Showing posts with label Cool. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cool. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Monday, April 14, 2008
Bored? Check out the bird cam!
If you are really bored or very interested in nature, go to the bird cam. The owls have babies now.
Update: There are two (maybe 3) baby eagles and the falcon has two or three eggs!
Update: There are two (maybe 3) baby eagles and the falcon has two or three eggs!
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Planning a Wedding?
For all of you that will be planning weddings soon, you may want to attend radio station KUNJ's Bridal Fair 2008. Admission is only $2.00, but all of the brides and grooms to be, GET IN FREE! To read more or register on line, just click here.
No Need to Worry
In 2001, Dr. Karl Kruszelnicki of the University of Sydney, Australia, undertook a systematic survey to determine the ins and outs of navel lint. His primary findings were as follows:
Navel lint consists primarily of stray fibers from one's clothing, mixed with some dead skin cells and strands of body hair.
Contrary to expectations, navel lint appears to migrate upwards from underwear rather than downwards from shirts or tops. The migration process is the result of the frictional drag of body hair on underwear, which drags stray fibers up into the navel.
Women experience less navel lint because of their finer and shorter body hairs. Conversely, older men experience it more because of their coarser and more numerous hairs.
Navel lint's characteristic tint is likely the averaging of the colors of fibers present in the same color as clothes dryer lint
The existence of navel lint is entirely harmless, and requires no corrective action.
Navel lint consists primarily of stray fibers from one's clothing, mixed with some dead skin cells and strands of body hair.
Contrary to expectations, navel lint appears to migrate upwards from underwear rather than downwards from shirts or tops. The migration process is the result of the frictional drag of body hair on underwear, which drags stray fibers up into the navel.
Women experience less navel lint because of their finer and shorter body hairs. Conversely, older men experience it more because of their coarser and more numerous hairs.
Navel lint's characteristic tint is likely the averaging of the colors of fibers present in the same color as clothes dryer lint
The existence of navel lint is entirely harmless, and requires no corrective action.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Sometimes Turtles
Since my time in Southeast Asia and summer school in Florida, where "turtle patrol"* was part of the curriculum, I have fascinated by sea turtles. This morning I came accross an interesting article about a leatherback turtle that set out on a voyage of monumental proportions.
* we were in southwest Florida during loggerhead turtle nesting season. Teams of 2 each were given an area to walk and look for nesting females. My partner and I were lucky enough to see a female lay over 100 eggs.
Leatherback Female
Baby Leatherback
* we were in southwest Florida during loggerhead turtle nesting season. Teams of 2 each were given an area to walk and look for nesting females. My partner and I were lucky enough to see a female lay over 100 eggs.
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