June 2010
31 posts
Baby cannibal spider gang makes web vibrate in... →
“After cannibalizing their mother, up to 160 spiderlings gather and contract their bodies in synchrony, collectively pulling at the web to make it vibrate.”
World's biggest dinosaur graveyard found in... →
Two people die in Gulf oil spill clean-up →
for fuck’s sake.
Orang-utan language identified →
“British scientists who spent nine months observing the great apes in three European zoos identified 40 frequently used body language signals. These were employed repeatedly to send messages such as “I want to play”, “give it to me”, “go away”, “follow me”, or “stop doing that”.”
grandaddy - a.m. 180
Mole Man of Hackney dies →
“THE eccentric known as The Mole Man, who spent 40 years digging a 60-foot network of tunnels beneath his £1 million Hackney house, has died”
Man arrested after bus fight over pants →
“Police in the Wisconsin capital said they arrested a Metro bus passenger who allegedly got into a shouting match with the driver over his saggy pants.”
cardinal rules - Someone Still Loves You Boris...
World’s oldest leather shoe found in Armenia →
“Interestingly, the 5000 year old shoe is very similar to the ‘pampooties’ worn on the Aran Islands (in the West of Ireland) up to the 1950s.”
Doctors to be able to 'print' new organs for... →
The printer uses cells from the patient’s body so they will not be rejected. A 3D model of the organ or artery to be printed is made first before layers of the cells are placed on top of each other. A sheet of ‘biopaper’ gel is printed first followed by a circle of ‘bio-ink’ cells. The process is then repeated layer by layer until the new organ is finished.
New Role for Elvis: Mr. Potato Head →
The Elvis Presley estate has signed a deal for Hasbro Inc. and PPW Toys to release an Elvis version of Mr. Potato Head.
sealove:
reblogging with pride
wecanbuildyou:
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IfItWasMyHome.com - Visualizing the BP Oil... →
worst.
for like the 6th time this year.
i’ve quit coffee and can’t remain vertical because of it.
back to the sea - the sandwitches
mankindismybusiness:
the life of birds - dfdhdh
