When grown-up jellyfish love each other very much, they make huge numbers of teeny-tiny potato-shaped larvae. Those larvae grow into little polyps that cling to rocks and catch prey with their stinging... continue reading
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"... Electric eels can emit some of the largest shocks in the animal kingdom - but why don't they shock themselves? ..."
posted by ant 9 months 1 week ago • 144 views • 3:59An apparent case of mistaken identity in Galveston landed a man in jail for days in May after police thought the innocent patient leaving the hospital was an escaped prison inmate. There were no escapees. ... continue reading
posted by newtboy 1 year 4 months 3 weeks ago • 145 views • 2:36Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), in his capacity as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights, co-led a hearing of the full Judiciary... continue reading
posted by newtboy 1 year 4 months 4 weeks ago • 277 views • 5:49The story behind the most fascinating, hilarious and dramatic quests to find a mate and leave a lasting legacy. Some species need to overcome the challenges of a vast environment just to find a member... continue reading
posted by newtboy 2 years 11 months ago • 5 views • 3:18For over a century, one of the most important salmon runs in the U.S. has had to contend with historic dams in Oregon and California. These dams have been responsible for the death of hundreds of thousands... continue reading
posted by newtboy 3 years 5 months ago • 134 views • 3:07Zefrank looks at how bugs and animals camouflage themselves in the rainforest.
posted by w1ndex 3 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 274 views • 10:29After long nights of tear gas and rubber bullets, some protesters, news crews, and medics in Minneapolis last weekend found themselves stranded: The tires of their cars had been slashed. In a city... continue reading
posted by newtboy 4 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 665 views • 1:15YouTube description: Terrified residents of Italian cities record messages to themselves 10 days ago, when the pandemic hadn't yet killed 1,809 people and infected more than 24,000 across the country.... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 6 months 1 week ago • 297 views • 3:31Scientists from UVM and Tufts repurposed living cells scraped from frog embryos and assembled them into entirely new life-forms. More: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1zVG8wptOOI https://youtu.be/XLI7VtjgOyk ... continue reading
posted by newtboy 4 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 171 views • 57 secsYouTube description: Citheronia regalis is a giant silk moth...though these don't actually produce silk, which is why it's better to go by their family name saturniidae. Citheronia regalis actually... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 1 week ago • 1,000 views • 3:59YouTube description: Let's journey deep into the cells themselves to take a look at some of the structures that keep cells alive and others that do... something... that we'll figure out someday... probably.... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 1 month 1 week ago • 166 views • 11:31YouTube description: Among the strangest mishaps in aviation are those where the plane makes off without a pilot.
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 7 months 1 week ago • 1,097 views • 7:50Thanks to a weird golden goal rule. YouTube description: Barbados needed to win by two, but they were only up one. So instead of scoring in the traditional way they intentionally kicked in an own... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 8 months 4 weeks ago • 432 views • 5:35--- Do earwigs climb into your ear? The quick answer is no. Earwigs are not interested in climbing into your ear to lay their eggs or otherwise. They’re no more likely than any other bug to accidentally... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 5 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 151 views • 4:21Honeybees are dying from parasites, pesticides, and poor nutrition, but we can help them in a number of ways, including by encouraging them to make a homemade antibiotic.
posted by newtboy 5 years 11 months 4 weeks ago • 120 views • 2:54The reason they need weevil greenhouses is that the Brazilian weevils don't like Texan winters, and tend to die off over winter. If they mentioned it in this video I missed it. YouTube description: ... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 11 months ago • 976 views • 3:44"Protection from deportation and the chance to work have been life-changing for DACA recipients. But if Congress and the White House can’t agree on a bill to protect them within a six-month timeframe,... continue reading
posted by ant 7 years 2 weeks ago • 220 views • 5:28YouTube: You might not need to throw away your broken glasses and get new ones anymore, thanks to these unique materials that can heal themselves!
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