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How to survive a black widow
Females eat the male after sex. This is the practice of the species of the dark black widow spider. But there is hope for the male victims. Their death can be prevented by walking and smelling the web of the female. This has been discovered by researchers of the U.S. Arizona State University. Females eat their […]
Read More →When your head aches, LSD to the rescue
Patients suffering from the agony of cluster headaches will take anything to dull the pain, even LSD, it turns out. Results from a pilot study presented at the International Headache Congress reveal that six patients treated with 2-bromo-LSD, a nonhallucinogenic analog of LSD, showed a significant reduction in cluster headaches per day; some were free […]
Read More →Surreal: Spider vs moth
Loom tells the story of a successful catch. [vimeo clip_id=”24069938″ width=”700″ height=”400″]
Read More →Your feet stink, so mosquitoes must love you
In accordance with my previous post, more evidence has been found that mosquitoes are attracted to bodily odour. This time, scientists says it is feet odour. Before a mosquito comes in for a “fly-through” meal, it first has to feed on a sugary substance, usually from a flower. Then it uses carbon dioxide from a […]
Read More →Foodscience in slow motion
Smoldering charcoal burning up, falling and shacking food, but everything in beautiful slow-motion. Everything in 6280 frames per second:
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