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In a 2018 paper published in the journal Scientific Reports, a team of researchers showed evidence that New Caledonian crows, which have been observed making several types of tools out of sticks, may be able to build tools from memory — even if they have only seen the tool itself and haven’t ever seen the tool being constructed. This suggests that crows can form a mental template
of tools based on other crows’ tools and their own past tools, which would explain why New Caledonian crows’ tools could have improved over time — via Inverse
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A team of scientists led by the University of Cambridge has found that when cuttlefish know they’re getting shrimp for dinner, they’ll only have a light lunch of crabs. This ability to anticipate their favourite food is an indication of the cephalopod’s complex brain and cognitive abilities — via New Atlas
When water flows deep underground, it often dissolves inorganic substances from mineral deposits in the earth’s crust. In many regions, these deposits contain arsenic, a naturally occurring element that is colourless, tasteless and odourless. Although its presence is barely noticeable, prolonged exposure to arsenic-contaminated water can lead to gangrene, disease and many types of cancer, resulting in major loss of income for millions of people and even death.
Inspired by natural processes in soil that bind contaminants and filter them out, Case van Genuchten, a researcher in the Geochemistry Department of the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, has been using iron oxides such as rust, which are abundant in soil, to filter out arsenic from groundwater. He leads experiments at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory that investigate low-cost methods of treating groundwater using only small amounts of electricity and steel or iron. The team’s most recent paper, which compares the arsenic-removing performance of different forms of rust has been published in Water Research — via Phys.org
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Michael Mad Mike
Hoare, widely considered the world’s best known mercenary, has died aged 100.
Born in India to Irish parents, he led campaigns in the Congo in the 1960s that earned him fame at the time, and a controversial legacy years later.
His career reached an embarrassing end in 1981, when he was jailed for leading a failed coup in the Seychelles.
Mr Hoare’s son, Chris Hoare, said in a statement that his father died in a care facility in Durban, South Africa.
Mike Hoare lived by the philosophy that you get more out of life by living dangerously, so it is all the more remarkable that he lived more than 100 years,
he said — via BBC News
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Video shows the fate of three different alligator falls in the Gulf of Mexico. Work being conducted by the McClain Lab at the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) — via YouTube
Custom design for Brookelyn Zammit — by Red Wolf
Custom design for Brookelyn Zammit — by Red Wolf
This video was filmed by the folks at Enoshima Aquarium in Fujisawa, Japan — via Youtube
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Tattoo by Eduardo Tavares at Tora Sumi — originally uploaded by Red Wolf
The Novo, Los Angeles, California, 10 December 2019 — via Youtube
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Hair Love, an animated short film from Matthew A Cherry, tells the heartfelt story of an African American father learning to do his daughter’s hair for the first time — via Youtube
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Bestest boy — originally uploaded by Red Wolf
Poster by artist Peter Drew — originally uploaded by Red Wolf
He Leaps
and He Beeps
, original ink on paper by Eric Goldberg — via Directed by Chuck Jones
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My take on Joy Complex’s Rainbow Ring. 3D print in silver and bronze via Shapeways — originally uploaded by Red Wolf
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Pahjo Designs makes a live edge epoxy river table with rocks from reclaimed cypress wood. He shows how to embed acrylic rocks in epoxy resin and how to mix epoxy glow powder/pigment to make this epoxy table top glow in the dark — via Youtube
