19th century papier-mâché anatomical model of a caterpillar, with numerous removable tiers revealing internal organs
(via scientificillustration)
Time for bed! The oldest known bedding, sleeping mats made of mosquito-repellant evergreens that are about 77,000 years old, has been discovered in a South African cave. Microscopic analysis of the bedding suggested the inhabitants repeatedly refurbished the mats.
Read more in the Dec. 9th issue of Science: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/334/6061/1322.1.full
Ooooooh! Check out this picture of the asteroid Vesta taken with the Dawn space probe. Some of the most impressive cliffs in the solar system!
Important scientific research. John Senders of the University of Toronto, Canada, conducting a series of safety experiments in which a person drives an automobile on a major highway while a visor repeatedly flaps down over his face, blinding him.
REFERENCE: “The Attentional Demand of Automobile Driving,” John W. Senders, et al., Highway Research Record, vol. 195, 1967, pp. 15-33.
5 chariots and 12 horse skeletons were found in an urban tomb pit in Luoyang, China. Archaeologists believe the tomb was dug as part of the funeral rites of a nobleman during the Eastern Zhou dynasty period, about 2,500 years ago.
A cool time lapse that shows the Earth rotating instead of the stars.
Look how cool Jupiter’s eye is.
The New York Times published a video of a hummingbird drinking. You can find that interesting article here: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/03/science/03obhummingbird.html?ref=science
They have forked tongues that are lined with hairlike fibers called lamellae. I thought it was cool, but not as cool as this cat drinking in slow motion!
