Every cell of the deadly Plasmodium falciparum parasite, the organism that causes malaria, contains a tiny compartment full of microscopic iron crystals. As long as the parasite is alive, the crystals dance. They spin, jolt, and ricochet in their little bubble like change in an overclocked washing machine, too fast and chaotic to even be …
Author: Sea Run
Big Blue
All over the web lately. Talk of a world record but unweighed since he released it after mauling it. Record-setting fish An angling world record was set on May 22, 2005 with a 124-pound (56.2 kg) blue catfish caught in the Mississippi River,[19][20] surpassing a 121.5-pound (55.1 kg) specimen from Lake Texoma in Texas. On June 18, 2011, a 143-pound (64.9 kg) …
Bison Graphic
Interesting differences. I wonder what drove the evolution of that?
The End of Publishing as We Know It Inside Silicon Valley’s assault on the media By Alex Reisner
According to one comprehensive study, Google’s AI Overviews—a feature that summarizes web pages above the site’s usual search results—has already reduced traffic to outside websites by more than 34 percent. The End of Publishing as We Know It. Inside Silicon Valley’s assault on the media It is sad to admit but I have fallen victim to …
Grouse Camp 2025
Grouse Camp 2025 was last week. I was there for a couple of days. A few grouse were flushed but it was slower than expected. Wed the 22nd with the pix above was great. The conditions were ideal. The trees at 1000 feet had dropped their leaves but lower down there was still some color. …
Native Archeological Trivia
Here is Something Many of you might not know Living on the shores of Lake Erie, if you walk the shoreline in search of driftwood and shells or beach glass, you might come across little ivory-like treasures of stone. Our history tells us that they were found in Indian archeological digs and uses were for …
Arthur Wardle, RI (British, 1864-1949)
Arthur Wardle, RI (British, 1864-1949)Run to groundsigned ‘ARTHUR WARDLE’ (lower left) oil on canvas30 x 22 in. (76 × 56 ст.) Arthur Wardle, RI (British, 1864-1949)Rabbitingsigned ‘Arthur Wardle’ (lower left)oil on canvas26 × 33in. (66.0 x 84.0cm.) Wardle has been a favorite for years.
More Lava fountains
Spectacular Stuff. Prior Post.
American vs German Gun Laws
American vs German Gun Laws
Coronal Mass Ejection (CME).
In July 2012, we almost lost everything. A Carrington-class coronal mass ejection (CME)…one of the most powerful ever recorded…erupted from the Sun, moving at over 7 million miles per hour, and missed Earth by a mere 9 days of orbital travel. To the average person, that sounds like a near miss. But in cosmic terms? …