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Termite kings are puny
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The average termite queen will produce 30,000 eggs PER DAY. And considering these morbidly obese baby-making machines will often live till they're 20 years old, that means 219,000,000 eggs in single a lifetime.
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Terminator gators
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Red alligator eyes staring back at you may be unnerving, but there's nothing supernatural about it. The glow is caused when light reflects off a membrane in the eye called the tapetum, which helps nocturnal hunters such as alligators and crocodiles make the most of the limited light.
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Scibbles
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This pencil lamp leaves behind scribbles with its cord.
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Rosetta's Comet
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Two days ago, I streamed history being made for the first time ever online, and witnessed the Philae lander's touchdown on Rosetta's comet. The journey took 10 years, 6.4 billion kms away from here, and a 7 hour long landing. Unfortunately, it was an awkward landing where Philae landed approximately 1km away from its intended landing site that currently, one of its 3 legs is not on the surface of the comet and it itself is oriented in a way that no sufficient sunlight is being recieved enough to charge its batteries ever 12 hour rotation. At the moment, plans to try to "hop" the robot back into a position for enough sunlight are being studied, hopefully in time to execute them before Philae dies out sometime between next Friday and Saturday. ...
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Overcrowded forest leads to this
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This beautiful mosaic of leaves is caused by a mysterious natural phenomenon known as 'crown shyness'. Seen here in a cluster of Kapur trees in Malaysia, scientists suspect that it occurs when young shoots become sensitive to touch, and stop growing once they graze other leaves.
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Let's go to Planet George
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"George" was named by it's discoverer in honour of George III. It wasn't popular and Uranus, the father of Saturn in Roman mythology, was eventually settled upon.
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Ignorance and fear: the perfect recipe for elections
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Africa is much safer than what it has been made out to be. This map shows the true geographical reach of Ebola right now. If you're afraid for your life, your politicians are likely doing a good job instilling fear into you before the next election!
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How to become an elephant
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Learning about how to become an elephant is almost synonymous with learning how to rediscover what it means to be human. Understanding elephants and saving elephants is a lesson in humanity. So many traits that are innate in elephants are those that we humans strive to be and possess. The "Elephant Lessons" take what we learn about elephant minds, culture and lives and applies it to our own everyday living to cultivate elephant qualities that are within each of us. Today's Lesson focuses on the Importance of Family. Dame Daphne Sheldrick (photo shown above), the founder and director of The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, has lived in Kenya and has been hand-rearing baby and orphaned elephants for over thirty years. She notes that they share ...
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Good bacteria helps to defend your brain
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The microbes that live in your body outnumber your cells 10 to one. Recent studies suggest these tiny organisms help us digest food and maintain our immune system. Now, researchers have discovered yet another way microbes keep us healthy: They are needed for closing the blood-brain barrier, a molecular fence that shuts out pathogens and molecules that could harm the brain.
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Finally, we are going back to the moon!
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For all those doubters out there, this one is for you. Lunar Mission One, which was announced today at the Royal Society in London, will be the UK’s first trip to the moon. It’s an exploratory robotic mission that hopes to see a probe land on the moon’s South Pole within the next ten years, should funding allow. The aim of the venture is to drill through the surface, reaching a depth of at least 20 meters, but perhaps as deep as 100 meters. By analyzing this 4.5 billion year old rock that has been shielded from cosmic radiation and meteor bombardment, scientists hope to increase our understanding of the origins and evolution of the moon, solar system and even our planet. Furthermore, it should also inform us of the practicality of a permanent ...
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Ever been inside a fish before?
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National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame has a 143-foot muskie fish building. It's lower jaw is an observation deck.
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Don't be a cry baby
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Women are often called "emotional", but in reality it may have to do with their physical biology. For instance, under a microscope, female tear glands look different than men's, and the male's tear duct is larger than female's, meaning a women's tears will spill onto her cheeks quicker. Furthermore, men, as they age, tend to cry more, probably due to decreased testosterone levels.
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