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• Check Out The Finalists of The 2020 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards
• This Mom Makes Cardboard Replicas of Household Items
• What It’s Like To Be Drunk
• Phosphine Detected In The Atmosphere of Venus - An Indicator of Possible Life?
• Do You Want This Cat To Be Your Guardian Angel?
• It’s Autumn Once Again, And Dogs Are Enjoying It
• Bored? Try Making A Lava Lamp
• Why Are Dogs’ Noses Cold And Wet?
• The Best Way to Blow Up a Pumpkin
• Teaching My Cats To Ring A Bell
• Beefcake Mice Retain Their Muscles In Space

Check Out The Finalists of The 2020 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards Posted: 14 Sep 2020 10:52 AM PDT Photographs were meant to immortalize unforgettable moments — funny, shocking, historic, and romantic moments that you could look back from. Of course, we don't just photograph ourselves. We photograph nature and animals, too, and their moments could also be as funny and as shocking as ours. See the pictures over at IFL Science. (Image Credit: Christina Holfelder/Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2020)

This Mom Makes Cardboard Replicas of Household Items Posted: 14 Sep 2020 10:41 AM PDT There are times when you don't need to make your child hold the real thing for him or her to understand how you use the object. Sometimes, a creative approach, and a child's highly imaginative mind, is enough. It has many benefits, too. Not only do you put your child away from harm and the danger of breaking the real thing; you also give him or her a toy to play with. Sydney Piercey recycles and repurposes her excess cardboard into delightful replicas of everyday items for her children to enjoy. Starting as a few projects (a quarantine hobby) for the amusement of kids in her neighborhood, it soon shifted as Piercey's young daughter drew interest in the creations as well. Piercey' love of creativity and engineering kicked in further as she started brainstorming different types of items to construct and materials to use. "We buy dog food, beer, baby wipes and the like in bulk, and these boxes turned inside out become perfect for creating appliances out of," Piercey tells My Modern Met. The pieces not only afford her with ample opportunities to continue in a day to day practice of sustainability—something that she's committed to—but also adds an entertaining spin on early childhood education. Check out Piercey's creations over at My Modern Met. (Image Credit: My Modern Met)

What It’s Like To Be Drunk Posted: 14 Sep 2020 10:40 AM PDT Being drunk is such an interesting state to be in. I believe that no one has experienced the same thing when they were in this state.  Perhaps what's interesting about this is how people reveal a different side of them when they are drunk. Some people become creative, while others become apathetic. But if there was something common to drunk people, it's the way they give the people a reason to laugh. See 50 of these funny drunk people moments over at The Mind Circle. (Image Credit: The Mind Circle)

Phosphine Detected In The Atmosphere of Venus - An Indicator of Possible Life? Posted: 14 Sep 2020 08:47 AM PDT Phosphine can be created in the lab, but as a naturally-occurring chemical, it is usually formed by the decay of organic matter. At least here on earth. It appears that astronomers have detected phosphine in the atmosphere of Venus. It's too early to say what that really means, but the news is exciting.  The presence of phosphine is seen by many astrobiologists as a "biosignature" i.e. an indicator of the possible presence of life. The detection was made by the Atacama (ALMA) array located in Chile and the James Clerk Maxwell telescope located in Hawaii. The research team includes members from the University of Manchester, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Cardiff University. A paper will appear in the 14 September issue of Nature Astronomy. From what we're told the researchers have concluded that abiotic mechanisms (i.e. ones that do not involve life) that might produce phosphine cannot account for the large amount that they have detected. The phosphine has been detected in the region within the atmosphere of Venus that is considered by some to be potentially habitable. Much more research is needed to detect whether this might mean that microbial life forms are floating in Venus' atmosphere, or possibly that some life existed long ago. Or maybe it means that some mechanism for producing phosphine exists on Venus that does not exist on Earth. See a video on the subject at Astrobiology. The announcement from the Royal Astronommical Society is here. -via reddit (Image credit: NASA)

Do You Want This Cat To Be Your Guardian Angel? Posted: 14 Sep 2020 08:46 AM PDT Angels, in some paintings, are portrayed as strong creatures, radiating majesty and glory. In other paintings, angels are portrayed as cute innocent babies, blowing bubbles and playing harps, displaying beauty and goodness. But I believe that both of them are inaccurate portrayals. If the qualities in both of these portrayals are true, then angels should radiate majesty and glory, but at the same time display beauty and goodness. And these qualities are present in the humble cat. Well, what do you think? Image via Who's your kitter, senpai? On Facebook

It’s Autumn Once Again, And Dogs Are Enjoying It Posted: 14 Sep 2020 08:46 AM PDT Summer is coming to an end, and it is now time for the leaves to fall from the branches. And what a happy time this is for dogs, who love to play with the falling leaves. Their happiness can not be contained! Check out the pictures over at Sad and Useless. (Image Credit: Sad and Useless)

Bored? Try Making A Lava Lamp Posted: 14 Sep 2020 08:46 AM PDT This simple science experiment/DIY can be the perfect at-home activity (with or without company). If you have kids at home, this will be a great bonding time with them! ABC News' Ginger Zee made a lava lamp with her kids at home, and was able to wow and entertain her kids without much of a hassle. The lava lamp recipe only requires four ingredients!  Image screenshot via ABC News

Why Are Dogs’ Noses Cold And Wet? Posted: 14 Sep 2020 08:46 AM PDT Have you ever wondered why your dog's nose is cold and wet? Don't rush your furry companion to the vet for this one, as it's a normal trait! Most of the time, that's how a dog's nose is, and the only time it gets warm and dry is when it's asleep! Livescience talks about the possible cause of this odd but normal phenomenon in dogs. Check out the full piece here.  Image via Wikimedia Commons

The Best Way to Blow Up a Pumpkin Posted: 14 Sep 2020 08:45 AM PDT There are two kinds of people in autumn: those who consume pumpkin spice in every form possible, and those who blow up pumpkins. Lauri Vuohensilta (previously) is squarely in the second category. Here he experiments to find out whether gunpowder or dynamite is better at making a pumpkin explode. Either will do the job, but these guys employ a high-speed camera to get a real good look at what they have wrought. -via Digg

Teaching My Cats To Ring A Bell Posted: 14 Sep 2020 08:45 AM PDT JunsKitchen decided to teach his adorable cats how to ring a bell, and the hilarity that ensued brought joy to my heart. He shows us that training your pets to do a certain task is difficult, and takes a lot of effort and patience. His cats ringing the bell everytime they would want something just makes Jun a big butler for his cats.

Beefcake Mice Retain Their Muscles In Space Posted: 14 Sep 2020 08:45 AM PDT If genetically-engineered mice can keep their muscle mass in space, does that mean we don't have to worry about our weight when we go up to space? Assuming we get a chance to do so, of course. Microgravity can make people's muscle mass and bone density wither away. It can take months for astronauts to recover their muscle density after a six-month stay on the International Space Station. Bone density? It can take years to recover that. Ouch. In an experiment done to find a way that astronauts can avoid those problems, genetically-engineered mice, called "Mighty Mice" spent 33 days aboard the ISS and was able to retain more muscle and bone density than the control mice that were not tinkered with, as ScienceAlert detailed:  "These findings," the researchers wrote in their paper, "have implications for therapeutic strategies to combat the concomitant muscle and bone loss occurring in people afflicted with disuse atrophy on Earth as well as in astronauts in space, especially during prolonged missions." The target of the engineering was a protein called myostatin, which plays a significant role in regulating muscle growth. Mutations in the myostatin gene can produce something called myostatin-related muscle hypertrophy, resulting in mega beefcake muscling: this has been observed in some cattle, and this viral whippet. Image via ScienceAlert

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