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Watch: Snake venom turns blood into jello

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Footage from yesterday's midwest tornados

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Elisabeth Tova Bailey - The Sound of A Wild Snail Eating

Lady Fancifull wrote 9 hours ago: To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Elisabeth Tova Bailey’s long … more →

Tags: Biography and Autobiography, Ethics, reflection, a meditative space, Non-Fiction, philosophy of mind, autobiography, Book Review, elisabeth tova bailey, meditation, The Natural World

Lack of recent global warming means nothing, say delusional scientists

jamesrobbins1 wrote 17 hours ago: Since 1998, there has been an unexplained “standstill” in the heating of the Earth … more →

Tags: climate change, Environment, Global Warming, Met Office, nature geoscience, Oxford University, Temperature, UK Met Office

Mice, lizards, various critters return from space

Tabitha Hale wrote 23 hours ago: MOSCOW — A Russian capsule carrying mice, lizards and other small animals returned to Earth on Sunda … more →

The 6 most important female scientists you've never heard of

mattcover wrote 1 day ago: Here are six female researchers who did groundbreaking work—and whose names are likely unfamiliar fo … more →

Strandbeest2 comments

James Bradley wrote 1 day ago: I have to thank Sean Williams for alerting me to this video about the astonishingly beautiful work o … more →

Tags: technology, Visual art, kinetic sculpture, strandbeest, Theo Jansen

5 biggest brilliant blunders in science

Tabitha Hale wrote 2 days ago: Even geniuses make mistakes, and sometimes those mistakes turn out to be genius in their own right, … more →

Honeybees could be used to sniff out landmines

Tabitha Hale wrote 2 days ago: Dogs are well-known for being able to sniff out deadly explosives but they could have a rival in the … more →

Hear your own blood flowing in the world's quietest room

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Look out! Giant asteroid set to buzz Earth

mattcover wrote 2 days ago: It’s 1.7 miles long. Its surface is covered in a sticky black substance similar to the gunk at … more →

Tags: Asteroid, astronomy, comet, Deep Impact, Science, Space

Part 79: Learning to Drive

elfinkate wrote 4 days ago: There is quite literally nothing sexier than being in a car with a man, as I’m sure you’ll agree str … more →

Tags: Pleasure, Sex & Sexuality, Technology, Travel (2), Ultimate Joys, Cars, Driving, Human cloning, Humor

UK Weather Forecast

philapilus wrote 1 week ago:  Oh for fuck’s sake, May, will you just piss off? This is the meteorological symbol for … more →

Tags: rain, Weather

Rebecca Skloot - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Lady Fancifull wrote 1 week ago: Henrietta Lacks may have saved my life although I never knew her In 1951 human tissue culture was in … more →

Tags: Biography and Autobiography, Health and wellbeing, History and Social History, Non-Fiction, Reading, Biography, Book Review, Henrietta Lacks, history of medicine

Barbara Griggs - The Green Pharmacy: The History and Evolution of Western Herbal Medicine

Lady Fancifull wrote 1 week ago: Fascinating account of our history with medicinal plants Anyone who has an interest in the developme … more →

Tags: Health and wellbeing, History and Social History, Non-Fiction, Reading, barbara griggs, Book Review, green pharmacy, herbalism, history of medicine

So there's probably global warming...1 comment

Seattle & Stuff wrote 1 week ago: …that doesn’t mean Al Gore should get our money. Carbon taxes are the climate equivalent … more →

Tags: News, Environment

Tim Parks - Teach Us To Sit Still: A Sceptic's Search for Health and Healing

Lady Fancifull wrote 1 week ago: The body bares (and bears) its soul This is a difficult book to categorise. It has a much much wider … more →

Tags: Biography and Autobiography, Ethics, reflection, a meditative space, Health and wellbeing, Non-Fiction, philosophy of mind, Reading, autobiography, Book Review, meditation

Welcome to a new friend: | Amber Restorative's1 comment

Terry Irving wrote 1 week ago: Amber Restorative’s Thoughts on Disbelief About In particular order I am A husband to the love … more →

Tags: Fans of Hey Sweetheart, Opinion, Amber, Amber Restorative, earth science, Jesus, Paleontology, Recreation, Shopping

Boaring Uproar in Forest of Dean over 'cruel or cool?' cull question

philapilus wrote 1 week ago: They might be good at killing boar, but these Gauls are crazy. No, seriously. This guy was sectioned … more →

Tags: Environment, Society, boar cull, Culling, Eric Pickles, Forest of Dean, Forest of Dean cull, Forestry Commission, Gloucestershire


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