Angel Martinez, This Is For You
Thousands of visitors are herding themselves to a small farm in Bangladesh to see what may be the world’s shortest cow, according to news reports. Rani, a fully grown 23-month-old … Read more
Nature
NATURE: Attack of the (Bee) Clones
When hives of the African lowland honeybee (Apis mellifera scutella) collapse, they do so because of an invisible inner threat: the growing, immortal clone army of a rival bee subspecies. … Read more
What Happens When You Shoot a Water Bear Out of a Gun?
Tardigrades, those adorable, chubby water bears, are notoriously hardy — they may even survive an apocalypse that wipes out humanity. But can these hardy water bears survive being shot from … Read more
SCIENCE: There’s Now a Bionic Vulture
A wild vulture recently had surgery in Vienna to implant a bionic leg. While still a nestling, Mia suffered a major injury to her right leg. Her parents had used … Read more
Scientists Unravel Mystery Of One of Nature’s Weirdest Wangs
Scientists in Australia have uncovered the mystery behind the bizarre four-headed echidna penis by creating an advanced 3D model of the peculiar organ. There are four species of echidnas that, … Read more
There’s Plastic in the Air You Breathe
Millions of tiny pieces of plastic are swirling around in Earth’s atmosphere and traveling across entire continents, according to a new study. This environmental problem is likely to get much … Read more
SCIENCE: Do Octopuses Dream?
When octopuses snooze on the seafloor, their skin sometimes pulses with an array of colors, and at other times, they become pale and plain. These alternating patterns mark two distinct … Read more
Storing DNA on the Moon
A “lunar ark” hidden inside the moon’s lava tubes could preserve the sperm, eggs and seeds of millions of Earth’s species, a group of scientists has proposed. The ark, or … Read more
U=(N/T)M*G: Dire
So, I learned something cool the other day. Which, to no one’s surprise, lead me down an even cooler rabbit hole of information. Facts and tidbits I’m stoked to have … Read more
U=(N/T)M*G: Asymmetry
Not gonna lie, spiders are both really curious to me and creepy as hell. Just my opinion and I’m not making a judgement on anyone who likes these little guys. … Read more