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Adopt a microbe from the deep sea
Would you like to adopt a microbe from the deep sea? Sounded like fun to me, so I have adopted Mariprofundus ferrooxydans, a fancy pants microbe that produces ribbons of rust. That’s him in the...
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Gold nanoparticles make plants glow in the dark
Image by Yellowcloud Imagine if instead of having sensor lights to illuminate a garden path, you could line it with light-emitting plants. You could stroll along bio-luminescent flower beds, dancing in...
View ArticleRare footage of the giant jellyfish
A giant jellyfish, Stygiomedusa gigantea, has been filmed in the Gulf of Mexico. It’s tentacles are 10 meters long and the bell is over half a meter wide. Check out the video below of this denizen of...
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The case of the baffling block
ABC correspondent Karen Barlow snapped this picture while on board the Aurora Australis in what must be the best ever journalism assignment in the history of ever. This block of wood is positioned...
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Changing Waters Art Exhibition
These amazing sculptures are the creation of Nathalie Miebach, a visual exploration of scientific data collected at the Gulf of Maine. Here’s a quote from her website: “Changing Waters” looks at the...
View ArticleVampire squid on Occupy Wall Street, biology of Vampyroteuthis infernalis
Occupy Wall Street protesters took up arms – eight of them – in their march on Monday. Carrying craftastic models of vampire squid high above their heads, in homage to Matt Taibbi’s description of the...
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