A Girl on Mars

diary of a space cannibal shark princess

[agirlonmars]

When People Resist City Tree-Planting, It's Not From a Lack of Awareness

A new study finds that Detroit residents who rejected "free trees" knew the benefits of the urban tree canopy, but distrusted the city's motives and process.

“But they felt they should have a choice in this since they’ll be the ones caring for the trees and raking up the leaves when the planters leave. They felt that the decisions regarding whether to cut down trees or plant new ones were being made by someone else, and they were going to have to deal with the consequences.”

[solarpunk-aesthetic]

Tomatoes, Peas, And 8 Other Crops Have Been Grown in Mars-Equivalent Soil

In an experiment testing how well we can grow crops in space, scientists have managed to harvest 10 crops, including tomatoes, peas, and rye, from soil that mimics the conditions on Mars.

[agirlonmars]

thank goodness for science that caters to my extremely specific interests.

[70sscifiart]

How One Misunderstanding in the 1870s Created an Entire Sci-Fi Subgenre

The year: 1877. The discovery: life on Mars.

At least, life was thought to have been discovered on Mars. This is the story of how a single misunderstood word had a large and lasting impact on the world of Mars-centric science fiction.

You can read my whole article about it here, but the gist is that an Italian astronomer noted channels on Mars by writing the Italian word “canali,” which was mistranslated as “canals,” prompting decades of speculation about the Martians who had built the canals. Here’s a selection of retro sci-fi art featuring the non-existent canals. Artists are credited in the captions.

[agirlonmars]

when you’ve “found the vegan” not because anyone says anything but because you both order the only vaguely vegan thing on the unimaginative menu of a chain restaurant that the rest of the group agreed to go to

[cultofweird]

Colorado Festival Celebrates a Frozen Corpse in a Shed

Frozen Dead Guy Days celebrates Nederland, Colorado's most famous resident who has been dead and frozen in a shed since 1989.

[heathyr]

I mean. I always dreamed of following a rogue NASA into oblivion, but not like this

[xtremecaffeine-deactivated20181]

No atmosphere we die like astronauts

[covid-69]

so apparently Cell, aka. one of the most prestigious/high-impact science journals in the US, did this once because two of the authors published in that issue wanted Araki to draw their newly discovered protein as a stand

[southernsideofme-deactivated201]

[saidinsilence-deactivated201701]

He’s huge….

[imyourhuckleeberry-deactivated2]

That’s Deep Blue, they think she’s the biggest white shark ever filmed

[saidinsilence-deactivated201701]

Of course it’s a girl. She’s beautiful and I’ll keep my hands inside the cage at all times

[birb-bian]

I…I love her.

[whiskey-and-c41]

My daughter is beautiful and strong.

[pomo-phobic-blog]

her dorsal fin is longer than a full grown adult but I in all my 5'2" glory still wants to protect her

[it-grrl]

I am, I believe, the reasonable amount of scared of sharks that a smart soft mammal should be, but I definitely just said “whos a big pretty girl” at the screen. Thank you, tumblr, for reminding me that things I’m afraid of are beautiful too.

[fieryartemispublications]

So I got curious and look this giant up and found this picture of the diver high fiving her as she passed.  According to the article, not only is Deep Blue big but in the picture she’s super pregnant too.  

[k-lionheart-deactivated20171126]

Reblog for Deep Blue positivity

[elizabethmarten]

when youre running late for saving your soulmate from a cursed pirate ship

[samaelschain]

The single greatest scene in anything ever 😂😂😂😂 @skillzyo

[allisonpregler]

this is the single greatest fuck you to physics that ever came out of this show

[the-solarfunk-punk]

Return of the Natives: How Wild Bees Will Save Our Agricultural System

Reviving native bee species could save honeybees--and our agricultural system--from collapse

[agirlonmars]

“Growers on organic farms surrounded by wild plants, it turned out, did not even bother hiring hives. The native bees did all the work, saving the farmers money year after year.”

“The meta problem may be that our agricultural system is simultaneously dependent on honeybees and contributing to their demise. Relying on a single bee species to pollinate nearly 100 different crops is untenable. “

“...native bee populations increased blueberry yields to such an extent that farmers could recoup the cost of establishing habitat in three to four years.”

man i’ve been saying this for years. honeybees aren’t native to north america and actually compete with native bees, which also have to contend with pesticides AND habitat loss. native bees are also more efficient pollinators. we don’t need honeybees...we’ve just built an agricultural system around them. it doesn’t have to be that way, and these researchers are finding out how to change it.

[bestqualitybeksinski]

Zdzisław Beksiński

[29thfloor]

[catonhottinroof-deactivated2023]

Olof Krumlinde (1856 - 1945)

Troubled Sea