The same rift activity is slowly parting the Red Sea, too. picked by Bornbad 4 weeks ago tags Giant Crack Africa Create New Ocean |
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A 2.8ft rabbit who munches his way through £60 worth of food every week is bouncing his way into the record books. 10 comments edit related share plime.comBenny the Flemish Giant is vying for the title of world's longest rabbit, currently held at 2.6ft (81.5cm), by Amy, a Continental Giant who died in May. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago |
The creation of new oceans and seas is usually a slow geological process. In the case of the Afar Triangle near the Horn of Africa a new ocean is forming more rapidly than geologists expected and will, in time, split Africa apart. picked by BrownTrout 3 years ago 5 comments edit related share science |
New images show the "last meal" of a giant cannibal galaxy as it gobbles down a smaller spiral galaxy, which has been twisted and warped from being devoured. 2 comments edit related share scienceThe giant galaxy, Centaurus A (NGC 5128) is the nearest giant, elliptical galaxy, at a distance of about 11 million light-years. picked by AutumnLotus 1 week ago |
A giant imaging machine buried in ice at the South Pole could one day create pictures of the Earth’s core. According to a new calculation, the instrument – dubbed IceCube – could produce a picture of the Earth's dense iron core, silhouetted against the lighter rocky mantle. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share science |
It began with a line of plastic bags ghosting the surface, followed by an ugly tangle of junk: nets and ropes and bottles, motor-oil jugs and cracked bath toys, a mangled tarp. Tires. A traffic cone. Moore could not believe his eyes. Out here in this desolate place, the water was a stew of plastic crap. It was as though someone had taken the pristine seascape of his youth and swapped it for a lan... read full post picked by psycmoe 1 year ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
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For a team of paleontologists interested in fossil mammals, the Fayum district of Egypt summons an impressive history that extends much further back in time than the Sphinx. The latest issue of the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology reports the discovery of six new bat species dating to around 35 million years ago, which sheds new light on the early evolution of bats. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share science |