Share The animal kingdom is full of beautiful and mysterious processes, but there are few that are more captivating and wonderful than the metamorphoses that caterpillars undergo to become moths or butterfly. Blue Morpho Image credits: gerckens.photo Image credits: Ricardo Jimenes Isochaetes Beutenmuelleri Image credits: Igor Siwanowicz Image credits: Roy Morris Hubbard’s Small Silkmoth Image credits: […]
ShareThe skeleton of a former headmaster is allowed to stay in the biology classroom where he taught for 50 years. Alexandru Grigore Popescu’s bones were confiscated from rural Puchenii Mosneni elementary school in south-eastern Romania’s Prahova county after health and safety officials discovered it was the real thing. The teacher had outlined his desire to hang in […]
ShareA doctor in New York City who was diagnosed with Ebola received a plasma transfusion from Nancy Writebol, an aid worker who contracted the deadly disease in Africa and survived. Dr. Craig Spencer, who recently returned from treating Ebola patients in Africa with Doctors Without Borders and was diagnosed in New York Thursday, received the […]
ShareEco-friendly street art.. what? yes.. graffiti made with made nature’s elements. As people become more eco-friendly and environmentally aware, the idea of making living, breathing graffiti has become an exciting outlet for graffiti artists. Also called eco-graffiti or green graffiti, moss graffiti replaces spray paint, paint-markers or other such toxic chemicals. This is an awesome […]
ShareLive Updates: Ebola In The U.S. Amid Ebola concerns, federal officials on Tuesday mandated all flights originating from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea land at one of five U.S. airports. Latest Developments: U.S. requires West Africa travelers to arrive at one of five airports. Rwanda announced new screening procedures for travelers from the U.S. and Spain. […]
ShareFecal transplants can be life-saving for people with stubborn bacterial infections, but they’re not for the faint of heart. So doctors have come up with a way to make them more palatable: the frozen poop pill. People infected with Clostridium difficile suffer debilitating diarrhea, but the bug often defies antibiotics. The infection killing up to 14,000 […]
Share Although these stunning images might look like the work of Photoshop magic, photographer Robert Bösch (or Robert Boesch) captured these campaign photos for the Swiss mountaineering brand Mammut by carefully coordinating an entire team of mountaineers on the snowy Alps. Racing against time and extreme conditions, the team demonstrated their mountain-climbing skills and the […]
ShareSome really cool animals that are real and yet you’ve probably never even heard about. The Saiga Antelope Club-winged Manakin makes a pinging sound with its wings. Chinese Water deer are two-foot tall deer with big ol’ vampire fangs Pyura Chilensis is an animal that looks like a rock (straight up) but when you […]
ShareAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a degenerative condition of the nerve cells of the spinal cord and brain. It is a rapid and insidious killer—patients go from initial symptoms to death in typically just over three years. The average sufferer’s neural pathways eventually deteriorate until the point of respiratory failure. In 2014, name recognition for […]
Share It is hard to imagine how certain products were invented. How did someone think of the slinky, and silly putty, and potato chips? In fact, some of the greatest inventions of all time were complete accidents. Like these eight inventions, for example. They may have been totally accidental, but they were also brilliant. The slinky […]
ShareLearn interesting earth facts, amazing chemistry facts, cool space facts, funny facts about animals and much more. Did you know that the ears of a cricket are located on its front legs? Or that sound travels 4 times faster in water than it does through air? Science is a fascinating subject with many amazing things […]
SharePregnancy is a special place that women go to, a land where most men (okay all men) are not allowed. Oh yeah, we can stand at the gates and peek inside, but that doesn’t really add up to much. Men are, for all intents and purposes, totally excluded from the trials and tribulations of pregnancy. […]
Share The possible connection between cellphones and cancer is controversial. Many years’ worth of studies on cellphones and cancer have yielded conflicting results. Currently, there’s no consensus about the degree of cancer risk — if any — posed by cellphone use. The primary concern with cellphones and cancer seems to be the development of brain […]
Share When you need to translate one language to another, either just to communicate or because you’re trying to read something, you have tons of options—they’re just not all that great at capturing what the original language really meant without sounding silly. This week we’re looking at five of the best, based on your nominations. […]
Share1.Waka Waka Solar Charger On those days when you can’t find a stiff wind, the WakaWaka solar light/charger is the gadget your pocket needs. This brilliant, compact device sports a powerful solar panel, blinding LED lights, and a USB port. Put ‘em all together and you have a handheld power station that lights up the […]
Share Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) is in serious discussions to buy Mojang AB, the Swedish company behind the popular “Minecraft” video game, The Wall Street Journal said, citing a person with knowledge of the matter. The deal is be valued at more than $2 billion and could be signed as early as this week, the Journal […]
Share By Rachel Swalin Who likes getting a runny nose or itchy eyes when allergies flare up? Talk to any allergy sufferer and they will agree it’s never fun. Your goal is to minimize your reactions as much as possible, but you may not realize that seemingly harmless daily habits or things in your environment […]
