotle. However, Da Vinci eschews and does not submit to the fashion of auctoritas (the conception that the statements made by the Scriptures or by an erudite author of clear fame cannot be questioned but accepted for the mere fact of being a revelation of a higher knowledge from a secure and accredited source).

On the contrary, he argues vehemently in the face of the concept of sophisma auctoritatis "Ipse dixit ", (he himself said it). For Da Vinci, a thesis cannot be accepted only by virtue of the authority of the person who presents it, but he asserts and supports the superiority of direct experience, " la sapienza figliuola dellesperienza (wisdom is the child of experience), underlining the influence of Aristotle who taught experience as a methodology of investigation.

Leonardo studied and worked in the era immediately preceding that of Galileo, when science would move away from the supreme principles of Aristotle to establish a method of empirical and scientific investigation that reached the formulation of physical laws. Leonardo was not yet part of it, but he set out on this path through the meticulous study of nature: he cannot be defined as a scientist precisely because his objective is not to go back to physical law through observation and experience, but he nevertheless wished to understand the reasons and motives inherent in nature through reasoning applied to observation, what he called cogitatione mentale (mental reasoning).

Da Vinci's unique position, with one foot in Humanism and one in the Renaissance, offered him unexpected opportunities: from the humanistic riverbed originated the Renaissance of arts, philosophy, literature - following the establishment of the Seignories and the consequent phenomenon of patronage. The Medici in Florence, the Sforza in Milan, the Estensi in Ferrara, the Montefeltro in Romagna, and others, offered the lands they governed the pax (peace) and tranquility necessary to create courts of intellectuals, writers, artists, and architects, whose thoughts and refined atmosphere helped the Renaissance of art in general. In Rome, an opulent Church , eager to impose its own seal on the city, convened Michelangelo, Bramante, and Raffaello Sanzio, who would leave an eternal mark on the city.

The faade of St Peters Basilica with Corinthian columns and inscription. Credit: Ioannis Syrigos

The greatest architects, painters, and sculptors, from Donatello to Brunelleschi, worked in Florence in the Medicis time. It was a period when the great scholars had freedom and decent salaries. In this stimulating environment the Renaissance was generated - a movement of thought and culture that gave birth to a new vision of the world a place where Leonardo belonged. The discovery of perspective, consequent to this new way of observing the world, helped to renew painting and give new possibilities.

The humanistic search for truth and an anxiety for knowledge also permeated the artistic environment of the 15th century: in particular, the so-called "Artistic Anatomy", the investigation of the parts of the human body by dissection in order to acquire a better pictorial technique of the limbs, had spread into the studies of the most famous painters. The Artistic Anatomy came mainly from classical Greece, which needed it for its hyper-realistic sculptures and its search for perfection in proportions: the humanistic wave directly resumed this link with the past and assimilated the study of proportions to the search for the maximum aesthetic result.

Leonardo, at only 14 years of age, began to attend the workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio in Florence; serving first as a boy and then as an apprentice. The school of Verrocchio was a real art university and exposed the young Leonardo to an infinite number of techniques: probably he found the first rudiments of artistic anatomy here. But it was only later, around 1480, that Da Vinci personally deepened the study of anatomy as a means to increase his ability as an artist. In 1490 he wrote a letter complaining that he could not have human material for his studies.

Anatomy of a male nude by Leonardo da Vinci. ( Public Domain )

His knowledge increased in later years and oriented his interest to a much deeper level, so that from artistic anatomy he reached real anatomy, particularly from 1507 when he had the opportunity to perform dissections of corpses at the Ospedale di Santa Maria Nuova, in Florence. Three years later, his collaboration with the anatomist Marcantonio Della Torre led to autopsy observations in his Anatomical School in Pavia University between 1508 and 1512, carried out in view of the anatomical work De Figura Humana , which however never saw the light of day due to Della Torre's premature death.

Despite Leonardo's caution and discretion, this type of work and the consequent use of suitable personnel to provide the bodies for the dissections, was noticed. Malicious chatter began to spread about the mysterious occult occupation of master Da Vinci because his work usually took place at night to hide from prying eyes, it was in difficult conditions, and quickly completed because even fresh corpses quickly decayed.

The rumors became insistent and in 1515 Leonardo was accused of necromancy for his anatomical studies on corpses at the Hospital of the Holy Spirit in Rome. The Pope forced him to give up his research.

Da Vinci's research also extended to Physiognomy, the theory that somatic characters are indications of a person's moral and psychic characteristics. This was not a new idea as it was already present in the Pythagorean school, in the teaching of Aristotle and other philosophers, and in the Renaissance when it was also embraced by Michelangelo.

It is a concept without scientific basis that unfortunately reached the 20th century and was used by Nazi SS doctors to justify racial theories, linking the somatic features of Jews to dangerous characteristics such as greed, selfishness, and serious moral deficiencies. In his time, Leonardo deepened some aspects of it, maintaining however a scientific detachment that would bring him to a more objective vision than the painters of the time: he was convinced that the eye is the mirror of the soul and that some characteristics of the body can be indicative of inner deformities. However, scientific investigation always acted as a discriminating factor for him.

Study of five grotesque heads by Leonardo Da Vinci. ( Public Domain )

To this end, too, he deepened his studies of grotesque heads, fantastic animals, and even caricature; with the aim of capturing the inner nature of a living being. Although he acknowledged that the human soul can be expressed in facial expressions or in certain characteristics, in the Treatise on Painting he came to the conclusion that: Della fallace fisonomia e chiromanzia non mi estender, perch in esse non verit; e questo si manifesta perch tali chimere non hanno fondamenti scientifici (I will not use the fallacious physiognomy and fortune-telling because in them there is not truth; and this manifests itself because such chimeras have no scientific basis).

In this field, too, Da Vinci was an innovator as he was the first artist to scientifically study the "movements of the soul" and to express the psychology of the subject and his personality through painting.

The intensity and constancy with which Da Vinci pursued his anatomical investigation is a clear indication of a gradual deepening of his interest: it was no longer a question of understanding the forms hidden by the epidermal surface to apply them to painting or sculpture: now he had to understand the reasons, understand the mechanisms that moved the joints, the role of muscles, tendons, and even more the workings of the cardiovascular system, digestion, intestines, internal organs

In the margin of his anatomical drawings, Da Vinci inserted brief notes, forerunners of the modern scientific language, in the typical dry, clear, and rigorous style which would later be defined as Leonardo's prose. Sometimes the feelings of the Genius emerge - the astonishment for the complexity of the human body, which he called maravigliosa macchina (marvelous machine). This admiration for such a work of engineering would lead him to change the objectives of his anatomical investigation, directing them towards a much wider horizon than he could have imagined at the beginning.

A heart. Leonardo da Vinci wanted to know how the body works. ( Public Domain )

His anatomical drawings are actually questions, queries that Leonardo asked himself: How is muscular force applied to bones? How can the skeleton withstand the weight of the whole body? How does the heart work? How does blood spread in the body? These are the questions of a researcher, of a curious man who is eager for knowledge and doesn't find it in books. Therefore had to do the work himself.

In his painting techniques, the first investigations of Leonardo's Artistic Anatomy can be seen in San Girolamo, an unfinished painting in which he demonstrated his full knowledge of the muscles of the shoulders and neck, thanks to dissections and anatomical drawings.

Leonardo Da Vinci, San Girolamo (1480 ca.) (Public Domain ) and in comparison studies of the muscles of shoulder joint and neck. ( Public Domain )

Da Vinci's technique, in addition to drawings, sometimes includes notes and glosses on single sheets that should have been organized, collected, and catalogued in a precise order for proper consultation. However, like many other projects, he was not able to complete this task, burdened with the commitments and journeys necessary to fulfill his duties. This is the reason why his anatomical encyclopedia was not published centuries ahead of future university studies.

The publication of De Anatomia, (Fogli A e B) was to take place only in 1898 by Theodor Sabachnikov, who brought together the drawings from the Windsor collection in the work: Leonardo da Vinci's Manuscripts of the Royal Library of Windsor ( Dell'anatomia, fogli A e B ), Turin, Roux, and Viarengo, 1898.

This method of dissection subverts the methods of the time, which presupposed treatises on anatomy with few illustrations and a lot of text. The text was read and commented on by the teacher in the Anatomical Room while the dissector worked materially on the corpse and the various parts were indicated by the doctor with a long wand. Leonardo recognized the great possibility of pictures to illustrate and teach, highlighting details and clarifying concepts.

Da Vinci is also innovative in this field because he often used the technique of exploded drawing. Once the dissection was completed (from the Latin dissect, dis = separation, secare = cut), that is the cut of the limb or of the internal organ, he recomposed it through exploded drawing: this technique highlights not only Leonardo's questions concerning anatomy, but above all those concerning the reasons why the human body is made in this way and works with these organs.

Over time Leonardo's questions became more important and pressing; particularly when he began to study the reproductive apparatuses of men and women and finally arrived at Pathological Anatomy when he approached disturbing questions about changes in the human body due to age, and performed real autopsies in search of the causes of death. And from these he reached the SECRETUM, the biggest questions on death, on life, on the origin of it, with drawings of the human fetus already formed in the vicinity of childbirth.

Studies of the fetus in the womb by Da Vinci. ( Public Domain )

What is the spark of life? Where does the soul have its seat? These are recurrent questions in Leonardo's investigation and follow lines not far from the thought of the humanist Marsilio Ficino. Soul, mind, and quintessence coincide and are located in the brain.

Renaissance philosophy is uncertain about the physical position of the soul in the human body, recognizing a possible probability to the heart and/or brain: Da Vinci deepened the concept of the moti dellanima (soul motions), or emotions, always linked to the heart - but in the course of his dissections he realized that while the heart is an extraordinary machine, it is simply a pump.

During his experiments he learned that the optical nerves carry the images to a specific part of the brain, then following other bundles of nerves he reached the site of impressions and emotions, to finally arrive at the ventricolo centrale (central ventricle) which he saw as the site of the human soul il senso comune " (common sense), and where the memory and personality of the individual is also located.

Ultimately we can say that Leonardo believed, as a transcendent philosopher, in a God-creator, and thought that the painter or artist generally creates in the image of God, being an emanation of Him. He affirmed the idea of the existence of a soul that yearns to return to the Father and all his anatomical investigation can be defined as the Anatomy of the Soul because he wanted to use it to find answers to the most disturbing questions, such as the search for the mystery of the spark of life.

In this sense, the issue of the search for the golden proportion that the Renaissance and Da Vinci studied from Phidias and Fibonacci, should include the so called Signature of God. However, Leonardo approached these themes according to his personal vision as an ante litteram scientist, combining metaphysical research with scientific investigation, anticipating Cesare Lombroso's research four centuries later.

In his research Leonardo studied the divine proportion, a geometry inherent in creation that characterizes beauty and harmony. The human body is one of the most evident representations of this and Leonardo highlights it with the Vitruvian Man and by illustrating the De Divina Proportione (1509), a text by the mathematician Luca Pacioli on the golden ratio, a necessarily approximate number that corresponds to 1.618034.

Leonardo Da Vinci, L'Uomo Vitruviano (Vitruvian Man), originally known as Le proporzioni del corpo umano secondo Vitruvio, (The proportions of the human body according to Vitruvius), c. 1490. ( Pixabay License )

Closely linked to the Fibonacci sequence, also known as Phidias constant, it is the number that expresses the golden or divine relationship that Greek architects regularly used in their constructions: they were able to divide any line into two segments so that the entire line was about 1.618034 times longer than the longest segment, and the longest segment was about 1.618034 longer than the shortest segment. This proportion was also respected in the statues, where the forearm was in the entire arm to the extent of 1.618034, and so on for all parts of the body and face.

Classical Greece knew that in nature the golden number is continually reappearing; for example in the spirals of growth of sunflower seeds, in the elegant geometries of the Roman cabbage, in the form of a spiral or in other figures such as the lower section of the waves of the sea that form the golden spirals. The Renaissance rediscovered the harmony of the golden number and applied it to painting, identifying the so-called "Signature of God" - the secret of beauty and harmony as a sign of the Creator's hand, as believed by the mathematician Leonardo Fibonacci who had studied it in the 13th century.

Top Image: Leonardo da Vinci portrait and anatomical sketches. Source: klss777 / Adobe Stock

By Pierluigi Tombetti

Pierluigi Tombetti is the author of the recently published SECRETUM - Il Codice L (SECRETUM The L Code), researched from the documents concerning Leonardo Da Vinci's trip to Romagna to the service of Cesare Borgia (1502), it is an extraordinary thriller that winds between the present and the past in search of the mysterious SECRETUM.

The most interesting and instructive way to get closer to the secret studies of Leonardo and his Anatomy of the Soul. Completely based on accurate historical data.

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FLORHAM PARK, NJAn NFL broadcast can oftentimes last for over three hours. The total time viewers watch live-action (with the ball actually in play) averages out to a measly 10:43, per a 2010 Wall Street Journal study.

Incredibly, the average NFL play is usually just under four seconds.

So why does it feel as though analysts who possess the ability to break down the Xs and Os never have enough time to hit on everything? Well its simple: there actually is too much to go over during each four-second play.

Outside of its nature of pure will, football is a game of strategy. Coaches deploy their pieces as if it was a game of chess, attempting to punch, counterpunch and think multiple moves ahead.

The anatomy of a singular play is complex, especially when a touchdown is involved. The New York Jets first score against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 16a Sam Darnold-to-Robby Anderson beautyis no exception.

The ninth play of the Jets opening drive featured a challenge. Nine yards for a first down on an excellent drive that kickstarted the game, something Adam Gases offense has excelled at this season.

At the 23-yard-line, a Sam Ficken field goal try would equal 40 yards. Darnold cannot take a sack and Gase cannot play it conservatively, but he knows the Steelers defense wont lag. Theyll play the sticks aggressively, at the very least.

Darnold scans the defense and nothing is out of the ordinary. Pittsburghs usual single-high/three-deep look is fully intact on this crucial 3rd-down.

By the time Darnold takes the snap, the defense remains vanilla. The Steelers send four at the quarterback with two excellent bookend rushers in T.J. Watt and Bud Dupree.

Therefore, the young quarterback knows he should have time. His five big heavies should handle the four-man rush for at least a standard 5-to-7 drop.

This play is designed for Darnold to hit something on the right side. Of course, the left side is available in the right coverage, meaning a man-to-man look; but the Steelers go with a zone.

Notice the Z-close alignment of Anderson. This is intentionally done by Gase for a reason. On the previous nine plays, Pittsburgh deployed a single-high look with cornerback lag on the outside seven times. The other two plays featured a two-deep look that even saw the strong safety messing around with a lurk/robber position pre-snap.

The soft spot in the zone against a single-high/three-deep look is the seam. (Against a two-deep zone, its the middle of the field on a post or deep dig or down the sideline on a fade/9-route.)

Therefore, Andersons seam out of the close alignment is the perfect call against this Steelers pre-snap look and Darnold should be looking his way from the jump.

The Steelers gamble with the coverage. Instead of allowing the free safety to take his usual deep middle-third zone, he jumps up into a robber position, looking to take away the sticks over-the-middle.

Darnold sees it and knows he doesnt have to adjust. Instead of looking to fit the seam into Anderson against three-deep, he can do it against a two-deep CB look (with the corner maintaining outside leverage).

The free safety action to robber is the key.

Luckily, there wasnt much for young Darnold to think about on this one. Anderson represented the primary target initiallyespecially if single-high/three-deep was the lookand he turned out as a better choice once the free safety walked up into a robber.

The only thing Darnold had to worry about was the strong safety trailing, who helped bracket Anderson.

It didnt matter. Darnolds strong and confident throw coupled with perfect placement allowed Anderson to make a tremendous catchone that showcased the greatest evidence that he can be a No. 1 receiver in the NFL.

Its not always this easy. Granted, the throw and catch were difficult; it was the pre-snap primary target remaining the perfect choice that turned out as a relatively easy quarterback read on this onethanks to the single-high move to robber.

In the end, credit Darnold, Anderson and Gase. Especially credit the play-caller for knowing to place his top wideout in the close alignment to run that seam against a familiar Steelers single-high look.

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SAN FRANCISCO The Warriors new home court is where Suns coach Monty Williams first became concerned about his teams potential for slippage, when Phoenix nearly blew a game in which it led by as many as 34 points.

So its fitting that Chase Center is also where the Suns longest losing skid of the season hit its nadir.

The Suns surrendered a 12-point fourth-quarter lead in their 105-96 loss to Golden State, marred by sloppy play. It was Phoenixs eighth defeat in a row to fall to 11-20. Without hesitation, veteran point guard Ricky Rubio called this the worst one of the tumble.

Right now, were showing (ourselves to be) the team that we dont want to be, Rubio said. But its the one we are right now. And its a losing team.

Here is the anatomy of such a defeat:

27 turnovers

That season-high figure is glaring, jarring...

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When we look back at our history, with India at the cusp of two decades, we will recall this political moment as one marked by a deep schism in our polity in response to the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC). Lakhs of Indians have come out onto the streets to register their protest against the relegation of Muslims and indigenous tribes to second-class citizens. These (largely peaceful) protests have been met with violent repression and detainment by the police across Indian cities. In light of these political developments and the brutal violence of the past month alone, there are important questions to be answered: who is this country for, who is allowed to protest, and what is the nature of dissent at this critical juncture?

In Chennai, the first major public protest happened on 16 December 2019. We gathered with placards and slogans, and watched politicians speak about the injustice of the CAA while also pillorying their adversaries. The beat of theparai drum was electric and the chief sloganeer led us to animatedly raise our voices to decry how the CAA and NRC combined can affect its own citizens. The slogans simultaneously expressed outrage, hurt, and importantly, unity. The feeling of people coming together suffused the air with a brief optimism that the situation might turn out differently.

The next day, there was a student-led protest at a university campus. Some of us went to show our solidarity, but the gates had already been closed, and a battalion of policemen and policewomen had gathered with their vans, lathis, and the deterring effect of their uniformed presence. In a surrealist twist, right as we arrived at the university, a policeman was doling out plates of biryani to the other 20-odd personnel, standing around with their lathis sticking out like a first warning. When we joined up with the student protestors who were behind the gates, the biryani was abandoned for an interrogation about our identity cards. Denied entry on account of not being students of the university, we stood outside with our placards and slogans. Three chants in, the police encircled us and declared that we were under arrest. It had been less than a minute since we had assembled there.

The policeman in charge announced that we had broken a law. We argued that Section 144 had not been imposed, making his argument, that people could not assemble in groups of more than four, void. But the police van began to pull up, and we tried to get away as he threatened to detain us. A man in plainclothes video-recorded this entire interaction. A few days later now, the video is trending on Twitter among right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party supporters who claim that the group of women in the video were paid protestors, not really students, and were stirring up trouble for no reason. Other comments are far more vitriolic, urging the police to identify the people in the video, enact violence, lock the women up.

Beyond the misogyny of the comments, the aggression appears to stem from the threat and affront presented by the image of a young woman raising her voice at the policeman threatening to arrest her, not only refusing to oblige, but also calling him out on furnishing a court order that did not exist. As a result, in the comments, she is a liar, she is a fake protestor, and paid by the opposition to be there. There is something about this moment that has allowed for the weaponisation of the power of social media and selective visuals.

What are the optics of a protest? We protest because we want to be seen by the agents of the state as registering our dissent, and we hope that the media will portray our struggle accurately. At the same time, a protest also allows for grandiose performances of wokeness and social grandstanding to claim that one is socially aware and awake (hence, the pop-culture term woke). Though being seen as dissenting is part of the protest, hollow rhetoric has no place in a fraught political moment. Finally, being seen can be the very thing that is turned against a protestor by those who want to discredit that protest. In capturing partial and misleading visuals, and doctoring videos or photographs, those supporting the CAA and NRC can misattribute violence to protestors, discredit their legitimacy, and out the protestors to those that might turn their vitriol against them: parents, relatives, and neighbours. Young students are a vulnerable group whose agency can be undermined by familial control, social surveillance, and the fear of retribution.

What can unsettle authoritarianism more effectively than undiluted outrage, hurt, and dissent? In the fight against a saffronising India, students are targeted because they represent a threat to a state that is smug in its own moral authority. Here are two groups laying claim to different futures, knowing there will only be one outcome. Political parties enjoy the protection of the policethey can easily obtain permissions, and the organisational work follows a clear and established chain of command. Students, on the other hand, have no vested interest in furthering their hold over vote banks or other stakeholders. In fact, the repercussions for them are the greatest should they be detained, misrepresented, or outed to their families. Yet, despite these risks, they show up on the streets to stand in solidarity with other citizens being killed, shamed, and edged out of the democratic pie, if there is one at all. And herein lies the power of student protests that presents a threat to the supporters of the CAA and NRC as well as to an authoritarian regime.

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So many amazing friendships have come out of Grey's Anatomy, proving that it's not just any old medical drama. Of course, there have been thousands of unusual medical cases for the doctors at Grey Sloan Memorial to solve over the years but it's the interactions between the characters that keep viewers tuning in week after week.

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Sometimes, two characters go together so well that it's incredible that they haven't struck up a friendship before. Other times, two people who are the complete polar opposites find their platonic soulmate in each other. However, Grey's has also featured a number of friendships which just didn't work.

These two loveable surgeons are perfectly amicable towards each other, but they've always remained acquaintances at best, which is a real shame. For one thing, they actually have quite a lot in common. Jackson and Meredith both had to live up to their name, as esteemed surgeons ran in the family; Jackson is the grandson of Harper Avery, and Meredith had Ellis Grey as her mother.

For another thing, on the rare occasions that they actually spend time with each other outside of a group gathering, their banter is actually quite funny. Who could forget Meredith comforting Jackson over Richard dating his mother by reminding him that Webber slept with her mom too?

Dr Stark was quite simply an ass of a character. He was brought in by Richard Webber to replace Arizona when she went off to help children in Africa in Season 7, and he quickly made enemies with most of the surgical staff, most notably Alex Karev. However, he seemed to have a soft spot for April and the two soon struck up a friendship.

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However, Dr Stark took a liking to April and soon wanted a little bit more than her friendship. They went on one date but April wanted to just remain friends. Unfortunately, Dr Stark didn't take it too well and went on to treat April like any other doctor, which is to say he was a total jerk.

Happily, there's still time for these two to strike up a bromance and, to be honest, Owen really needs it. His character development has come to an absolute standstill. In his first appearance back in Season 5, Owen was a hotshot, confident army doctor, who knew his own mind, but apologized if he overstepped any boundaries.

Unfortunately, nowadays, Owen always believes he's right and leaves utter devastation in his wake. His treatment of Amelia, Tom and Teddy in Season 15 was absolutely appalling. Link, on the other hand, isso nice and kind, and if he and Owen bonded over a couple of drinks, we reckon that he would be able to sort out Dr Hunt in no time.

In Grey's Anatomy's twelfth season, the character of Nathan Riggs was introduced and, surprise surprise, Owen didn't like him. In fact, Owen hated him so much that he turned almost the entire hospital against him. The only person who liked Riggs and enjoyed his company initially was April, who had met him during her time as an army medic.

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This looked like it could have made for an adorable friendship, with the two bonding over their awkward first starts at the hospital. However, their friendship disappeared as soon as it had begun. They never really interacted onscreen and when they did, it was like they had totally forgotten that they were friends.

Jo and Jackson's relationship is similar to that of his and Meredith's friendship, except Jo and Jackson know each other even less. Until recently, Jackson was Jo's superior, so we can understand why they never really bonded back then. However, Jo was dating Alex, Jackson's friend and colleague, so there was an opportunity there.

However, Jo and Jackson have far more in common than that. Both of them have a dark history with their parents, and they both regret going to find out more. When Jo was depressed after visiting her birth mom, Jackson was there to try and comfort her and offer her some advice. These two need to lean on each other more often.

Initially, these two surgeons appeared to be good friends, and they supported each other. However, as the show progressed, Derek and Richard seemed to like each other less and less. Firstly, Derek was unaware that he would have to compete with Burke for Chief of Surgery once Richard retired, something that Webber neglected to mention.

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Their differences really came out to play, though, in Season 6. This was a very stressful time for Richard, as the hospital was merging with Mercy West, meaning there would be cutbacks and a loss of jobs. Unfortunately, this drove him to start drinking, and while Derek noticed first, he could have handled the situation a lot better.

Okay, so some of you might think that we've gone a little bit mad here, but just hear us out. Yes, Amelia and Teddy didn't exactly get off to a great start, but actually, they're perfect best friend material. They both know what it's like to be in a relationship with Owen Hunt, and they know all the problems that come with it.

They also know exactly what it's like to have a surprise pregnancy, and possibly by the same man too. This all sounds fairly counterintuitive but imagine the fun they could have; Teddy coming over to Amelia's to drink and rant about Owen, and Amelia just giving sass back. Grey's needs a great friendship at the moment, and Teddy and Amelia could be it.

George and Lexie first met in the closing moments of the third season's finale, in a cliffhanger that left a lot of people absolutely gobsmacked. In the next season, Lexie was the only person George told about him having to repeat his intern year, and like any good friend would, she kept his secret safe.

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The two looked as though they had a good friendship going, and it was nice to seem them bond. However, when George became a resident, their relationship changed. George basically ignored Lexie in favor of hanging out with his old friends again and Lexie, who had developed a crush on him, was hurt by his actions.

Maggie and Mark never even met onscreen, as the latter died almost two seasons before Maggie first appeared on the medical drama, and that was a real shame.Grey's Anatomy presents both Maggie and Amelia as Meredith's current 'sisters' but for some reason, everyone has always hated on Amelia. Personally, I found Maggie way more annoying.

Maggie is a brilliant surgeon, and she can be a real badass when she wants, but she is way too high strung and gets way too obsessed with relationships. Mark Sloan, however, was ridiculously carefree, and had the two of them met, they would have been hilarious together. Mark also wouldn't have held back during that ridiculous Meredith-Maggie-Riggs love triangle.

We know they're currently in a relationship now, but Teddy and Owen were friends for a long time before that. Except, no one could really tell that they were friends because of the amount of times they fell out or developed feelings for one another.

Owen first brought Teddy to Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital as a present for his then-girlfriend, Cristina, who was desperate for a Cardio mentor. However, it soon transpired that Teddy had feelings for Owen, which resulted in a love triangle between the trio. Things just got worse, though, as Owen tried to get Teddy fired, and in Season 8, he refused to tell Teddy that her husband had died because she was still in surgery.

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[Spoiler alert: The Greys AnatomySeason 16 fall finale.] Just when we thought the love triangle between Amelia Shepherd (Caterina Scorsone), Owen Hunt (Kevin McKidd), and Atticus Link Lincoln (Chris Carmack) was over, Greys Anatomy reels us back in. The Nov. 22 midseason finale left every fan wondering whether the father of Amelias baby is Link or Owen. And quite frankly, everything is a mess. But some Greys Anatomy fans took the liberty of speculating how the storyline will all play out, including one theory about Owens death that will either leave you heartbroken or ready for more.

In the Greys Anatomy Season 16 premiere titled Nothing Left to Cling To Amelia stops by Carina DeLucas (Stefania Spampinato) office and the OB-GYN tells the neurosurgeon she is pregnant. Then after the episode, Entertainment Tonight reported Amelia is pregnant with Links baby. And when speaking with Krista Vernoff, the showrunner hinted at a complicated journey for Link and Amelia.

I love throwing obstacles and growing opportunities in her path, Vernoff said. For her to have decided that she wants not to go all-in with someone, but to slow-roll a relationship and to take it slow and get to know a person and do something differently than shes done before And then for her to discover in that same episode that she is pregnant, felt messy and exciting.

She continued: This is a complicated, complicated thing. They were dating and having fun and now theyre taking a very different journey than the one they thought they were on.

Then in the Greys Anatomy Season 16 midseason finale titled Lets All Go to the Bar Amelia visits Carina, who once again delivers some big news. And apparently, Amelia is 24 weeks in her pregnancy, rather than 20 weeks. This means its more likely her baby is Owens and not Links.

Following the Greys Anatomy fall finale, fans flocked to social media to express their thoughts about Owen, Amelia, and Links situation. And one fan on Reddit proposed a devastating theory on how Owens death could move the storyline forward for Amelia and Link to stay together.

Just a theory. Amelias baby is Owens and Amelia tells Owen and Link about it, the fan wrote. Owen was at home with Teddy then and was rushing to Amelia at the hospital but he gets into a terrible car crash on his way. Meredith and Bailey and all relevant surgeons try to save Owen but he was too far gone and eventually they had to pull the plug.

The Redditor continued: Link steps up to father Amelias baby making Amelia and Link endgame with Owen out of the way. Heartbroken Teddy moves back to Germany with Leo and Allison.

Naturally, fans had mixed feelings about the potential of Owens death.

I definitely wouldnt be opposed to Owen dying, a Reddit user wrote. Hes involved enough that his death would be a big deal and could prompt some interesting developments for everyone else.

Yes, lets leave two (potentially 3) children without their father and put Teddy through [losing] another significant other. Im going with a big NO, another fan wrote.

For now, it seems unlikely Owen will die on Greys Anatomy. And of course, it would be difficult to imagine the Shondaland series without McKidd. But regardless of what actually happens to Owen, Amelia, and Link, viewers will just have to wait and see what happens next.

Following the midseason finale, ABC aired the promo trailer for the Greys Anatomy winter premiere in 2020. The preview revealed the show will return on Thursday, Jan. 23, and be part of a two-hour crossover event with Station 19.

Meanwhile, the network announced Greys Anatomy will change its air time, switching to the 9 p.m. ET slot. And it seems the flagship series will become sexier as opposed to devastating or at least according to Vernoff.

There are different rules for a 9 p.m. show than there are for an 8 p.m. show, and we hope to take advantage of those rules, Vernoff told Deadline. Greys was definitely allowed to be a sexier show when it was on at 9 oclock. So we are excited by the change back to our original (Thursday) time slot.

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There are rare occasions when one episode of television just takes your breath away. Or makes you laugh. Or think harder. That's the power of television: in the course of about an hour, a single episode can get fully seared in your memory. Fortunately for TV lovers, 2019 was full of a whole slew of incredible television. Taking a bit of inspiration from the realities of 2019 itself, series like Watchmen, Pose, and even Grey's Anatomy (yes, it's still on) tackled the social ires that plague our communities, but there's something extra poignant about seeing those topics seep into the entertainment we consume in our down time. Television has always had a way of making the taboo a bit more digestible, but the stories told on television this year took it to a whole new level.

But beyond the social messaging, some series simply found a way to tell a damn good story, message or not. The second season of Fleabag punctuated the decade with some of the sharpest comedy we've seen in years. Big Mouth continues to find a way to weave in animation with smart storytelling season after season. And even though some of these series didn't see Emmy or Golden Globe nominations, they still managed to occupy a place in our minds.

10. "Duke," Big Mouth

Duke narrates a central mystery: how did jazz legend Duke Ellington, whose ghost lives in Nick Birchs attic, lose his virginity? This Very Special Episode takes Nick, Andrew, and Jay back in time to Washington D.C. circa 1913, or as Duke describes it, Americas puberty, and my puberty, too. What follows is a singularly unusual episode of Big Mouth, one filled with romance, wistfulness, and a rare, cheeky bit of privacy. In an age where teenagers are more logged on than ever, an episode of television preserving the intimate mystery of Dukes first time is a welcome revelation. Adrienne Westenfeld

9. "Chase Drops His First Album," The Other Two

Comedy Centrals The Other Two remained a bit of a blip on the comedy radar this year, mostly adored in critical circles, but the heartfelt comedy from Chris Kelly was at its best in its inaugural season when it tackled the line between comedy and tragedy. In a bottle episode that kept its entire cast on a plane for Chases album drop, Cary (Drew Tarver), Brooke (Helne Yorke), and Pat (Molly Shannon) wrestle with the complex task of when to reveal to Chase (Case Walker) that his father died from alcoholism.Justin Kirkland

8. "Janets," The Good Place

The Good Place has been a nugget of gold for all four seasons its been on air, but the quirky NBC comedy is at its best when it leans all the way into the weird. Janets is the epitome of that type of strangeness. Stuck in a void while Michael (Ted Danson) and Janet (DArcy Carden) attempt to save the Soul Squad from eternal damnation, the core four are kept in Janets void, but theres a catch: they all appear as Janet. Carden was tasked with the impossible feat of playing four different characters who all interact with one another. What easily could have been a shtick of an episode turned into a true testament to the comedic force that Carden is, as well as how inventive network sitcoms can be.Justin Kirkland

7. "This Is Not For Tears," Succession

In the hall of fame for television episodes that fulfill that old surprising and inevitable chestnut dispensed in writing workshops around the country, This Is Not For Tears is a standout. After a season spent building dread and suspense around which Roy family member would become the blood sacrifice laid at the shareholder altar, this season finale solves the mystery, only to subvert expectations at the final second. This Is Not For Tears pays off the long saga of tortured gamesmanship between Logan and Kendall, allowing Kendall to rise like a phoenix from the debasement hes suffered for two seasons. Adrienne Westenfeld

6. "Episode 4," Years and Years

Years and Years was one of those series that floated under the radar for most of this year, but it packs one of the biggest punches of the 2019. Actually, the insane realism of the sci-fi show that speculates on what global politics could look like over the next 15 years might hit a bit too close to home for most. In Episode 4, the tragic repercussions of immigration reform are on full display when Daniel (Russell Tovey) attempts to get his fiance, Viktor (Maxim Baldry) back to England via a small motorized raft. The results make for one of the most heart-wrenching, brutal twists on television this year.Justin Kirkland

5. "Ariadne," Russian Doll

Russian Doll might have been the first truly great series of the year, but of all its parts, the final installment is the one that really sells the series as something remarkable. After multiple episodes of seeing Nadia Vulvokov (Natasha Lyonne) die over and over, the season finale explores why this show about death was actually about living all along. Lyonnes character arc provides a concrete foundation for a series that very easily could have saccharine, and its final episode gave an emotional conclusion that felt neither forced, nor arbitrary.Justin Kirkland

4. "Never Knew Love Like This Before," Pose

Pose turned up the intensity in Season Two by jumping forward in time and highlighting activism within the HIV community. The true shock of the season hit in Episode Four though, when Candy, a trans woman and mainstay of the ballroom scene, was brutally murdered in a motel. The episode highlighted the unceremonious treatment that trans women, particularly those of color, receive in death. But more than the injustice of Candys death, Never Knew Love Like This Before shined a light on the tight knit community that mourned her death. For a show set in 1990, its incredible just how much this particular episode resonates in 2019. Justin Kirkland

3. "Episode 6," Fleabag

In twelve formally daring, perfectly compact episodes, Fleabag excavated themes of family, grief, trauma, and spirituality, all through a remarkable arc of growth and self-knowledge. In the final episode of the series, creator and star Phoebe Waller-Bridge crystallized these themes into a perfect, gutting ending, which sees Fleabag offer her heart to the Catholic priest for whom shes fallen, only for him to choose God over her. Fleabags compulsion to break the fourth wall as an emotional crutch comes full circle in the episodes final moment, when a heartbroken Fleabag tells us goodbye, choosing instead to embrace her life in all its agonies and ecstasies. As Fleabag ends the story shes been telling us all along, what emerges is a poignant celebration of being present in ones life. Adrienne Westenfeld

2. "Silent All These Years," Grey's Anatomy

For a series that has been on the air for 15 years, Greys Anatomy could get a pass for sticking with whats comfortable. But under the guidance of showrunner Krista Vernoff, the series has reclaimed its cultural currency by skewering social issues via the work done at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital. Most powerfully, the series aired Silent All These Years earlier in 2019. Set with two dual storylines, a series regular discovers that her birth was the result of a sexual assault, while back at the hospital, a patient comes in after being raped. Traumatized by the experience, women (comprised of real-life actors, extras, writers, and technical crew) line the halls of the hospital so that the woman can go into surgery without having to see a man. It remains one of the most powerful images to emerge from television this year.Justin Kirkland

1. "This Extraordinary Being," Watchmen

In the short run that Watchmen had this year, the series has already exceeded the high expectations its viewers had for it. Still, no episodeWatchmen or otherwisehas managed to have the impact that This Extraordinary Being had. Acting as an origin story for Hooded Justice, This Extraordinary Being also served as a painfully relevant meditation on racism in America and how the subtleties of prejudice can be just as damaging as overtly racist acts. Pulling off an origin story for a character known by so many is a difficult task on its own. Pairing it with a nuanced discussion on race in America is sheer brilliance.Justin Kirkland

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Season 16 of Grays Anatomy is merely beginning. Yet, with every one of the progressions at Gray Sloan Memorial Hospital first off, Meredith Gray was terminated after being captured for protection misrepresentation we realize what Grays fans are thinking at present: Is this the finish of the show?

Even though her characters future in Seattle is being referred to, Ellen Pompeo has formally recharged her agreement through 2020, which means Grays Anatomy is digging in for the long haul for one more season.

TBD. Given past seasons, the new season will debut will probably be the last Thursday in September 2020. On the off chance that ABC proceeds with their #TGIT lineup, the restorative dramatization will be trailed by its sister appear.

Per Pompeos most recent arrangement with ABC, the entertainer is marked on for the seventeenth season. Useful thing since ABCs amusement boss Kerry Burke clarified that Greys Anatomy wouldnt proceed without the shows lead on-screen character.

This comes only one year after Pompeo referenced that she was searching for a change. Ahead of season 16, the on-screen character revealed to Entertainment Weekly that shes feeling like were arriving at the finish of the narratives that weve told and what we can tell. Were speculating that most of Greys fans oppose this idea.

Up until now, the entirety of the lead characters are set to return Andrew DeLuca (Giacomo Gianniotti), Richard Webber (James Pickens Jr.), Dr. Jackson Avery (Jesse Williams), Dr. Maggie Pierce (Kelly McCreary), Dr. Miranda Bailey (Chandra Wilson), Dr. Alex Karev (Justin Chambers), Dr. Jo Karev (Camilla Luddington), Dr. Teddy Altman (Kim Raver), Dr. Owen Hunt (Kevin McKidd), and Dr. Amelia Shepherd (Caterina Scorsone).

Following the news that Jesse Williams marked on to star in Hulus new arrangement Little Fires Everywhere, fans expected that the entertainer was leaving Greys.

He immediately affirmed that he inked an agreement for season 17 and referenced that showrunner Krista Vernoff will make sense of approaches to make every last bit of it work, as per TV Line.

Given the way that season 16 began with a blast (Meredith was terminated from the emergency clinic! Amelia is pregnant!), its sheltered to expect that the following season will be similarly as momentous.

As Vernoff puts it, the ebb and flow season is confounded and loaded with tragedy, vocation changes, and significant moves in clinic administration. Its difficult for me to state who anybody should pull possibly in support. I believe its a human, muddled, complex season, she revealed to TV Guide.

While the points of interest are still undetermined, Pompeo, who happens to be one of the shows makers, vows to keep recounting to quality stories.

Regardless I am battling each day to make everything encompassing this show, the nature of the show, the narrating, despite everything Im battling for all that I can, for the quality to be great, for the on-screen characters to be cheerful, whether that is generally welcomed or not, she revealed to Entertainment Weekly. Along these lines, at any rate, theres that.

We would rather not say it, yet it sounds lie the end is close. OK, were not saying it, Pompeo is. On an ongoing scene of Late Night with James Corden, the entertainer prodded that shes tossing around thoughts with Vernoff and Rhimes about the arrangement finale.

Indeed, I cant generally say what I think, supposing that we truly would what I like to do, that would part with it, she said. Her ultimate dream: bringing back the whole unique cast (thats right, even McDreamy).

She questions that it would happen because some of them were slaughtered on the show, however hopefully!

In any case, the cast realizes that Greys fans wont be content with the consummation (at whatever point it is). The closure, the last scene, matters such a lot, she proceeded.

Is it true that you are messing with me? Whats more, the fans are never going to be cheerful, regardless. Sopranos, Game of Thrones, theyre pissed regardless of what you do. In this way, theres a great deal of weight on that last scene.

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A teacher found an innovative way to teach her students anatomy by donning a bodysuit showing where organs are placed.

Vernica Duque wore the wetsuit, which she bought online, for her eight and nine-year-old students in Valladolid, Spain.

It visually shows exactly where each organ is situated in the body to help her students learn.

Speaking to BoredPanda she said: I was surfing the internet when an ad of an AliExpress swimsuit popped up.

Knowing how hard it is for kids this young to visualize the disposition of internal organs, I thought it was worth it giving it a try.

AliExpress appears to have sold out of the exact item that Mrs Duque was wearing, although similar swimsuits are still available for around $10.

The 43-year-old teaches natural and social sciences as well as art, English and Spanish to her third-grade students.

She revealed that she also uses disguises and other props to enliven her lessons while she teaches history and grammar.

Mrs Duques husband Michael shared the pictures online with the caption: Very proud of this volcano of ideas that I am lucky to have as a woman.

Today she explained the human body to her students in a very original way. And the kids [were]freaking out.

Viewers took to the comments to share their amazement at the idea.

Snchez wrote: Great. Spectacular. Sparkly. Intelligent. Didactic. Masterly. Surely students will not forget it in their life.

Irma Merchan Romero added: It is fortunate to have professionals of this caliber, always looking to leave a mark on their students.

And Jos Antonio wrote: Congratulations to your wife, Veronica. I find it amazing to teach science that way. This is to innovate.

Mrs Duque isnt the only teacher finding innovative ways to engage her students.

Earlier this year, teacherAngelina Murphy from Los Angeles, California, told how she lets her students submit memes about their class throughout the year.

She said: I give students the option to submit memes about the school year or our class and we look at them on the last day of class. They usually take this opportunity to roast me, which I dont mind.

While some of the memes are related to the class in general, some poked fun at Ms. Murphy in particular but she seems to have a great sense of humor about it all.

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