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A coral reef love story | Ayana Elizabeth Johnson | TED

Over the course of hundreds of scuba dives, marine biologist Ayana Elizabeth Johnson fell in love — with a fish. In this ode to parrotfish, she shares five reasons why these creatures are simply amazing (from their ability to poop … Continue reading

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Diving Tacoma Narrows Bridge East Side

Diving remains of Galloping Gertie Music in this video Learn more Listen ad-free with YouTube Premium Song Angels Are Hard To Find Artist Hank Williams, Jr. Album The Complete Licensed to YouTube by Curb Records (on behalf of Curb Records); … Continue reading

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Heatherwick Studio designs volcano-like performing arts centre | Dezeen

James Parkes | 6 April 2022 Heatherwick Studio has revealed visuals of a performing arts centre planned for Hainan, China, that draws on the island’s volcanic landscape. British designer Thomas Heatherwick‘s studio has revealed visuals of a performing arts centre … Continue reading

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5 Times Evolution Should Have Planned Ahead

Natural selection can lead to some pretty amazing adaptations, but sometimes the resulting traits aren’t the most efficient solutions to the problems at hand. With the bar set to “good enough,” here are some features that arose from evolution which … Continue reading

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Indigenous myths carry warning signals about natural disasters | Aeon Essays

Indigenous peoples around the world tell myths which contain warning signs for natural disasters. Scientists are now listening Shortly before 8am on 26 December 2004, the cicadas fell silent and the ground shook in dismay. The Moken, an isolated tribe … Continue reading

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A Decade of Haboobs Cloud Landscapes in Thick Walls of Dust in a New Timelapse by Mike Olbinski

When strong winds gush out of a collapsing thunderstorm as it rips across a dry landscape, they sometimes generate a thick wall of dust known as a haboob. Photographer and storm chaser Mike Olbinski (previously) has been documenting these monumental … Continue reading

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Hannah Jensen  Art | Sculpture Gallery

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NEVER SEEN BEFORE!!! Scientists discovered thousands of distant galaxies,JWST 1st image’s background

After months of commissioning, including aligning and focusing Webb’s 18 mirror segments in order to work as one mirror. A star called 2 MASS J17554042 + 6551277 is visible in the foreground of the stunning image – found 2,000 light … Continue reading

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How pigeons took over the world – Elizabeth Carlen and Joanna Moles

Trace the ancient history of the pigeon, and discover how these birds became one of the most abundant species on the planet. — Seeing their meat as a protein source and their poop as the perfect fertilizer, humans brought pigeons … Continue reading

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Algae Might One Day Rule the World

[…] Algae is one of the oldest and most abundant forms of life on planet Earth, so it only makes sense that it offers a ton of solutions to unsustainable modern problems. Here are five ways in which algae continues … Continue reading

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