Category: Entertainment
Awesome Vintage Posters on Wasting Food
Over at NRDC Switchboard, Dana Gunders writes Dear Government: Food Waste is a Matter of Urgency. Please Take It Seriously. It’s a significant post about a subject that is often ignored: that well over 40% of food in North America is wasted. Worldwide, almost a third of all food is lost to poor harvesting, lousy [...]
Stones Moving Mysteriously Across the Surface
Racetrack Playa is a dried out lake bed located 3,608 ft above sea level in Death Valley National Park, California. The playa is known as after the “racetracks” left by stones that strangely skid across its surface. credit: Rebecca Jackrel The Racetrack is mainly covered with hexagonal saucers of dried mud, left after a [...]
Incredible World of Transparent Animals
We had a post earlier about amazing transparent frog and it blew our minds. So here are some other transparent animals. Image: Courtesy of Larry Madin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Exactly what does It Mean for An Animal to be Translucent? Rather than jumping in to explain what these translucent creatures are doing, I [...]
Weird Bike Concept from FLIZ – Pedal-Less
Finding your bicycle too conventional? In the “crazy ways to get around” class, the FLIZ pedal-less bike is certain to turn brains. Although it’s not the most functional bike-variation I’ve seen, it has the benefit of actually working, unlike some other prototypes. I doubt it’ll catch on because, unlike on a bike, you have no [...]
Fan Made Awesome Captain Planet Trailer
In case you spent at least part of your formative years in the beginning of 1990s, then probably one of your earliest introductions to the environmental movement came with Captain Planet and the Planeteers — but I bet you’ve never seen those eco-minded heroes quite like this. Several of Captain Planet fans most recently put [...]
Famous Athletes Who don’t eat Meat
It’s still a typical dilemma: could vegetarians be as good as their meat-eating counterparts in physical competition? Check out each of the top level athletes in this article, and you should get your answer. These 10 vegetarian athletes rose to the top of the sports world–without any help from meat. Bill Pearl image credits [...]
How Green are Olympic Games in London?
With the beginning ceremony of the London Olympics only one day away, organizers prepare to celebrate what could be the one of the greenest Olympic Games to date. credits The Olympic Torch is undoubtedly an important symbol [...]
Remotely Controlled Farmes Prediction from 1931
Over at Smithsonian’s excellent Paleofuture blog, Matt Novak finds a idea of the future of farming predicted in the time of great depression. image credits Matt Novak writes: “The March 1931 issue of The Country Gentleman magazine included this advertisement for Timken bearings. With the bold headline “100 YEARS AHEAD” the ad promises that the farmer [...]
Prehistoric Creatures still Walking the Earth
From a 220-million year old shrimp to a 130 million year old frog find out which modern species have a gift for survival. These prehistoric creatures still exist and walk the earth. Purple Frog Photo via Impact Lab Purple frogs live underground, getting out just to mate during monsoon season, and they eat termites, [...]
Whale Shark Steals Fish from the Net
Conservation International has published a fantastic video on its Youtube channel. It shows a lovely whale shark stealing from a fishing net and enjoying the small fish that spill out. The whale shark is currently categorized as endangered species on the IUCN Red List. They can be found in all tropical and warm-temperate seas.
Humans and Animals that Lived Together
Many children dream to live with animals, specially after reading The Jungle Book. However for these nine people it was no fiction. From John Ssabunnya, the feral kid raised by African green monkeys to Jane Goodall , Dian Fossey, and Charles Darwin. These people have lived in close groups with orangutans, whales, wolves, bears, and [...]
Real-Life Dragon from Indonesia
A Reddit.com user by the name of Biophilia_curiosus submitted on this popular website a couple of amazing photos of this tiny dragon-like lizard that he took in Buton, Indonesia, the Lambusango Forest reserve. They show an amazing species of lizard which really looks like a real-life dragon. credits: Biophilia_curiosus Biophilia_curiosus wrote on reddit: “The [...]
Crepiest Freshwater Animals in the World
You may think sea water creatures are bizarre looking, but take a look at these freshwater animals and you might be surprised. Piranha image credits Well known for their razor-sharp teeth and huge appetites, piranhas occupy many of the main river basins in South America. These omnivorous fish are well-known for their taste for [...]
