The New Horizons probe will zoom past, rather than move into orbit around Pluto. See, Here’s Why The New Horizons Spacecraft Won’t Be Stopping At Pluto @ io9.
Nature
Animals, Nature
Avalanche-Defying Rabbit
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Animation, Film, Nature
Skyglow
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Art, Nature
Bees Help Sculpt a Tea Pot
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"Thousand Years" by Tomas Libertiny from Studio Libertiny on Vimeo. Artist Tomas Libertiny partners with over 60.000 bees to create this splendid teapot wax sculpture. Libertiny made a teapot-shaped hive that the bees then colonized, building a hexagon comb around it and the Bees make their almost mathematically precise honeycomb structure around it. Just an…
Animals, Cats, Nature
Why Cats Seemingly Play with Their Prey
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View image | gettyimages.com Every so often, someone will ask why cats seem to toy with their food. Why not, after all, simply pounce for a quick kill? Applied animal behaviorist Dr. Karen London supplies an answer: ….A study done decades ago investigated the playful behavior that cats often exhibit with their prey. The scientist Maxeen…