You’re on a plane. The oxygen masks have dropped. While you’re screaming and crying, does it occur to you to wonder where that oxygen comes from? It’s not a scuba tank. Here’s how weed killer, fireworks, and candy destroyers keep you alive. Read more…
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Planes Don’t Carry Tanks Of Oxygen. So What’s In Your Emergency Mask?
Deer aren’t the slim, graceful vegans we thought they were. Scientists using field cameras have caught deer preying on nestling song birds. And it’s not just deer. Herbivores the world over may be supplementing their diets. Read more…
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Field Cameras Catch Deer Eating Birds—Wait, Why Do Deer Eat Birds?
Everyone knows Marconi was one of the world’s most disagreeable scientists. What they don’t know is he was surrounded by people nearly as disagreeable as himself. And that a famous demonstration of his “wireless” was taken over by a magician-turned-skeptic-turned-pirate. Read more…
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A Magician Used The First Pirate Radio Station To Troll A Scientist
Zothecula writes: Researchers working at the University of California, San Diego have claimed a world first in proving that artificial, microscopic machines can travel inside a living creature and deliver their medicinal load without any detrimental effects. Using micro-motor powered robots propelled by gas bubbles made from a reaction with the contents of the stomach in which they were deposited, these miniature machines have been successfully deployed in the body of a live mouse. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Microbots Deliver Medical Payload In Living Creature For the First Time
Normally, it’s the Western Powers who are remembered for developing some of the most innovative and conceptual weapons of the Second World War. But when it came to experimental military technologies, Japan suffered from no shortage of ideas. Here are 11 you should know about. Read more…
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11 Secret Weapons Developed By Japan During World War 2
For years, prairie dogs have been the bane of cattle ranchers, whose livestock are routinely injured when stepping in prairie dog holes. In response, ranchers have gassed, poisoned, drowned, or buried entire colonies alive. But one enterprising pest control company has devised a more humane method of removing the rodents—with a modified sewer cleaning truck. Read more…
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This Giant Vacuum Sucks Prairie Dogs Right Out of Their Holes
Leather is beautiful and luxurious and natural and one of the great materials of the world. However, it’s absolutely gross to make. Here’s the process of tanning raw hide into high quality leather. You’ll see gray goops, a lot of residue, dumps of bizarre liquids and more. Worth it? I guess. Read more…
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The process of turning raw cow hide into leather is really gross
Pygmy seahorses are super tiny creatures that have the awesome ability to camouflage. They attach themselves to colorful corals and blend in so seamlessly that I have a hard time picking them out. What’s cool is that even if the pygmy seahorses are descendants of orange seahorses, they can adapt and become purple if that’s the only coral nearby. Read more…
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These pygmy seahorses are so good at changing colors for camouflage
sabri writes: Following the initial suspension of a California Highway Patrol officer earlier this week, news has come out that the CHP has an entire ring of officers who steal and subsequently share nude pictures. The nudes are stolen from women who are arrested or stopped. Officer Sean Harrington of Martinez reportedly confessed to stealing explicit photos from the suspect’s phone, and said he forwarded those images to at least two other CHP officers. Where is the ACLU when you need them the most? Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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CHP Officers Steal, Forward Nude Pictures From Arrestee Smartphones
The international team of divers and archaeologists who are investigating the site of an ancient Greek ship that sank more than 2, 000 years ago off the remote island of Antikythera have not been disappointed. Not only is the site bigger than they thought, it also contains a treasure trove of artifacts. Read more…
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Archaeologists Make Stunning Discoveries at the Antikythera Shipwreck