The Homepage of J. Orlin Grabbe

Energy-Storing Nanomaterial Made From Hemp

http://cen.acs.org/articles/91/web/2013/05/Energy-Storing-Nanomaterial-Made-Hemp.html

Matt Ridley on How Fossil Fuels are Greening the Planet

http://reason.com/reasontv/2013/03/13/matt-ridley

Matt Ridley on How Fossil Fuels are Greening the Planet – YouTube

Watch this video on YouTube.

The House Built in the Middle of a River

http://www.odditycentral.com/travel/ultimate-privacy-the-house-built-in-the-middle-of-a-river.html#more-33430

MASC Showcase: Snowflakes in Freefall

http://www.inscc.utah.edu/~tgarrett/Snowflakes/Gallery/

Thunderstorms contain ‘dark lightning,’ invisible pulses of powerful radiation

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/thunderstorms-contain-dark-lightning-invisible-pulses-of-powerful-radiation/2013/04/08/1c796ebc-8a76-11e2-a051-6810d606108d_story.html

Glasswing Butterflies

http://www.lovethesepics.com/2013/03/gorgeous-glasswing-butterflies-42-stunning-photos/

Did wastewater pressure rumble Oklahoma?

http://www.futurity.org/earth-environment/did-wastewater-pressure-rumble-oklahoma/

Porn for Pandas: Chinese Researchers Produce Bear “Boogie Nights”

http://jonathanturley.org/2013/03/18/panda-porn-chinese-researchers-produce-bear-boogie-nights-for-timid-couples/

“Extraordinary Wave in the Channel”

http://www.futilitycloset.com/2013/03/15/extraordinary-wave-in-the-channel/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed: FutilityCloset (Futility Closet)

10 Captivating Atolls in the World

http://www.touropia.com/captivating-atolls-in-the-world/

Iceland is Physically Spliting in Two

http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/midlina

A Dry Quicksand

http://www.futilitycloset.com/2013/02/17/a-dry-quicksand-2/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed: FutilityCloset (Futility Closet)

Reports Surface of Monster Lurking In Russian Lake

http://www.businessinsider.com/reports-surface-of-monster-lurking-in-russian-lake-2013-2

3-D Cybertaxonomy: Fascinating Virtual Dissections

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/02/3d-cybertaxonomy/

Aerial Panoramas Capture Four Russian Volcanoes Erupting Simultaneously

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-02/russian-panorama-enthusiasts-capture-crazy-kamchatkan-volcanos

How Homing Pigeons Find Their Way Home

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-01/geologist-has-probably-figured-out-how-homing-pigeons-find-their-way-home

459lb Bluefin Tuna Sells for Record $1.76 Million

http://singularityhub.com/2013/01/31/our-singularity-future-overfished-bluefin-tuna-sells-for-record-1-76-million/

Matt Ridley on Technology & Optimism: “How it’s all going to be fine”

http://thebrowser.com/interviews/matt-ridley-on-technology-optimism-and-how-it’s-all-going-be-fine

Welcome to the coldest village on Earth where the temperature can hit -71.2C

http://www.readability.com/read?url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2266374/Oymyakon-coldest-village-earth-Temperatures-drop-71-2C-locals-wear-glasses-freeze-faces-school-shuts-falls-52C.html

A Peek Inside the World’s Largest Cave

http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/son-doong-cave-vietnam

Short Penis No Obstacle for ‘Spermcasting’ Barnacles

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/01/barnacle-spermcasting/

No, those are not Clouds Blocking Beijing From US Spy Satelites

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=80152

The Mexican Hierve el Agua Stone Waterfalls

http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/hierve-el-agua-stone-waterfalls

New island appears off coast of Germany

http://www.readability.com/read?url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/9792843/New-island-appears-off-coast-of-Germany.html

New Species of ‘Decoy’ Spider Likely Discovered At Tambopata Research Center

http://blog.perunature.com/2012/12/new-species-of-decoy-spider-likely.html

Stefano Serafini on the Emergence of Biourbanism

http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/stefano-serafini-on-the-emergence-of-biourbanism/2012/12/13?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed: P2pFoundation (P2P Foundation)

Catfish Have Learned How To Hunt Pigeons

http://www.businessinsider.com/catfish-have-learned-how-to-hunt-pigeons-2012-12

Ice Feathers

http://io9.com/5963422/wind-and-water-can-build-up-ice-feathers

Lobster Cannibals

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/03/us-usa-lobster-idUSBRE8B21CH20121203

Solitude, Serenity and Salt

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/6ba57b1c-e52a-11e1-8ac0-00144feab49a.html#axzz24Ai0ch5C

Volcano 40 miles east of Mexico City Erupts

http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2012/04/volcano-40-miles-east-of-mexico-city-rumbles-back-to-life.ars?comments=1#comments-bar

10 of the world’s biggest unsolved mysteries

http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/photos/10-of-the-worlds-biggest-unsolved-mysteries/go-figure

Computing with swarms of Crabs

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepercent/2012/04/researchers-build-crab-powered.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=online-news

Enzymes grow artificial DNA

http://www.nature.com/news/enzymes-grow-artificial-dna-1.10487

Hunting with Falcons

http://www.leenks.com/link412143.html

The Good News About the Virus in Your Genes

http://www.readability.com/read?url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203458604577263503510424004.html

Seven Evolutionary Leftovers in Your Body

http://www.readability.com/read?url=http://www.divinecaroline.com/22120/104573

The Distributed Mind of an Octopus

http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2010/10/thinking-like-an-octopus/

Bait Ball Feast

Bait Ball Feast Watch this video on YouTube.

World’s Largest Garment Made From Golden Spider Silk Goes on Display

http://www.ecouterre.com/worlds-largest-cape-made-from-golden-spider-silk-goes-on-display/

Aspect-Oriented Programming in Ruby using Combinator Birds

https://github.com/raganwald/homoiconic/blob/master/2008-11-07/from_birds_that_compose_to_method_advice.markdown#readme

Tianmen Shan: The Heavens Gate Stairway

http://atlasobscura.com/place/tianmen-shan

Forest of the Ancients

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/11/13/magazine/forest-of-the-ancients.html?ref=magazine

Triassic ‘Kraken’ Prehistoric Animal Creating Self Portrait Art

http://www.tgdaily.com/general-sciences-features/58953-triassic-kraken-may-have-created-self-portrait

Giant Roaming Deep Sea Protist

https://www.utexas.edu/news/2008/11/20/giant_protist/

Secret of The Fibonacci Sequence in Trees

http://www.amnh.org/nationalcenter/youngnaturalistawards/2011/aidan.html

The Near-Extinction Of American Bison In The 1800′s

http://all-that-is-interesting.com/post/5631232781/the-near-extinction-of-american-bison-in-the-1800s

Snails survive digestion by birds

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/14048754

Worms from Hell, the Lords of the Underworld

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/discovery-of-worms-from-hell-deep-beneath-earths-surface-raises-new-questions/2011/05/31/AGnzJTGH_story.html

How to Survive a Bear Attack

How to Survive a Bear Attack Watch this video on YouTube.

10 Strangest Trees on Earth

http://zuzutop.com/2010/01/10-strangest-trees-on-earth/

Liquid Gold: The Booming Market for Human Breast Milk

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/05/ff_milk/

Identifying Zebras from Photos Using Barcode System: “Stripespotter”

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42500680/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Dinosaur-Chomping Supercrocs Ruled the Sahara

http://io9.com/#!5408597/dinosaur chomping-supercrocs-ruled-the-sahara

600 Year Old Ancient Stone Markers Warned of Tsunamis in Japan, 1737 Japan Tsunami May Have Had 192 Ft. Wave

http://deathby1000papercuts.com/2011/04/ancient-stone-markers-warned-of-tsunamis-in-japan-1737-japan-tsunami-may-have-had-192-ft-wave/ Hundreds of such markers dot the coastline, some more than 600 years old. Collectively they form a crude warning system for Japan, whose long coasts along major fault lines have made it a repeated target of earthquakes and tsunamis over the centuries. The markers don’t all indicate where it’s safe to build. Some simply [...]

Phra Nang beach in Thailand

http://ookaboo.com/o/pictures/picture.large/315102/Phra_Nang_beach_in_Thailand

Those Dam Goats: Alpine Ibex Cingino Dam

http://www.ruralramblings.com/alpine-ibex-on-cingino-dam

Toxic Exploding Suicide Ants

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpenter_ant#Exploding_ants

Crocodile vs Piranha

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8358918/Pictured-amazing-moment-crocodile-swallows-piranha.html

Labrador vs Dolphin

Makin’ Waves with the Waimea River

Makin’ Waves with the Waimea River Watch this video on YouTube.

Italy: Spectacular Eruption of Mount Etna Volcano

Italy: Spectacular Eruption of Mount Etna Volcano Watch this video on YouTube. January 13, 2011 – Europe’s highest active volcano, Mount Etna sent bright orange balls of lava straight up into the air and a steady glowing orange flow ran down its side. Flames went hundreds of metres into the air and could be seen [...]

Roll Cloud at South Oliphant, Ontario – 5/27/2007

Roll Cloud at South Oliphant, Ontario – 5/27/2007 Watch this video on YouTube.

The Toowoomba Flash Flood Clears Parking Lot

I have had it with these motherfucking crocodiles on this motherfucking plane!

I have had it with these motherfucking crocodiles on this motherfucking plane!

Flying with Vultures

Flying with Vultures