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Hunting with Nature’s Most Extreme Camouflage Artist
Its keen brown eyes and coal black nose could be stones in the snow-white landscape to those unaware they are the points of a triangle formed by its characteristic snout. Merging imperceptibly with its colourless environment, and able to withstand some of the most frigid extremes on the planet, this super-adapted animal trots nimbly on the icy surface, using its acutely sensitive hearing to home in precisely on its next meal under the snow. Then, it pounces.
Continue reading...Art is a Dish Best Served Cold
Friday, February 13, 2009
When Hongtao Zhou sees snow, he doesn't make snowballs. Instead, he uses his creative powers to make art out of a useful and sustainable material. To that end, the graduate art student recently ventured out to frozen Lake Mendota near his University of Wisconson - Madison campus to build 'ice and snow furniture' that look quite fit for the dining room of an ice palace.
Continue reading...8 Incredible Snow Face Sculptures
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Anyone who lives in a country prone to heavy snowfalls will understand the strange pull of the powdery white stuff, as if it comes with a magnetic force able to draw even the most unplayful into interacting with it. And it’s almost completely impossible to pass an untainted area of pristine snowfall without leaving a mark, whether it’s foot prints or snow angels. Others like to, er, stick their face in it…
Continue reading...Town Buried in 270 Million Cubic Feet of Hailstones
Friday, October 31, 2008
How many times have you wished for a freak storm to come so you could get the day off school? Well, some kid in Devon, England has been wishing hard! Not only did they manage to get the day off school but landed the rest of the town a day off, too. Only they probably weren’t so pleased about it. Torrential storms saw an estimated 270 million cubic-feet of hailstones fall in a five-mile square area within six hours yesterday in Ottery St Mary.
Continue reading...16,500 Condoms Delivered to Antarctica Research Base
Monday, June 9, 2008
Image (c) National Science Foundation Last month, researchers in Antarctica received about 16,500 condoms, which are being made available for free to avoid any uncomfortable situations.
Continue reading...The Canadian Way to Cool Beer [pic]
Monday, June 9, 2008
Image Sources: 1, 2 We Graffiti Artists are often exploring the far-flung corners of the internet. Occasionally we stumble on some real marvels that we’d like to share with you.
Continue reading...The Subterranean Iron Snow of Mercury
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Image from edhiker Mercury, which has the most unusual magnetic field that you can imagine, has been baffling astronomers ever since they first took note of it. Something is odd about the small, terribly hot planet, and that something gives it a magnetic field, the only terrestrial planet [...]
Continue reading...Snowflakes Are Alive
Monday, March 3, 2008
As we move into March and leave winter behind, it’s probably safe to discuss snowflakes again without inspiring a cacophony of curses and nervous tics. At least, that’s what I thought because it turns out the occasionally scenic precipitation is not just the ice crystal [...]
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Wednesday, December 30, 2009
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