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The River Tyburn in The Basement – Mayfair, London

A beautiful water feature, found in the Basement Of Grays Antiques, 58 Davies St, Mayfair, London. I visited while walking the supposed course of the Lost River Tyburn, now esconsed under the tarmac of central London, one of many rivers … Continue reading →

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Probing fine-scale connections in the brain

Tracing connections, such as those in this section of the fruit-fly brain, could uncover links between neural architecture, biology and disease. Credit: FlyEM at HHMI/Google Research   Artificial intelligence and improved microscopy make it feasible to map the nervous system … Continue reading →

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Planting Corn, Squash and Beans Using The Three Sisters Method

The Three Sisters is a planting method, developed by Native American tribes, that is one of the earliest examples of companion planting. Watch our video to learn all about it![…]

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Bean Time-Lapse – 25 days | Soil cross section

Kidney bean time lapse with soil cross section. Showing how roots ant upper part of plant grows. Play speed – 17280x (one shot every 9 minutes 36 seconds played at 30 FPS). This was fourth attempt. During other attempts roots … Continue reading →

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The Story of the Abandoned Bison Calf – May 2019 – Yellowstone National Park

#Yellowstone #TheAbandonedCalf #Bison – We have all heard about the story of the lone bison calf being loaded into a car and delivered to the Rangers’ station. Well on a cold May morning at 6 am we found an abandoned … Continue reading →

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Striking Aerial Photographs of Namibia’s Arid Landscape Appear as Abstract Paintings

Australian photographer Leah Kennedy captured Namibia’s colorful, dry topography on a recent aerial safari. Much of the artist’s work is aerial, which satisfies her creative affinity for combining abstraction and duality in her photography. Kennedy traveled in a Cessna light aircraft, … Continue reading →

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Watch & Listen to a Hungry Herd of 20 Capybaras Eat a Giant Pumpkin | My Modern Met

They must have such strong teeth! Have you ever seen a group of capybaras eat a pumpkin? Probably not, but the unusual event is surprisingly fascinating to watch. Nagasaki Biopark in Japan recently shared a video of its rather hungry … Continue reading →

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Viral ‘molecular scissor’ is next COVID-19 drug target – ScienceBlog.com

American and Polish scientists, reporting Oct. 16 in the journal Science Advances, laid out a novel rationale for COVID-19 drug design – blocking a molecular “scissor” that the virus uses for virus production and to disable human proteins crucial to the … Continue reading →

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Mantra’s Trompe L’oeil Murals Encase Enormous Butterflies in Vintage-Style Boxes

Rombas, France Working with entomologists around the globe, the French street artist known as Mantra (previously) transforms brick facades and concrete walls into massive studies of local butterfly specimens. With framed outer edges that mimic a wooden box, the trompe l’oeil … Continue reading →

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Balance is a short film by Cheekyfire that reminds us to find calm during anxious times | Creativeboom

Written by Katy Cowan 14.10.2020 A short film by Cheekyfire that reminds us to find calm during anxious times. During this time of global anxiety, London-based production company, Cheekyfire, wanted to share more stories around mental health and the tools … Continue reading →

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HOW DID THE BREADFRUIT PLANT ARRIVE IN JAMAICA (Jamaican History)

 

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BBC Radio 4 – Seriously…, Songs of the Humpback Whale

The story of Roger Payne’s best-selling environmental album, released 50 years ago. Songs of the Humpback Whale was released in 1970 and went multi-platinum, becoming the best selling environmental album of all time. But it also became emblematic of the … Continue reading →

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