There’s a strange noise coming from
the ocean floor in a remote area near
the Arctic. Local Inuit described the
noises as ‘pings,’ ‘hums,’ or ‘beeps,’
and noted that the sounds are scaring
away local sea mammals and wildlife.
Theories on the source of the sound
range from an iron mining corporation
to submarines to secret military
experiments, but so far nobody
knows what it really is. Source
A Forest Service worker photographed a fire burning inside a tree. He said there is no filter on the photo, rather, the fire is so hot this is its actual color.
Earth’s upper atmosphere—below freezing, nearly without oxygen, flooded by UV radiation—is no place to live. But last winter, scientists from the Georgia Institute of Technology discovered that billions of bacteria actually thrive up there.
Expecting only a smattering of microorganisms, the researchers flew six miles above Earth’s surface in a NASA jet plane. There, they pumped outside air through a filter to collect particles.
Back on the ground, they tallied the organisms, and the count was staggering: 20 percent of what they had assumed to be just dust or other particles was alive. Earth, it seems, is surrounded by a bubble of bacteria.
The more you learn about science the more you realize that we actually know very very little about the incredible world we live in.
“When you get your Bachelors you think you know everything. When you get your Masters you realize you don’t know anything. When you get your PhD you realize no one knows anything.” -PhD student
Thank you space bacteria for being our force field of life
SCP-2798′s contingency measures are in motion . _.
Abortiporus biennis is a gnarled, messy-looking mass of irregular white pores that exude a reddish juice and bruise reddish brown. There is hardly a cap or a stem to speak of, and as it grows it engulfs sticks and blades of grass.
An Indonesian Island in which trees absorb dead babies
On the Indonesian island Tana Toraja, if a baby dies before he starts
teething, the family cuts a hole in a tree and places the dead child
inside.
The tree regrows around the baby and absorbs it.The image shows a
baby grave tree located in Tana Toraja. A local guide explains this
conduct by saying that they bury the babies in the trees so the wind can
waft away their souls.
This tribe has a different way of looking at life and death. Funerals
can last up to a week and they’re one of the main events in their
calendar. They dress in bright colors and dance merrily while they tell
the life-story of the deceased. (Source 1, Source 2)
The tree was put under arrest in 1898, when a British army officer, James Squid, under the influence of alcohol, thought that the tree was moving towards him. Threatened by the tree’s movement, the officer decided to teach a lesson to the offender and issued arrest warrants of the tree.
