Culture Buzz Wolverines are insanely dangerous animals that look like tiny bears that can kill animals many times their size. But they are ALSO absolutely adorable.
Culture Buzz Or rather, the technical terms Aspergillus fumigatus, Botrytis, Mucor, Trichoderma, and Cladosporium. However you say it, all of a sudden I really want to watch my bread expire.
Science Buzz Whoa. This is what happened when Pakistani spiders were forced to seek higher ground during the 2010 floods. (via churchonthemove.tumblr.com)
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I’d smile too if dinner just wandered up next to me. Photographer Doug Perrine showed a serious lack of self-preservation by posing with this elusive animal that is known to hunt polar bears.
This photo was taken by Lacey Lynch outside her office window on 9/29. (via twitter.com)
Science Buzz Even Nature has to practice for stadium events. Scientifically this is what happens to two masses of air move in two different directions, but that explanation is boring.
It's snowing hard right now in Wellington, New Zealand for first time in decades. This short film beautifully captures the awe of this experience.
Where's a flame thrower when you need it? Via Gizmodo.
Baby Tasmanian devils are called ‘joeys’, and they’re adorable. The keepers at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo get their first look at a litter of joeys born this spring. (via)
Bees often use water to keep their hives at a cool temperature. That, and they're probably parched from all that honey.
Science Buzz Mother Nature is turning trash into treasure. For almost twenty years, residents of Fort Bragg, CA used the ocean as a receptacle for household garbage. The practice was shut down in the sixties and ever since then the surf has been beating the glass shards into beautiful submission.
Culture Buzz Curtis Killorn paints dead trees in the mountains of Colorado vivid colors as public art installations. The results are stunning. (via The Uniblog)
Nailed it. This panda, born in captivity a year ago, has never seen a human face. Instead, his caretakers have always approached him while wearing totally realistic panda suits. Click the image for the full story and more pictures. (via shortlist.com)
Woah. A storm cloud billowing over New Brunswick, Canada takes on a creepily familiar shape. Skip ahead to 1:20 to see the face emerge.
The city of Blagoveshchensk in eastern Russia was hit by a massive tornado Sunday night. There was extensive damage, and while numerous injuries have been reported only one fatality has been confirmed. (via)
“Icebergs float in from Greenland,” said the photographer, Gene Patey. This one briefly blocked the town’s harbor before breaking apart and melting. (via awonderfulworld.tumblr.com)
Thousands of starlings flying together form an ever-changing cloud against the backdrop of a New Zealand sunset. These massive flocks appear all around the world.