Nature involves Science, too! (Nobody Cares...)

[Dakota Tebaldi]

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Arctic Dragon by Carina Letelier Baeza

No, this isn't a promotional still for a video game. It's part of the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2024 shortlist, organised by the Royal Observatory Greenwich

 

[Isabeau]

This is kind of neat!

Your Name in Landsat 🛰️

landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov

About | Landsat Science

Landsat Then and Now The Landsat program offers the longest continuous global record of the Earth's surface; it continues to deliver visually stunning and scientifically valuable images of our planet. This short video highlights Landsat's many benefits to society. In 1975, NASA Administrator Dr...

landsat.gsfc.nasa.gov

 

[Free]

This is kind of neat!

I like that they don't have just one image loaded up and ready to go for each letter.

 

[Isabeau]

Lost biblical plant with medicinal properties resurrected from 1,000-year-old seed

You have to scroll further down to see it bigger than the seedling in the first picture. It hasn’t flowered or grown fruit, yet.

Anyway, kinda cool to grow, well, anything from a 10 000 year old seed.

Unearthed during an archaeological dig in the lower Wadi el-Makkuk region north of Jerusalem, the ancient seed was determined to be in pristine condition. But the scientists conducting the new research weren’t able to identify the type of tree from the seed alone. The team, led by Dr. Sarah Sallon, a physician who founded the Louis L. Borick Natural Medicine Research Center at Hadassah University Medical Center in Jerusalem, planted the seed to further investigate more than a dozen years ago.

Sallon said it was possible that the tree could be the source of the biblical “tsori,” a medicinal plant extract associated with the historical region of Gilead north of the Dead Sea in the Jordan Rift Valley, a mountainous and forested area that was intensely cultivated and is now part of Jordan.

 

[Cindy Claveau]

 

[Isabeau]

Microburst. Pretty

 

[GoblinCampFollower]

As funny as this is on paper, this actually is a very important discovery. Probably will tell us a lot about that dinosaur's diet and digestive track.

 

[Noodles]

As funny as this is on paper, this actually is a very important discovery. Probably will tell us a lot about that dinosaur's diet and digestive track.

And possibly if they had anal sex.

 

[Cindy Claveau]

 

[Cindy Claveau]

 

[Argent Stonecutter]

LOL

 

[Casey Pelous]

And possibly if they had anal sex.

Chuck Tingle is probably already at work on his next novel. Guess the topic!

 

[Free]

Butt science! So, buttholes or potty mouths - which was the best choice of evolution?

 

[Rose Karuna]

I think we need a thread for stuff that makes your skin crawl.

This made my skin crawl for sure!

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/20/americas/smuggler-tarantulas-peru-intl-scli/index.html

Police in Peru have arrested a man caught trying to leave the country with 320 tarantulas, 110 centipedes and nine bullet ants strapped to his body.

The 28-year-old South Korean national was stopped at Jorge Chávez International Airport in Lima on November 8 after officials noticed that his stomach area looked “bulky,” according to a statement from the country’s national forestry and wildlife service, SERFOR, published November 13.

Also, what person in their right mind would keep bullet ants as pets?

 

[Isabeau]

Wearing A Salmon On Your Head Is Back In Fashion For Orcas, After A 37-Year Break

In 1987, there was a strange trend amongst killer whales. Recent sightings show it's back in fashion.

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