Far from Parisian bistros serving up Burgundy snails, one Japanese man has figured out how to farm the slimy species—a feat that has long eluded the French. Toshihide Takase, 76, says he is “the only person in the world” breeding this specific delicacy after four decades of trial and error to find the right …
A Shot
News to me. It could be BS. Yeah, pretty much bull. It is amazing what you can find out these days.
Local Carver
Charles Weiss Muskellunge, Woodcarving Hand carved from pine Hand brush painting All Fins are carved and added separately Length 67 inches I have seen much worse work. Alright, I enjoy making smaller native species like this! Finished a Gila Trout tonight! Gonna call it a night now! Anthony Guerrero Another carver did this Gila Trout, …
Prim Rocks – Arkansas and Athabasca River concretions.
Prim Rocks – Arkansas A “Prim rock” refers to the large, spherical sandstone boulders found in and around Prim, Arkansas. These geological formations are known for their unusual round shape and can range in diameter from about one foot to four feet. Experts believe they are a result of weathering processes that have shaped the …
Elephants Names
Colorado State University scientists have called elephants by their names, and the elephants called back. Wild African elephants address each other with name-like calls, a rare ability among nonhuman animals, according to a new study published in Nature Ecology and Evolution. Elephants have names for each other like people do, new study shows Cool.
Pigeon Navigation
Are we underestimating pigeons? How studying (robot) pigeon navigation changed my mind about their intellect
Jupiter, Again.
From the frantic firing of billions of neurons in your brain comes your unique and coherent experience of reading these words. The world is full of such emergent phenomena: large-scale patterns and organization arising from innumerable interactions between component parts. And yet there is no agreed scientific theory to explain emergence. The New Math of …
Carl Rungius Raisonné
Join us for a special First Sunday THIS SUNDAY (7/7) at the Museum. We will be premiering two of our new Bisoncast films, “The Lost Painting: Carl Rungius Raisonné, Part I” & “The Rungius Legacy: Carl Rungius Raisonné, Part II” in the auditorium. Bisoncast is an online video series that provides free access to …