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chubbycubbins

Misty path

Red Sprites l Paul M Smith

wonders-of-the-cosmos

This image shows what it might look like standing on the surface of a planet orbiting a brown dwarf star. An alien moon can also be seen in the sky. The brown dwarf gives off such feeble visible light it is difficult to see any of the landscape except for the reflection in the water.

credit: Jeff Bryant

j-k-i-ng

“Jelly (Sun) Fish“ by | Florian Gruet

mini-moss

Secret sanctuaries 💧

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pangeen

" Saw-Whet Owl " // © Jennil Modar

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pangeen

“ Icelandic Highlands “ // Chris Henry

tofutomato

you gotta read, you gotta write, you gotta draw, you gotta watch films and shows. there is literally NO time to be employed

requiem-on-water

(1) Spencer DeMera (2) Jonathan Klok

mindblowingscience

Biomaterials with extraordinary properties, such as spider silk, have so far been known primarily from animals. Researchers at the Universit

Researchers at the University of Salzburg in Austria have now deciphered a surprising counterpart from the world of single-celled organisms: The shells of tintinnids, microscopic planktonic organisms, consist of self-assembling structural proteins that form a particularly resilient material and are capable of absorbing UV light. This is the first description of a biomaterial produced by a eukaryotic single-celled organism (protist), establishing tintinnids as a new model system for the future development of advanced biomaterials. More than 200 years after the discovery of tintinnids, the composition of their shells has finally been deciphered.