Google Street View Takes You Inside Ancient Japanese Caves
Sam Laird, mashable.com
Stalactites and stalagmites galore! Google wants to take you spelunking without your even having to step away from the laptop. The company set loose photography crews to gather 360-degree documentation of a couple underground…
The future. Should’ve trusted my instincts
Plants Use Body Clocks to Prepare for Battle
By Wired UK, wired.com
Biologists at Rice University have discovered that while plants might look fairly inactive in the day, they are surreptitiously preparing for battle with hungry insects.
“When you walk past plants, they don’t look like they’re do…
Smart Plants
Game of Thrones Valentines Slay Hearts
By Angela Watercutter, wired.comWinter may have already come, but if there’s one thing that could warm souls on this mid-February day, it’s a set of witty Valentines based on the Game of Thrones TV series.
The Valentines — which possess that perfect mix of…
Can’t wait for the second season
frsit and lsat ltetres
RDIAENG.
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(Via Avva, who doesn’t provide a source, but the point is made without one.)
