River otters at a Northern California lagoon have learned to climb onto resting brown pelicans, grab them by the neck, drag them underwater, and hold them there until they drown. The behavior was first documented in 2006. By 2024 the otters were taking multiple pelicans in a single hunt. Abbotts Lagoon sits inside Point Reyes …
Uh-oh
they discovered that the minerals at this site contain record-breaking concentrations of gold, reaching as high as 1.9 wt% (19,231 ppm). Scientists strike invisible gold in the deep sea—locked inside fool’s gold How long before they are down there trashing everything.
Tehipite Valley
Yosemite is undoubtedly beautiful, but it’s also incredibly crowded. But what if I told you that another nearby valley was just as beautiful, yet received virtually no visitors. Often referred to as the “Forgotten Yosemite,” the Tehipite Valley is a remote, rugged, and impressive valley located in Kings Canyon National Park. Despite being dubbed …
Pigeon with head-mounted camera.
Source I worked as a falconer before graduate school, so I was familiar with falconry hoods. I sewed many different sizes of hoods to hold the camera in place on the pigeon’s head, along with little backpacks for the rest of the equipment, and tried them on the pigeons until I found the perfect fit. …
Water
I saw reference to this in a couple of places. Water is weird. He mentions it has 70 odd characteristics so far. This latest one may be a necessity for life to start, etc. Many decades ago, I had a prof say that he thought water properties would be the future big thing in biochemistry. I never forgot it. I also saw …
Gigantic jets are a subset of “blue jets.”
One year ago, an incredible “gigantic jet” – an extremely-rare type of upper-atmospheric lightning – was photographed from the International Space Station. This was from the same storm system that would eventually cause the devastating Camp Mystic flooding in Texas. This is the clearest photo we have EVER seen of a gigantic jet from above. …
Machine engraving?
Machine engraving? Blaser utilizes a hybrid of high-precision laser engraving and traditional hand-chasing for its custom firearms. Intricate scenes, scrollwork, and monograms are first mapped digitally and deeply etched by modern lasers, then finished by master engravers to add sculptural depth, shadows, and lifelike textures. I got the answer in seconds with a search. The …
Hummingbird “evolution in action.”
Bird feeders have caused a dramatic evolution of California hummingbirds Beaks have grown longer and larger, and ranges have expanded to follow the feeders
Atlatl
An iconic spear-throwing device likely wasn’t used by prehistoric hunters until around 10,000 years ago A much favored idea refuted?
Retrocausality
You have to love brain twisters like this. Apparently, from all the videos online it is something many others like as well. More on the Channel and good Dune info. More