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April 5, 2012

Drop dead amazing photo of what appears to be an insect on a bicycle (seriously).

Pretty much a perfect picture to segue into anything about biodiversity and how our personal choices (a.k.a riding a bike, taking a bus, etc) may affect it…

By Tustel Ico, via Colossal.

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April 5, 2012

Nikola Tesla letterhead: the subdued and EPIC versions.

This is what he used c:1900:

Then, in 1911, he apparently had something like this:

There is, I bet, a great story in this somewhere…

From letterheady.

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April 5, 2012

When oxygen gets excited. Great video on the chemistry of “fire.” (via @beatricebiology)

This is nicely done.  Great simple overview of the notion of “burning.”  Good for use when talking about fossil fuels.

By Beatrice the Biologist.

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