Our Solar System May Have Had A Fifth 'Giant' Planet from the Huffington Post
The missing planet bumped into Neptune before disappearing into the abyss of space, according to a new study.
Showing posts with label Nature. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nature. Show all posts
Sunday, August 16, 2015
Friday, May 1, 2015
SCIENCE NUGGET!!
Judge’s ruling grants legal right to research chimps from Science
"In a decision that seems to recognize chimpanzees as legal persons for the first time, a New York judge today granted a pair of Stony Brook University lab animals the right to have their day in court."
"In a decision that seems to recognize chimpanzees as legal persons for the first time, a New York judge today granted a pair of Stony Brook University lab animals the right to have their day in court."
SCIENCE & NATURE NUGGET!!
‘De-extinction’ of the woolly mammoth: A step closer from the New York Times
"Four thousand years after the woolly mammoth vanished from the Earth, scientists have deciphered the genetic blueprint that may offer a key to bringing it back. By comparing DNA recovered from two long-dead individuals, a team of researchers have sequenced the species’s entire genome — effectively providing a gene-by-gene instruction manual on how to build a mammoth."
"Four thousand years after the woolly mammoth vanished from the Earth, scientists have deciphered the genetic blueprint that may offer a key to bringing it back. By comparing DNA recovered from two long-dead individuals, a team of researchers have sequenced the species’s entire genome — effectively providing a gene-by-gene instruction manual on how to build a mammoth."
Sunday, March 8, 2015
ANTHROPOLOGY NUGGET!!
Baby Woolly Rhino Discovered In Siberia Is The First Ever Found from the Huffington Post
"Scientists are going gaga over the recent discovery of a baby woolly rhino. The pristine specimen of the tiny extinct rhino--the only one of its type ever found--was discovered in permafrost along the bank of a stream in Siberia's Sakha Republic, The Siberian Times reported."
"Scientists are going gaga over the recent discovery of a baby woolly rhino. The pristine specimen of the tiny extinct rhino--the only one of its type ever found--was discovered in permafrost along the bank of a stream in Siberia's Sakha Republic, The Siberian Times reported."
Sunday, February 22, 2015
The GOP's Eudcational Mission: Making being ignorant the equivalent of being educated
Five ways the GOP is valiantly trying to make Americans as dumb as possible (Amanda Marcotte) from Salon
"In South Dakota, Republicans once again pushed for a bill that would “allow” teachers to “question” evolution in the classroom, which is a fancy way of saying that teachers would be permitted to treat being ignorant as the equivalent of being educated."
"In South Dakota, Republicans once again pushed for a bill that would “allow” teachers to “question” evolution in the classroom, which is a fancy way of saying that teachers would be permitted to treat being ignorant as the equivalent of being educated."
Friday, January 16, 2015
PERSONALITY NUGGET!!
10 Ways Introverts Interact Differently With The World from the Huffington Post
"Coffee jitters aside, here are 10 ways introverts physically interact with the world around them differently than extraverts."
"Coffee jitters aside, here are 10 ways introverts physically interact with the world around them differently than extraverts."
Friday, December 12, 2014
Beautiful Caves Nugget!!
Labour of love: Artist spends 10 years digging tunnels and carving amazing 'cathedral-like' rooms BY HAND in New Mexico caves from the Daily Mail [of the UK]
Ra Paulette uses small tools to dig and create designs in cave walls The 68-year-old is calling it his final and most ambitious project He has carved holes into the walls or ceilings to bring in natural light Mr Paulette is featured in a new documentary called Cavedigger."
Ra Paulette uses small tools to dig and create designs in cave walls The 68-year-old is calling it his final and most ambitious project He has carved holes into the walls or ceilings to bring in natural light Mr Paulette is featured in a new documentary called Cavedigger."
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
In astonishing images, the enduring bond of a young woman with wild gorillas
Tansy of the apes: 23 years after she was pictured playing with a 300lb primate as a baby from the Daily Mail [of the UK]
Tansy Aspinall, 25, was reunited with gorillas she knew as a child from the Daily Mail [of the UK]
Her father took controversial pictures of a gorilla holding her as a baby Years later the pair went to Gabon to track down their beloved apes Amazingly two of them emerged from the rainforest to meet the Aspinalls One of the gorillas, Djala, sniffed Tansy before recognising her scent Heart-warming pictures show gorilla and woman embracing each other."
Tansy Aspinall, 25, was reunited with gorillas she knew as a child from the Daily Mail [of the UK]
Her father took controversial pictures of a gorilla holding her as a baby Years later the pair went to Gabon to track down their beloved apes Amazingly two of them emerged from the rainforest to meet the Aspinalls One of the gorillas, Djala, sniffed Tansy before recognising her scent Heart-warming pictures show gorilla and woman embracing each other."
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
NATURE NUGGET!!
Jane Goodall's Jungles from Newsweek
"Some have come from across town, but many traveled far greater distances. They have come to see Jane Goodall, the primatologist-turned-activist whose revolutionary discoveries about chimpanzees forever changed our understanding of our closest genetic relatives."
"Some have come from across town, but many traveled far greater distances. They have come to see Jane Goodall, the primatologist-turned-activist whose revolutionary discoveries about chimpanzees forever changed our understanding of our closest genetic relatives."
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Ebola Hysteria Fever
A Real Epidemic (Dean Baker) from the Huffington Post
"Ebola hysteria seems to have infected somewhere close to 300 million. There are reports of kids being pulled out of schools and even some school closings. People in many areas are not going to work and others are driving cars rather than taking mass transit because they fear catching Ebola from fellow passengers. There are also reports of people staying away from stores, restaurants, and other public places in order to avoid the deadly plague. This would all be comic if there were not real
consequences."
"Ebola hysteria seems to have infected somewhere close to 300 million. There are reports of kids being pulled out of schools and even some school closings. People in many areas are not going to work and others are driving cars rather than taking mass transit because they fear catching Ebola from fellow passengers. There are also reports of people staying away from stores, restaurants, and other public places in order to avoid the deadly plague. This would all be comic if there were not real
consequences."
Medical Science Going the Way ... of Climate Change Science?
The Nasty Politicization of Ebola (Dana Milbank) from the Washington Post
"In an interview published Sunday night, Collins shared with the Huffington Post’s Sam Stein his belief that, if not for recent federal spending cuts, “we probably would have had a vaccine in time for this” Ebola outbreak. This should not be controversial. His conjecture was based on cold budgeting facts."
"In an interview published Sunday night, Collins shared with the Huffington Post’s Sam Stein his belief that, if not for recent federal spending cuts, “we probably would have had a vaccine in time for this” Ebola outbreak. This should not be controversial. His conjecture was based on cold budgeting facts."
BIG SPIDER NUGGET!!
Puppy-Sized Spider Makes Us Want To Cuddle (PHOTOS) from the Huffington Post
"Naskrecki, an entomologist and photographer at Harvard University’s Museum of Comparative Zoology, wrote that he was doing research in the rainforest of Guyana when he heard a “rustle” that he initially thought was a possum or a rat. Upon seeing it clearly, however, he realized it was a spider — the biggest, ickiest, hairiest spider in the world."
"Naskrecki, an entomologist and photographer at Harvard University’s Museum of Comparative Zoology, wrote that he was doing research in the rainforest of Guyana when he heard a “rustle” that he initially thought was a possum or a rat. Upon seeing it clearly, however, he realized it was a spider — the biggest, ickiest, hairiest spider in the world."
Sunday, October 5, 2014
Largest Cave in the World Revealed
'Supercave' In China Takes Title As World's Largest Cavern, And The Photo Is Pretty Unreal from the Huffington Post
"It's hidden beneath rolling hills, can be reached only via an underground stream, and now it has been named the world's biggest cave chamber: meet Miao Room."
"It's hidden beneath rolling hills, can be reached only via an underground stream, and now it has been named the world's biggest cave chamber: meet Miao Room."
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
News Nuggets 1483
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| DAYLEE PICTURE: The Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park. From National Geographic. |
Monday, August 25, 2014
News Nuggets 1480
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| DAYLEE PICTURE: A blue heron at Great Falls National Park in Maryland. From National Geographic. |
GREAT APES VIDEO NUGGET!!
Touched by a Wild Mountain Gorilla from Youtube
I posted this several years ago but it seems to have disappeared from News Nuggets site -- and it's too good not to have readily available!!
I posted this several years ago but it seems to have disappeared from News Nuggets site -- and it's too good not to have readily available!!
AVIAN HISTORY NUGGET!!
Remembering the Passenger Pigeon, 100 Years Later from Allegheny Front
"This marks the 100th year since the last Passenger Pigeon died. Passenger Pigeons once flew over Pennsylvania in flocks measuring in the billions. The birds were so numerous they would darken the skies, and sometimes brighten them when the sun shown through the space between the irridescent birds soaring overhead."
"This marks the 100th year since the last Passenger Pigeon died. Passenger Pigeons once flew over Pennsylvania in flocks measuring in the billions. The birds were so numerous they would darken the skies, and sometimes brighten them when the sun shown through the space between the irridescent birds soaring overhead."
Monday, July 21, 2014
ZOO NUGGET!!
Zoo Animals and Their Discontents from the New York Times
"Sometimes he watches an animal for hours, hardly moving. That’s because what to an average zoo visitor looks like frolicking or restlessness or even boredom looks to Virga like a lot more — looks, in fact, like a veritable Russian novel of truculence, joy, sociability, horniness, ire, protectiveness, deference, melancholy and even humor."
"Sometimes he watches an animal for hours, hardly moving. That’s because what to an average zoo visitor looks like frolicking or restlessness or even boredom looks to Virga like a lot more — looks, in fact, like a veritable Russian novel of truculence, joy, sociability, horniness, ire, protectiveness, deference, melancholy and even humor."
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