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Homochirality: Why Nature Never Makes Mirror Molecules
[…] Molecules of biological origin always have a fixed handedness or chirality. For example you only ever see right handed sugars and left handed amino acids in nature. But why? Credits: Meteorite image – Art Bromage – https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi… RNA and … Continue reading
Homochirality: Why Nature Never Makes Mirror Molecules
Molecules of biological origin always have a fixed handedness or chirality. For example you only ever see right handed sugars and left handed amino acids in nature. But why? Credits: Meteorite image – Art Bromage – https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi… RNA and DNA … Continue reading
The Emergence of a New Queen Bee | Medium
Science Uncovered Articles and excerpts from Oxford University Press that… Did you know that the daughters of a queen bee engage in a deadly fight for succession? To celebrate World Bee Day on May 20th this year, read an … Continue reading
The Otherworldly Sounds of Ice | Kottke
The holes drilled into Arctic, Antarctic, and glacial ice to harvest ice cores can be up to 2 miles deep. One of my all-time favorite sounds is created by dropping ice down into one of these holes — it makes … Continue reading
Grey seals on the foamy beaches of Bardsey Island | The Kid Should See This
On Bardsey Island in Wales, the grey seals lounge on the winter beaches. In December of 2015, local wildlife photographer and naturalist Ben Porter filmed the seals on the sand and in the sea foam that’s sometimes caused by stormy … Continue reading
Operation Mallard 2
This is what happened the second time that Mrs Mallard decided to nest on my dad’s balcony, 150ft above the water! Huge thanks to Ian Haslam from the BBC for his additional footage. And big thanks to Neil Hulme for … Continue reading
Years of Storms Rage Across the Sky in a Dramatic New Timelapse by Mike Olbinski
Grab your hat before pressing play on Mike Olbinski’s “Shadows in the Sky.” The Phoenix-based filmmaker, photographer, and storm chaser (previously) just released a turbulent film that shows funnel clouds pouring down to the ground, multiple tornadoes tearing across the … Continue reading
Bears In CANADA VS FINLAND (funny)
yo yo ig: @tiggeredmemes – – original post
Aquatic Animals That Live in Trees
Fish in a tree? How can that be? For some aquatic creatures, it’s not necessarily bad to be a fish out of water. Hosted by: Rose Bear Don’t Walk
How does the Getty battle bugs? Squirrel-hair dusters and dental picks, for starters
The wrath of the webbing clothes moth. During the yearlong COVID-19 closure, the Getty devoted more than 6,000 hours to eradicating this one insect. Jane Bassett, senior conservator for decorative arts, demonstrates “moth remediation” techniques, which the Getty undertook during … Continue reading
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