Archive for the ‘Nature’ Category

So many ways to compost, so little reason not to.

TweetWe’ve all seen images and time-lapse movings showing start trails as they loop around the sky.  But really, we’re the ones turning… Weird!

Do you think you’re an expert on trees? See if you can identify this tree by its leaf…

Nature produces some of the weirdest things I’ve ever seen…

Did you have pet sea monkeys as a kid? Did you know they were bent on world domination?

TweetIt’s easy to miss the cosmic complexity of a single day on earth, but photographer Chris Kotsiopoulos managed to capture the whole day in a single photo. He describes the photo as “a labor of love:” It took me about 12 hours to pull together and process a single image that included over 500 star [...]

Tweet I’ll be doing a series of guest posts this month on the topics of biomimicry and renewable energy for a colleague’s blog.  Energy Resources for North Carolina Teachers focuses on bringing alternative energy information and activities to school kids from K-12.  If you teach, check out the blog or attend one of their workshops. [...]

The Oriental wasp can actually make solar electricity with the yellow and brown stripes on its back. Weird.

The desert actually receives enough rain to support plant life, so what’s to stop us from re-foresting those empty tracts?

Next time you’re trying to solve a complex mathematical proof, go ask an E. coli for help. They’re smarter than you think.