Colorized transmission electron micrograph showing particles of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus that emerged in 2012. Credit: NIAID
We’re often encouraged to look up, but there’s plenty of interesting stuff down below. So, mittens goes deep in a post about the microbes that live beneath Earth’s surface and how they may affect the planet.
Amazon milk frog by hehaden (cc by-nc)
blue_beetle posted the Zoomable Tree of Life: All known species in one zoomable fractal.
By Fir0002; edited by jjron (cropped) - Own work by author, GFDL 1.2, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5712196
Musical passwords given by miniature birds: great post by nickyskye about the Superb Fairy-Wren (and a fun thread!). In other birbtalk news, learn 12 different chicken calls, including the before and after Egg Songs, from spamandkimchi.
ποντίκι / μυς, mouse (Mus musculus) by George Shuklin by dullhunk (cc by)
... this is cool, important, and well done research. But as in most cases, we should be cautious in making assumptions about how broadly it applies
biogeo offers an outstanding, detailed backgrounder in the Turning off intergenerational trauma in mice thread.
I hear you by Gustav Klim (cc by)
Warrnambool's wombat; NESS not NEZ; Commensalist Lorax; HAMMACHER SCHLEMMER!; Beano of Dundee; Painswick nibbles, pub butty & more; Fox Amoore Stitches; Feierabend, et al; Chicken Diapers; Dada à la Dupré; Epithelial Scutoids; Imperiled Achoques.
Anableps anableps by rubund (cc by-sa)
zamboni with the facts about giant diamonds, the Venus lander, and what this has to do with export taxes.
Can a fish see out of water? Wolfster introduces us to the amazing anablep, the fish whose eyes are bifocals.
Pogo_Fuzzybutt reflects on "one of the better" pizzas he's had -- the day began with a hiker falling off a cliff (Spoiler: don't worry, the hiker lives).
Seafloor Surveys After Katrina by NOAA Images
bassomatic says, "my dad and his team of underwater archaeologists were the first to find an ancient shipwreck using side-scan sonar..."
Scary stories and freaky facts about oxygen deprivation at altitude
How does a scuba diver smell shipwreck cheese underwater? And some other ancient foods, eaten in the name of science
AskMe offers some resources on cloudwatching for beginners
Moby Dick is fabulous - Mefites talk Melville and subtext, and what you thought of classic novels before you read them, and the linked writer drops by to respond
Submersible finds glowy purple orb in the depths
And finally, that pressing question, what if I fell out of an airplane in a tank full of water?
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