Crown Shyness Phenomenon Shows Trees “Just Know”
Next time you’re in the forest, just look up. What you might find is a kind of ‘communication dance’ the trees are involved in. They kinda just [...]
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How an Old Greek Guy Proved the Earth was Round
It has actually been known that the Earth was round since the time of the ancient Greeks. I believe that it was Pythagoras who first proposed that the Earth was round [...]
Long Before Trees, Earth Was Covered by Giant Mushrooms
From around 420 to 350 million years ago, when land plants were still the relatively new kids on the evolutionary block and “the tallest trees stood just a few feet [...]
Did You Know? You Can Build a House Out of Hemp!
That brings us to one of the most amazing uses for hemp: hempcretes. Essentially hemp bricks, these building materials are made by combining the inner core of the hemp plant [...]
Manta Ray Nursery Discovered off the Coast of Texas
A graduate student at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego and colleagues from NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries [...]
Incredible Wildlife Photo Capture Eagle and Fox Fighting Over Rabbit
There’s certain wildlife photography that you can’t plan for—it’s the result being in the right place at the right time. When this kismet occurs, however, the images [...]