New Car Breaths Like Animal

WOW, where have you been the past few months??? If you'd really like to know, mostly -HERE- and -HERE- . Now back to business, shall we?! Will try to update BLACK HOLE'S LEDGE at least a couple times a week, but if you wanna find my regular posts, CONSPIRAPORN! is your best bet....

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"One reason treehuggers like myself love trees is that the leaves scrub CO2 from the atmosphere, use it for energy and emit life-giving oxygen, the process of photosynthesis. Wouldn't it be great if cars — notorious for CO2 emissions — could do the same?"

700 year old preserved brain

Evolutionary psychology tends to receive harsh criticism, and often rightly so. One of the main reasons for this is the severe lack of evidence for many of it’s proposals given that the paucity of fossilised brains fails to bolster many a case. And it isn’t even anyone’s fault. That’s just the way it goes sometimes, that the brain is a jelly-like substance that is subject to decay after death, and there’s no way we can objectively analyse or verify any differences in brains of long ago with brains of today.

The Zombie Bite Calculator

That would have a lot to do with the severity and location of the bite too though, wouldn't it?! And I mean, in some zombie scenarios, the monster is at different levels of infectiousness.

In case you're wondering how long you'd last if bitten by a zombie, the folks at TheOatmeal.com have posted a convenient Zombie Bite Calculator. The 13-question quiz takes into consideration your personal health metrics — age, weight, and overall wellness — and then estimates how much time you have before becoming infected.

Entropy Alone Can Create Complex Crystals

In a study that elevates the role of entropy in creating order, research led by the University of Michigan shows that certain pyramid shapes can spontaneously organize into complex quasicrystals.

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Rainbow Trapped for the 1st Time...

Oh, to catch a rainbow. Well, it's been done for the first time ever – and with just a simple lens and a plate of glass at that. The technique could be used to store information using light, a boon for optical computing and telecommunications.

All-optical computing devices promise to be faster and more efficient than current technology, but they suffer from the drawback that signals have to be converted back and forth from optical to electrical. The ability to "slow" light to a crawl or even trap it helps, as information in the light can then be manipulated directly.

360 degree panorama of Stonehenge

An exclusive image of Stonehenge taken from within the inner circle - normally out of bounds to the public. To move around the image click the left mouse button and hold down whilst dragging the mouse around. To zoom in press A and to zoom out press Z.

VIA: -THE PRESURFER-

Medical Marijuana: Ancient and Modern History, Current Therapeutic Eruptions

The ancient history of cannabis/marijuana is even more interesting than its present use as a modern medical miracle.

Extinct Goat was Cold Blooded, Reptilian

The goat, Myotragus balearicus, lived on what is now Majorca, a Spanish island. The island had scarce resources, and there was no way for the goats to leave, and so scientists wondered how they had thrived for so long. A recently published research paper reveals the extinct goat survived by adjusting its growth rate and metabolism to suit the available food, becoming cold-blooded like reptiles.

Peacock Spider

This is a kind of jumping spider, and it’s only about 5mm in size. The males have a colorful pattern on flaps that extend from their abdomen during breeding/mating. In addition to this, they raise their back pair of legs and dance from side to side to win over their plain brown females.

Only found in Australia, they were classified as species Maratus volans because people originally thought the flap was for gliding after jumping. Wiki

Animal Mummies

Wrapped in linen and reverently laid to rest, animal mummies hold intriguing clues to life and death in ancient Egypt.

Confirmation of Underground Lunar Caves

New satellite photos have revealed what scientists have long suspected: There are large tunnels made from lava running beneath the Moon's surface. These caves could provide shelter from radiation for future lunar settlers. Or they might already be occupied!

What a bird brain, Hummingbird that is!

Also works wth dogs, though the pork chops can get heavy.

The Eye-Popping Moment When Human Life Begins

This dazzling image looks like an orange sun blazing in an alien sky, but it's actually a micrograph of in-vitro fertilization, showing the moment at which the sperm penetrates the egg's membrane. It's just one of many award-winning science images.
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Rare Apple has Split Personality

Ken Morrish of Colaton Raleigh, Devon, England picked a bizarre Red Delicious apple off his tree. It looks as if someone stuck together half of a green apple and half of a red apple, but these colors are natural.

John Breach, chairman of the British Independent Fruit Growers Association, said: ‘I’ve never seen this happen before to a Golden Delicious. It is extremely rare. It is an extreme mutation.

Cave Diving into the Devil's Eye

Jill Heinerth has spent the past 14 years exploring underwater caves all over the world. Wired has a gallery of beautiful photographs she’s taken in underwater caves, lava tubes, and glaciers. This picture was taken at Devil’s Eye Spring off the coast of northern Florida.

Longest lightning storm on Saturn breaks Solar System record

A powerful lightning storm in Saturn’s atmosphere that began in mid-January 2009 has become the Solar System’s longest continuously observed thunderstorm. It broke the record duration of 7.5 months set by another thunderstorm observed on Saturn by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft between November 2007 and July 2008.

Gaze Upon The Most Beautiful Viruses You'll Ever See

We're taught to think about viruses in certain ways. "Beautiful" isn't one of them, but British artist Luke Jerram - who created these sculptures with virologists and glassblowers - is looking to challenge our preconceptions with his new work.

New Study Shows Each Person has "At Least 100 Mutations"

Every person born has at least 100 new mutations in her genome, and probably a lot more. That was the finding from a group of scientists who studied genetic mutations in two men from an extended family. The scientists published their work in Current Biology, and described using rapid DNA sequencing technology to investigate the subtle genetic differences that signal mutation from one generation to the next. Based on the number of mutations they found, the scientists estimate most people would have between 100-200 unique mutations in their genomes.

Molecule Million X Smaller than Grain of Sand, Imaged

It may look like a piece of honeycomb, but this lattice-shaped image is the first ever close-up view of a single molecule.

Scientists from IBM used an atomic force microscope (AFM) to reveal the chemical bonds within a molecule.

'This is the first time that all the atoms in a molecule have been imaged,' lead researcher Leo Gross said.

Rainforest Sculptures by William Ricketts

Hidden deep within a lush Australian rainforest are a set of mystical Aborigine sculptures seemingly merged into the natural surroundings. Moss covered torsos of men, women and children protrude from tree trunks and boulders. Some reach heavenward with widespread wings, others envelop each other protectively – all are symbols of the relationship the indigenous Australian Aborigines have with nature.