30 November 2024

Women with monkeys as prostitutes - updated

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We'll begin with the photograph above (credit here , via BoingBoing 2006): "...the community of Beloit, Wisconsin came togeth...
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Monarchs at the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, Michoacan, Mexico

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An awesome sight, but the first reports I've seen from Monarch Watch is that the numbers are way down again this year, especially in the...
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Wolves as pollinators (therophily)

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If one were to ask people which mammals serve as polllinators of plants, most would probably identify bats, but I have to say this report of...
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A sad statistic

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I don't have time or interest in tracking down the source data compiled by Bankrate ,  so I don't know how much of this "averag...
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27 November 2024

"Where's Wanda?"

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I've just finished watching this eight-part series streaming on Apple TV, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.  The storyline is quite straightf...
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A modern-day land grab

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I own some vacant land in northern Minnesota - not fancy lakeshore, just woods and scrub brush with some wetlands - inherited from my father...
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25 November 2024

The musculoskeletal syndrome of menopause.

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Excerpts from an article in The New York Times : The syndrome refers to a constellation of conditions and symptoms that become more prevalen...
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New technology for stealing your car

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" At about 9 pm a stranger knocked on the door then pulled out this small metal thing and held it up to the door for awhile before see...
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Math puzzle

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Explanatory diagram here , and some disjointed discussion here .
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22 November 2024

Blood-red water in the mountains of Peru

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The embedded image is a screencap from a title gif at The New York Times . For thousands of years, the glaciers were replenished with ice in...
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Stem cell transplants for dogs

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Excerpts from the transcript of an As It Happens podcast: A couple in Nova Scotia are desperately seeking a match for their five year old G...
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Nunavik sled dog slaughter

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Excerpts from the transcript of an As It Happens podcast: Later this month, the Federal Government will apologize for the mass slaughter of...
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The world's largest bromeliad

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Puya raimondii , also known as the Queen of the Andes (English), titanka and ilakuash (Quechua) or puya de Raimondi (Spanish), is the larges...
21 November 2024

Duct-taped banana sells for $6.2 million

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As reported by Bloomberg : Arguably the most famous artwork of the past decade has found a new buyer. Comedian , a sculpture by the artist M...
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20 November 2024

Close-up nature photos

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I'm too busy right now to spend time blogging, but couldn't resist adding these two photos that were shortlisted for the Close-up Ph...
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