Pyrolusite (Occurrence, Properties, Uses)
Chemistry

Pyrolusite (Occurrence, Properties, Uses)

Pyrolusite, a common manganese mineral, manganese dioxide (MnO2), sometimes with a granular, fibrous, or columnar texture, is a black, amorphous looking mineral that often forms…
Embodied cognitive science
Psychology

Embodied cognitive science

Embodied cognition, the idea that the mind is not only connected to the body but that the body influences the mind, is one of the…
Watch As a Tiger Is Released Into Its New Home in India
Plants and Animals

Watch As a Tiger Is Released Into Its New Home in India

Reconstruction of the population and conservation of genetic diversity among endangered species is the goal of many conservation projects, and one such effort was the…
Thread of Animals Interrupting Wildlife Photographers Is the Ultimate Timeline Cleanser
Plants and Animals

Thread of Animals Interrupting Wildlife Photographers Is the Ultimate Timeline Cleanser

“Never work with children or animals,” as the old adage goes. This is a phrase that refers to the unpredictable nature of children and wildlife…
We Regret To Inform You That People Are Feeding Pet Leeches Their Own Blood
Plants and Animals

We Regret To Inform You That People Are Feeding Pet Leeches Their Own Blood

There are few pets that we’d allow to feast on our blood. This is a must-have, for any Affiliate, promoting any program. Just as your…
Purpose behind Weddel Seals’ Ultrasonic “Spaceship Sounds” Eludes Scientists
Plants and Animals

Purpose behind Weddel Seals’ Ultrasonic “Spaceship Sounds” Eludes Scientists

Above the ice, the Waddell seals interact with the guttural cries of a Wookie, but research published in the American Journal of the Acoustic Society of…
Scientists Have Described the Butt Orifice of a Dinosaur for the first Time
Plants and Animals

Scientists Have Described the Butt Orifice of a Dinosaur for the first Time

Not often in this line of work do you find a press release titled “All-purpose dinosaur opening”, but a specially decorated Psittacosaurus specimen has been…
Apps Aren’t Causing a “Dating Apocalypse”, but Are Mixing the Gene Poo
Plants and Animals

Apps Aren’t Causing a “Dating Apocalypse”, but Are Mixing the Gene Poo

Comments in dating apps follow a familiar theme, presenting them as enthusiastic shallowness, objectivity, and STIs while creating a denser disabled generation. Depending on how…
Good News as Bristol Zoo Gardens Welcomes a Baby Gorilla
Plants and Animals

Good News as Bristol Zoo Gardens Welcomes a Baby Gorilla

Before Christmas, Bristol Zoo Gardens in England welcomed new members to their gorilla enclosure. In just six months, the newborn’s second lower-western gorilla was born…
4-dimensional printing
Technology

4-dimensional printing

4D printing is the process through which a 3D printed object transforms itself into another structure over the influence of external energy input as temperature,…
Incredibly Well-Preserved Young Woolly Rhino Revealed By Melting Permafrost
Plants and Animals

Incredibly Well-Preserved Young Woolly Rhino Revealed By Melting Permafrost

An incredibly well-preserved worm rhinoceros has been uncovered through the Siberian molten permafrost, still with many internal organs. According to the Siberian Times, the Ice…
New Blue Whale Population in the Indian Ocean Identified By Unique Song
Plants and Animals

New Blue Whale Population in the Indian Ocean Identified By Unique Song

Every year humanity discovers new species or populations of existing species that we had no idea about before. But you might think that these are…
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