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Zombie Octopus Arms, Spider In Da Haus, Freeze Dried Sperms, Born Fishy, And Much More…
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Blair’s Animal Corner
Citizen Science – for Spiders!
“Spider in da Haus” is an app for UK residents to help scientists track house spider populations. Does it count if you squish it out of fear first?
Freeze-dried animal sperm?!
This may be the answer to all extinction, or, as the Japanese scientist who’s behind this says, it may be the kay to colonizing new planets. But, do we really want either?
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Fish leaders are born that way
Fish that show leadership tendencies could be taught to follow, but follower fish could not be taught to lead. That’s right, it wasn’t your fault you lost the presidency in fifth grade, you just weren’t born a leader…
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You’ll be glad to know, the per-mile CO2 emissions of a regular gasonline-powered car, and an electric car recharged from a coal-burning power plant, are nearly the same. So, here in Georgia, just plugging into my Georgia Power coal-burning plant wouldn’t do much good, but it’s no worse for the environment than burning gasoline. Now — use electricity from a non-fossil-fuel source (nuclear, hydroelectric, solar, etc.), and you’re definitely doing better.