When you first see it, it looks like a perfect rainbow conforming to the contours of the river, trapped inside a waterfall. But then your brain realizes that that’s not possible. How are there colors in the water? How is there a rainbow at night? It’s the trick of long exposure photography. And I can’t stop looking at it. More »
This piece looks at home the innovations in a field that is less than in the front of our minds when it comes to technoogy leaders. We are talking of course about the people who make maple syrup for a living and how systems of vaccum sealing have helped to make the industry more profitable for the farmers and the state.
The popular decorative trend of displaying beautiful taxidermy animals
throughout the home hasn’t slowed in 2013.
Inventors were quick to jump at the chance to get a piece of the
taxidermy décor craze by creating stunningly impressive one-of-a-kind
animal-inspired inventions that are guaranteed to be completely cruelty
free. My top five animal-free taxidermy innovations are just a click away!
If artists are the guardians of culture, than Austrian artist Manfred Kielnhofer takes that title quite seriously. His eerily beautiful and mysterious "Guardians of Time" sculptures have travelled the world and captured the attention and imagination of millions.
If artists are the guardians of culture, than Austrian artist Manfred Kielnhofer takes that title quite seriously. His eerily beautiful and mysterious "Guardians of Time" sculptures have travelled the world and captured the attention and imagination of millions.
I don’t think Doctor Evil was asking too much when all he wanted were sharks with frickin’ laser beams on their heads. Researchers recently confirmed an unusual discovery that will make any aspiring laser-wearing shark owner very happy indeed. Marine Biologists from Michigan State University have confirmed the discovery of a bull shark with two heads.
The two-headed shark was discovered in April of 2011 in the Gulf of Mexico near the Florida Keys. The shark itself wasn’t out swimming around, it was discovered in the uterus of a female bull shark. Despite the fact that the two-headed shark was a unborn when discovered, such a discovery is incredibly rare. The researchers say that the two-headed shark wouldn’t have lived long in the wild.
The scientists used magnetic resonance imaging to determine that this wasn’t a conjoined twin, rather it was an actual shark with two heads. The shark had two heads, two stomachs, and two hearts with the bodies converging in a single tail. The researchers say that this was a type of axial bifurcation, which can also happen in humans. Axial bifurcation occurs when an embryo begins to split into two individuals and stops splitting before the split is complete.
They are quick to point out that there is no indication that the two-headed shark has anything to do with contaminants from oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico.
[via LiveScience via Nature World News]
Between the continuing financial crisis and concerns over GMO foods, more people are turning to urban farming as a way to save money and ensure the quality of their food. Not everyone has a lot of acreage to be spreading out across the land. There are ways around this problem — such as the Free Standing Vertical Garden from Williams-Sonoma.
Smithsonian Magazine has just announced the (absolutely incredible) finalists in what is now their 10th annual photography contest. Here are some of our favorites; they’ll take your breath away. More »
Guam has a problem with brown tree snakes. Specifically, it has two million brown tree snakes, and they’re slowly decimating other native species. So scientists have come up with a solution, the only logical one really: fill a bunch of dead mice with painkillers, give each corpse a tiny parachute, and throw them all out of helicopters into the jungle. No but really. More »
This house in the San Juan Islands of Washington hides itself in nature and reveals its transformer abilities depending on the day. There are floor to ceiling glass walls that can be exposed. Or can be made to be completely open. There is an extendable deck. There is a bathroom roof that can be raised away. Hell, even the interior walls can be re-arranged. It’s a house that can change its personality according to nature. More »
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