MBARI sustained our commitment to ocean exploration and discovery in 2021. The year brought more challenges, but exploring our big, blue backyard always inspires awe and wonder—and curiosity about the... continue reading
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The 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 6 months 1 week ago • 5 views • 3:18Axolotls are one of science’s most studied animals. Why, you ask? These extraordinary salamanders are masters of regeneration: they can flawlessly regenerate body parts ranging from amputated limbs and... continue reading
posted by newtboy 2 years 6 months 4 weeks ago • 225 views • 5:22Some boaters were left stunned after witnessing an orca's extraordinary leap 15-feet out of the water during a dolphin hunt in Mexico’s Sea of Cortez. (Credit: Miguel Cuevas) While battering their... continue reading
posted by newtboy 2 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 839 views • 45 secsYouTube description: The extraordinary story of a runaway Soviet Air Force MiG-23 that flew from Poland to Belgium in 1989, sparking a major security scare between NATO and the Warsaw Pact, and ended... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 424 views • 4:46YouTube description: Learn about the life and art of Mexican surrealist painter Frida Kahlo, who explored disability, relationships and Mexican culture in her work. -- In 1925, Frida Kahlo was... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 1 month 1 week ago • 152 views • 4:06YT: We tend to think of fossils as dinosaur bones or petrified wood, but what if we told you that there's a lot we can learn from fossilized waste?
posted by Fantomas 5 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 72 views • 11:54YouTube description: In March 1974, Chinese farmers digging a well unearthed the greatest archaeological find of the century - the buried Terracotta Army. After coming across a life-sized human head... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years ago • 634 viewsYouTube: Deep in the forests of New Guinea there is a rich variety of life, each more bizarre than the last. One such spectacle is the male Bird of Paradise who appears to go to extraordinary lengths to... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 1 month 1 week ago • 245 views • 3:24The killer punch of the mantis shrimp is the fastest strike in the animal kingdom, a skill that goes hand in hand with its extraordinary eyesight. They can see an invisible level of reality using polarized... continue reading
posted by Mordhaus 7 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 36 views • 4:00"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 1 month ago • 832 views • 3:54"How exactly do homing pigeons find their way back to their lofts? A couple of bird enthusiasts share their theories..." From http://www.reddit.com/r/pigeons/comments/3jj361/how_do_homing_pigeons_get_home_bbc/... continue reading
posted by ant 8 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 85 views • 2:26YouTube Description: Jellyfish don’t have a heart, or blood, or even a brain. They’ve survived five mass extinctions. And you can find them in every ocean, from pole to pole. What’s their secret?... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 170 views • 2:56YouTube Description: Why are humans so aberrant - that is to say - why do all human cultures have marriage-like institutions while 90 percent of mammalian species are promiscuous? The neuroscientist... continue reading
posted by Janine V. (Lilithia) 1 decade 3 months 3 weeks ago • 205 views • 4:20YouTube Description: According to an online article,We now have found a Higgs-like particle.It is a Boson, we're 5-sigma sure.5-sigma's an extraordinary score. 133 times heavier than a proton,Is the... continue reading
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