climateadaptation:

Burning for two weeks, American oil company Chevron denies that this oil rig explosion is causing environmental damage in the Niger Delta, Nigeria.

The company says that the leaked and burning oil poses no risk to human health or the environment. There seems to be no concrete plans to stop the fire, which has been burning since about January 23rd. 

Chevron is paying off a nearby village with food, and activists are being stonewalled by the company. 

Why are oil companies not forced to have emergency systems in place? 

Al Jazeera has video, here.

scipsy: Bizarre snow and ice formations called “penitentes” produced by the competition between sublimation and melting of the snow (via ESO)

scipsy:

Bizarre snow and ice formations called “penitentes” produced by the competition between sublimation and melting of the snow (via ESO)

sharpestrose: producermatthew: Cupertino high school student Angela Zhang may know the cure for cancer: As a freshman, she started reading doctoral-level papers on biological engineering. By her sophomore year in high school, she managed to convince Stanford University to let her use their laboratories, and by junior year, she began doing her own research that led her to develop a recipe that boggles even her chemistry teacher. Zhang’s recipe won her a $100,000 award at a national science competition sponsored by Siemens. Her method of curing cancer by aiming an infrared light at mutated cells killed cancer in mice; it will be a few more years before it can be determined if the method works in humans. Nevertheless, Zhang’s three years of research is considered a breakthrough. [CBS News] A name to know and quote the next time you head some fuckdouche start slagging off teenage girls. 

sharpestrose:

producermatthew:

Cupertino high school student Angela Zhang may know the cure for cancer: As a freshman, she started reading doctoral-level papers on biological engineering. By her sophomore year in high school, she managed to convince Stanford University to let her use their laboratories, and by junior year, she began doing her own research that led her to develop a recipe that boggles even her chemistry teacher.

Zhang’s recipe won her a $100,000 award at a national science competition sponsored by Siemens.

Her method of curing cancer by aiming an infrared light at mutated cells killed cancer in mice; it will be a few more years before it can be determined if the method works in humans. Nevertheless, Zhang’s three years of research is considered a breakthrough. [CBS News]

A name to know and quote the next time you head some fuckdouche start slagging off teenage girls. 

roachpatrol:

jtotheizzoe:

alleluiaaa:

These are the patterns of planets orbiting around each other. It’s as though they’re eternally dancing around each other. Each step, pattern, movement makes a beautiful shape unique to their relationship. It’s so… glorious.

It also hurts my eyes if I stare at it for too long.

All based on this:

“Take the orbits of any two planets and draw a line between the two planet positions every few days.  Because the inner planet orbits faster than the outer planet, interesting patterns evolve.”

Lovely!

Oh whoops I will just be having an eyegasm thank you and goodnight. 

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geologise:

Cave Of The Crystals | Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico

I remember when this was first discovered, and how blown away I was when photos were released of this magnificent wonder. There’s a documentary out there called, “Naica: Beyond The Crystal Cave” and another that hits on other sister caves as well, “Into The Lost Crystal Caves”. Definitely interesting if you want to watch them go through the cave to get samples and explore. A dangerous but extremely satisfying task! Here’s a bit of information on the Crystal Caves in Naica, Mexico.

  • It contains some of the largest (in size, mass, length, etc) natural crystals ever found on Earth. A Gypsum beam was found to be 11 metres (36 feet) in length, 4 metres (13 feet) in width, and weigh around 55 tons.
  • It is found in a horseshoe-shaped cavity of limestone rock, which used to be full of mineral-rich hot water, but has since been kept drained.
  • The cave is extremely hot with air temperatures reaching up to 58 °C (136 °F) with 90 to 99 percent humidity.
  • The cave was filled with mineral-rich hot water (a constant 50 °C+) for around 500,000 years, which let these crystals form under the right conditions.

I’ve added a few links that take you to more photos and articles as well (along with its sister caves).

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ishmaeldreaming:

cacellcee:

tumbleweedalong:

klaineexists:

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darktwiistedfantasy:

WITCHCRAFT 

can i has

COOL

We are living in the future!

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pumpkincider:

slantedsunlight | sealegslegssea | andifroid

It’s hard to believe that these are all birds. I am speechless. 

That’s amazing

You know how some people debate whether or not animals play or feel emotion?

I like to think starlings are an entire species that comes together to dance.

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publicradiointernational:

By subjecting ourselves to constant streams of information from the internet, we could eventually lose ability to be contemplative and introspective.

More…

Shit. I’ve noticed this in my own cognition, in my ability to work on a single objective for a sustained period of time. I used to be able to focus on a paper for 8-10 hours at a time! Now, I am challenged by tasks that take 2-3 hours. Especially mentally-demanding tasks. 

Fuck, fuck, fuck. I need a break from technology. I need to pick up a physical hobby. I need to — oh, hey. Tumblr.