Tag: nature
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Shifting Baseline Syndrome
“Due to short life-spans and faulty memories, humans have a poor conception of how much of the natural world has been degraded by our actions, because our ‘baseline’ shifts with every generation, and sometimes even in an individual. In essence, what we see as pristine nature would be seen by our ancestors as hopelessly degraded,…
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Gecko
Using Van Der Waals force, geckoes are able to stick to pretty much any surface, including slippery windows. Their feet have millions of tiny hairs. Pretty damn cool — never thought about it (*) until Nerdland talked about it. (*) Singapore has a lot of geckoes. They are considered to be pests here… But I…
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Our global food system is the primary driver of biodiversity loss
– A new Chatham House report highlights that the global food system is the primary driver of biodiversity loss. – Biodiversity loss will continue to accelerate, unless we change the way we produce food. Further destruction of ecosystems and habitats will threaten our ability to sustain human populations. – The new report calls for an urgent reform of food systems, suggesting three interdependent…
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You Are Not Where You Think You Are
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We can/will fix climate change
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Slime Moulds
While I am sadly allergic (… in my eyes, of all places) to moulds — these things are super pretty. This is the time for humanityto do more research on moulds and mycelium. I am convinced there’s hidden potential in fungi. Via Kottke, via barrywebbimages. Images copyrighted by Barry Webb. Check out the Instagram account.…
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How eggs are made
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Measles Makes Your Immune System Forget
Enter “immune amnesia”, a mysterious phenomenon that’s been with us for millennia, though it was only discovered in 2012. Essentially, when you’re infected with measles, your immune system abruptly forgets every pathogen it’s ever encountered before — every cold, every bout of flu, every exposure to bacteria or viruses in the environment, every vaccination. The…
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How Evolution works
