neiture:

The ‘exploding melons of Danyang’ hit the headlines in May (2011), when fields of the fruit split their shells after agricultural workers in Jiangsu province mistakenly applied forchlorfenuron, a growth accelerator. The incident, which was reported on Chinese TV news, drew attention to the lax farming practices, shortcuts and excessive use of fertiliser behind a rash of food safety scandals. It came after discoveries of the heavy metal cadmium in rice, toxic melamine in milk, arsenic in soy sauce, bleach in mushrooms, and the detergent borax in pork, added to make it resemble beef | Photograph: AP

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tatteredbanners:

Irish Elk pursued by Dire Wolves by Zdenek Burian

animalstalkinginallcaps:

I ASKED FOR A VEGETARIAN OPTION, NOT A SMORGASBOARD OF SIDE DISHES! CAN I GET A PROTEIN? SOME FUCKING QUINOA? ANYTHING REMOTELY ROBUST? THANKS FOR DOUBLING UP THE GARNISH BUT I DON’T ACTUALLY EAT ROSEMARY. IT’S 2012! CAN WE PLEASE JUST GET OUR SHIT TOGETHER? GO TO GRAMERCY TAVERN! GO TO PER SE! TAKE SOME NOTES! THIS IS RIDICULOUS! AND WHERE THE HELL IS MY WINE? WHAT PAIRS WELL WITH COMPLETE AND UTTER DISAPPOINTMENT? I’LL HAVE TWO GLASSES OF THAT WHENEVER YOU GET A CHANCE! 

#true story  #my life

mutualassureddistraction:

Quote founded here at 27’58”

Biggest solar storms for six years create spectacular northern lights

discowing:

WF 295, the pop culture issue.

This is Dr. Carl Sagan Karl Hagen, an astronomer working for the NASA.

scientificillustration:

“The Bismark Masked Flying Fox (Pteropus capistratus) is a species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family found in Papua New Guinea and named after the Bismarck Archipelago. It was originally considered a subspecies of Pteropus temminckii before being reassessed in 2001. This species has two subspecies, namely:

Pteropus capistratus capistratus

Pteropus capistratus ennisae”

From: ‘Die Fledermäuse des Berliner Museums für Naturkunde. 1. Lief., Die Megachiroptera des Berliner Museums für Naturkunde’

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