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“Mushrooms are prolific chemical factories, yet only a few of their peptides are poisonous,” he said. “These toxins survive the high temperatures of cooking and the acids of digestion, and yet they’re readily absorbed by the bloodstream and go directly … Continue reading →

This simple design, found among Homo Erectus fossils from 500,000 years ago, is the oldest art ever discovered. New analysis of an engraving excavated from a riverbank in Indonesia suggests that it’s at least 430,000 years old—and that it wasn’t … Continue reading →

Screw bringing back mastodons! Let’s bring back these 3-foot (90cm) cuties: The Pygmy Elephant is an extinct species of elephant closely related to the modern Asian elephant. 500,000 year-old fossils have been recovered from various Mediterranean islands including Sicily, Malta, Crete, and Cyprus. This island-bound … Continue reading →

Found some 65 feet down near St. John in Lateran Basilica during the excavation of the new metro C line, the huge irrigation basin measures 115 feet by 230 feet. “It’s so big that it goes beyond the perimeter of … Continue reading →

Not cheap (about $50 incl. tax) but I figure most of it counts as a donation.

The famous Kalahari Bushmen of southern Africa have long been in decline. For more than a century, the people, who speak Khoisan languages, have been pushed off their land by farmers and brutalized by colonialists. Yet for tens of thousands … Continue reading →

Japan, where porn is a major industry and images of brutal torture (of either sex) are perfectly fine but genitals (of either sex) are considered obscene and must be blurred. pixelated, or covered in all images comes this: UPDATE: TOKYO — An artist … Continue reading →

After many attempts I finally scored a PERFECT score of 25,000 points on Geoguessr! I can only be tied but give it a try or play another map: https://geoguessr.com/challenge/VMjDrotDVzLEDSUf Here are my previous games: As you can see, I do … Continue reading →

I cannot, for the life of me, imagine how this came about. I have traversed that southbound sidewalk of the GG Bridge many times and can’t figure how you’d get a car on it.

Photographer: Kurt Fanus; Kurt’s Flickr site Summary Authors: Kurt Fanus; Jim Foster The panorama above features a wonderful example of supernumerary bows just beneath the upper reaches of this high arching rainbow. It was taken from Richmond, Virginia, late in the day on October 16, 2014. Tiny water drops are … Continue reading →