Archive for the ‘Nature’ Category

Spiderman with Centipedes

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

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102007 AD

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

The BBC has an article on predictions originally made by HG Wells in The Time Machine, now backed by evolutionary theorists, postulating that the human species will split into 2 sub species in 100,000 years thanks to sexual selection.

“The descendants of the genetic upper class would be tall, slim, healthy, attractive, intelligent, and creative and a far cry from the ‘underclass’ humans who would have evolved into dim-witted, ugly, squat goblin-like creatures.”

Read more about how your distant descendants will all either look like Danny DeVito or Tyson Beckford here.

Nature!

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

Fresh Kills Landfill Tour

Thursday, October 4th, 2007

“Although the site is not currently open to ongoing general public access, between the months of April and November, you can take a public bus tour led by the NYC Urban Park Rangers.”

http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/fresh_kills_park/html/pick_date.php

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But don’t get cancer.

http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/HAC/PHA/freshkills/fkl_p2.html

Summertime is Picnic-time!

Thursday, July 26th, 2007

And who doesn’t love a picnic? They mean potato salad. And contortionists…

Dancing Gorilla

Monday, July 2nd, 2007

Midweek Links

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007

When giant penguins roamed the earth

Escaped killer tattooed white supremacist inmate apprehended at Arby’s

Blackstone Group

Mile-wide UFO spotted by British pilot

In German Crash test, China’s Brilliance BS6 sedan fails miserably

Tetrachromat Females- Can some women see more colors than the rest of us?

New All Over Print Frog

Wednesday, June 6th, 2007

Frog“A purple fluorescent frog, of the genus Atelopus and discovered during a follow-up survey of the Nassau plateau in mid 2006 by Surinamese scientists Paul Ouboter and Jan Mol, is seen in this undated handout photo. The frog is one of 24 new species found in the South American highlands of Suriname, conservationists reported on June 4, 2007, warning that these creatures are threatened by illegal gold mining.”(via Yahoo News)