For years marine biologists have puzzled over what the mysterious vampire squid eats. Recent research by Henk-Jan Hoving and Bruce Robison at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute finally reveals... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 957 views • 4:33

"The avocado is highly regarded by many people as delicious and nutritious, but the most extraordinary thing about avocados may be their very existence..." From http://boingboing.net/2016/04/01/in-plant-evolution-term... continue reading

posted by ant 8 years 2 weeks ago • 832 views • 3:54

YouTube: If you happen to be a frequenter of urinals, odds are you’ve seen one that has a little block at the bottom of it. But what does it do and why are you peeing on it?!

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 2 weeks ago • 70 views • 2:38

Myth or no, it's MY favorite meal of the day! YouTube: Lately, I've become a target for people who like to tell me that "I'm doing nutrition" wrong. Evidently, some people don't agree with my plea,... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 665 views • 6:12

YouTube: Sometimes galaxies eat each other! It's actually pretty common. And it turns out that our own galaxy, the Milky Way, is pretty hungry.

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 79 views • 5:12

Salamanders are a major link in the food web, and measured by weight, there can be more salamander biomass than all mammals and birds combined in a forest. Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bs or Bsal),... continue reading

posted by newtboy 8 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 112 views • 3:12

YouTube: Americans remain very overweight. According to the CDC, about 38% were obese in 2014, meaning that they had a body mass index of at least 30, compared to 32% just a decade ago. This is in spite... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 13 views • 6:01

Uploaded on Oct 19, 2011 I read part of Bradfords diary once and from what I gather a large number of the men would get up in the morning and instead of going to work would go to the communal store... continue reading

posted by bobknight33 8 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 189 views • 8:34

Doing my part to help end hunger worldwide!

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 321 views • 3:31

YouTube: Recently, a number of outlets, including the Washington Post, reported on a study about the alarming rise in children who were exposed to parents’ marijuana edibles. As always, it’s important... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 10 months ago • 171 views • 4:04

"Ants don’t eat leaves. They use them to grow white tufts of nutritious fungus to feed their offspring. Their success as farmers has made leafcutter ants into fungus tycoons, complete with their own... continue reading

posted by ant 8 years 10 months 1 week ago • 345 views • 3:31

Egads ... it's frightening how many of these internet 'sensations' I recognize! I need a life. YouTube: We see you’re on the Internet. That’s great, because we made a safety video starring the Internet.... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 11 months ago • 787 views • 6:08

PSA for all Americans. The right way to eat Vegemite.

YouTube: Even if you don't want to eat them, your apple cores still have plenty of energy left to give. SciShow explores how cities are capturing that energy and turning it into fuel

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 12 views • 4:26

Lack of ability to cry was why I didn't gel with antidepressants. Horrid. YouTube: Dr. Julie Holland argues that women are designed by nature to be dynamic and sensitive – women are moody and that... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 1 week ago • 302 views • 6:51

"So, why not eat an apple?"

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 2 months 1 week ago • 419 views • 3:11

From cereal to ice cream to cocktails, it seems that strawberries are served with just about everything. But it wasn't always this way. Today, Americans eat four times as many strawberries as they did... continue reading

posted by enoch 9 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 644 views • 4:42

I may never eat again

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 4 months ago • 733 views • 3:20

YouTube: In this episode of Crash Course Psychology, Hank walks us through the troubling world of Eating and Body Dysmorphic disorders. There's a lot going on here and, even though we still have a lot... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 123 views • 10:12

As a psychologist and avid meditator (vipassana) for the past 7 years, myself, I'm excited to begin teaching a university course this semester which examines states of consciousness that transcend the... continue reading

posted by Trancecoach 9 years 7 months 1 week ago • 744 views • 3:44