Tree nuts are in season and falling. I am in gathering mode. They present this as a nut but technically it is not. Its history, however, is fascinating. I had no clue it existed.
Something for moose ticks?
USDA researchers in South Texas built a battery-powered sprayer, hid it at a fence crossing where wild nilgai antelope squeeze through the wire, and loaded the tank with billions of microscopic parasitic worms suspended in water. When an antelope walked through the gap, an ultrasonic sensor detected its movement, an onboard computer started the pump, …
The War on Wildlife Continues.
It has come to this already.
Thomas Henry Kelly, Jr., May 15, 1927- Oct 2, 2026
His site with a memorial from his daughter. On October 2, we lost one of the greatest of the Greatest Generation. Tom Kelly. The Colonel. Daddy to me. And ’Ol Tom to his grandchildren. It is impossible to capture 99 years or what he meant to our family, his friends, his troops and his loyal …
Gravity Seems Holographic
The undeniable message of AdS/CFT is that, at least in this special snow globe, the rules of gravity and the rules of quantum mechanics are secretly describing the same game — despite the storied antagonism between the two theories. “Far from being opposed, they’re actually intertwined,” said Brian Swingle(opens a new tab), a physicist at …
Humans in Brazil 25,000 BCE?
Archaeologists in Brazil say they have unearthed 25,000- to 27,000-year-old pendants made of bony material from the extinct giant ground sloth A better video? Same on tiktok.? More. I am not sure how resolved this is but it is interesting. I saw it before but apparently didn’t post it. Ancient DNA evidence narrows down when …
I like Wilde’s.
I am guessing the wallpaper stayed.
Black Canyon of Gunnison
Black Canyon of Gunnison, Colorado By Charles Eisele 1854-1919 Oil on canvas 22 x 36 inches Signed lower Left. Very unusual subject. I have never heard of a painting of it before. Of course the title may be bull too.
Is that fish even real?
In our group chat, my fishing partners and I spend too much time scrutinizing photos of bass that other anglers have posted. People who fish are habitual liars (I say this fondly), and most of our conversations take the form of debates about whether a fish is really as big as someone claims. Lately, …
How An Injury Changes A Deer’s Next Antler
I don’t know if this is new info or not. I don’t remember it from my reading.