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The Dog Who Cares For Injured Fawns

Posted: 05 Dec 2020 01:25 PM PST

Cheryl Stephen knew what she had to do when she saw the orphaned fawn lying in the middle of the road: she would take care of the deer at her home. What she wasn't sure of, however, was how Sarge, her 9-year-old German shepherd, would react when he saw the deer. Much to her surprise, Sarge immediately stepped in to be the deer's temporary babysitter. And so began the happy days of Sarge and Buckwheat the deer.

In an interview with The Dodo, Cheryl Stephen, Sarge's mom said;
"Something clicked in Sarge and he took to Buckwheat instantly," "He wanted to be involved with every aspect of Buckwheat's care." "He took on the role of being Buckwheat's guardian," she added. "None of the other dogs were allowed near the baby."

After a time, Buckwheat was released back to the wild, but it wasn't the end to Sarge's deer-raising days.

Sarge's exceptional rehabilitation skills became of the talk of the town on the local area by the time Buckwheat was released back into the wild and Sarge's mom Cheryl was the go-to-person anytime someone came across an orphaned or injured deer.
After learning about his compassionate side his owners have now started regularly introducing him to animals who have come upon hard times. Most often these are fawns, or baby deer, who have found themselves in need of extra care. This is Sarge's job and it clearly makes him proud!

Very wholesome.

(Image Credit: Dogs Addict)

The Most Striking Images Of 2020

Posted: 05 Dec 2020 01:25 PM PST

Well, this is all subjective, of course. But it doesn't hurt to see beautiful photos that made others' 2020. BBC's Kelly Grovier picks 14 photos from this year, from a shark, to lightning above a volcanic eruption, to wildfires. These photos are striking, and beautiful. It can make you second guess the validity of the photos. Check more photos here. 

Image via BBC

Guess The Ridiculous Kidz Bop Clean Lyric

Posted: 05 Dec 2020 01:25 PM PST

Yes, there are songs that are not suitable for kids. Usually, people would just not let kids listen to those songs, but there are some people who are willing to change the lyrics so kids can bop to some of the tracks that are not deemed suitable for younger audiences. Kidz Bop changes lyrics to make them kid-friendly - sure, that's great, but sometimes the clean lyrics just … suck. Well, it's not bad to use it for games! Watch as the guys from Good Mythical MORE guess the Kidz Bop lyrics to some popular songs. 

Apple’s Best Of 2020 App Store Winners

Posted: 05 Dec 2020 01:25 PM PST

Well, believe it or not, 2020 is almost done. December is the chance for people to spend holidays with their loved ones (under safe and proper health protocols, of course), and it's also time for the annual 'best of 2020' lists. Just the other day, Spotify trended after its release of Spotify Wrapped, a list of a user's most played tracks in a year. Apple also released its annual list of best apps and games. App Store editors selected the winners based on quality, design, usability, and Apple technology: 

The "Best of 2020" winners this year include a number of apps that helped people transition to a life spent at home. For example, home workout app Wakeout! won iPhone App of the Year, while Zoom snagged the top spot as the iPad App of the Year.
Disney+, which helped families keep kids entertained during coronavirus lockdowns, won for Apple TV App of the Year. The streaming service had just won "best app" in Google Play's User Choice category, announced on Tuesday alongside its other Play Store winners.
Top games of the year highlighted our collective need for escapism, often to fantasy worlds. This year, the list of game winners included Genshin Impact (also a Play Store "best game" winner) for iPhone Game of the Year; Legends of Runeterra as iPad Game of the Year; Disco Elysium as Mac Game of the Year; Dandara Trials of Fear as Apple TV Game of the Year; and Sneaky Sasquatch as the Apple Arcade Game of the Year.

Image via TechCrunch

Hey, Could Dark Energy Destroy Us?

Posted: 05 Dec 2020 01:25 PM PST

Dark energy sounds like a main premise for a dystopian science fiction movie. Actually, it's a real thing, even though it's one of the biggest mysteries in physics. The universe is composed of matter, radiation, and an additional component that doesn't clump or cluster, appears the same everywhere, at all times, and in all directions. This component is called dark energy. While scientists know how it affects the universe, they have no idea what it really is. Forbes writes about the mystery behind the component and how it could destroy not just us, but the entire universe. Check the full piece here. 

Image via Forbes 

The Sun Is Experiencing A Second Fusion

Posted: 05 Dec 2020 01:25 PM PST

The sun is now experiencing a second mode of fusion, as scientists discover the presence of neutrinos in its energy range. Stars actually have different kinds of fusion reactions at their cores, so there's no surprise that the sun is getting another fusion. It's the detection that's difficult, as Popular Mechanics detailed: 

But detecting the evidence of different kinds of reactions is difficult. Enter neutrinos, which are lightweight, neutral subatomic particles that can pass through matter almost without any evidence. This is because of their physical properties and the fact that they respond to the weak, rather than strong, force of physics in our universe. (In a colloquial sense, the furthest extension of the weak interaction of neutrinos is something like dark matter, which scientists believe is mingling around us all the time without disturbing our matter.)

Image via Popular Mechanics 

The Curious Lynx

Posted: 05 Dec 2020 01:25 PM PST



The elusive Canada lynx usually does its best to avoid humans, but this one in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, was up for an astonishing close encounter. In fact, it climbed up on some heavy equipment to get a better look at Dean Erickson, who was recording.

"I am a logger from Alberta, Canada. I was stopped on the road with my skidder and looked back and to my great surprise, there was a Lynx standing by the tire on my machine. I quickly climbed on the roof and started videoing. He then jumped up on the tire, looked at me, and then jumped again on the arch of my skidder. Only a few feet from me now, he sat and curiously watched me. After a few minutes, he jumped back down on my tire and then with one great big leap, jumped off the tire back on the ground and slowly walked back into the forest never to be seen again."

The lynx didn't seem to be scared, nor was it particularly threatening, just curious. But look at those magnificent feet! -via Boing Boing

It’s A Tiny Boathouse

Posted: 05 Dec 2020 10:35 AM PST

Hungary — Réka and Balázs wanted a summer getaway that would get them closer to nature, not something "grounded" or "fixed" like their normal lives in an apartment in Budapest. And so, In October last year, the two approached the architect Tamás Bene and asked him to design a boathouse so that they can explore Lake Tisza, the largest artificial lake in Hungary.

The project pays homage to their love of the region, and their desire to learn more about it and experience it on a more intimate level. 
Lake Tisza is a vast, artificial body of water that owes its natural ecosystem to River Tisza, which passes through it. Tamás Bene found it interesting to conceptualize and design a dwelling that has no tangible groundwork or foundations. The point of vehicles – their primary function – is to transport. However, the movement of this compact living space intends to enable its inhabitants to experience the natural environment as closely as possible. The boat provides an opportunity to spend time, eat, drink, sleep and awaken nearly anywhere.

See the pictures of the tiny boathouse over at DesignBoom.

Cool!

(Image Credit: Balázs Máté/ DesignBoom)

The 20 Best Gangster Movies of All Time

Posted: 05 Dec 2020 10:35 AM PST

Gangster movies have always been popular, because they present a lifestyle full of risk, violence, riches, and disdain for lawful authority, which audiences enjoy vicariously without having to actually deal with such dangerous people. You can relive the thrills of gangster movies in a chronological list starting in 1931. The selections may evoke your disagreement, but it presents a lot of films you may not have already seen, and it doesn't limit itself to the theme of organized crime in America. There are gangsters, real and cinematic, all over the world. Read up on twenty of those movies at Mental Floss.

SMILE by Lucas Zanatto

Posted: 05 Dec 2020 10:35 AM PST

A pastel character rolls on a wavy road with a smile on its face. However, its smile suddenly turns into a frown as it rolls on the road, and then it smiles again. This animation, titled "SMILE", captures how we felt during this year: happy in one moment, and suddenly sad the next. 

Watch the full clip over at Colossal.

(Image Credit: Lucas Zanatto/ Colossal)

Alligators Can Also Regrow Their Tails, Apparently

Posted: 05 Dec 2020 10:35 AM PST

Lizards are known to have the ability to grow their tails back after being cut off. However, it seems that they are not the only reptiles to have the ability to do so. Alligators can do the same, apparently.

An interdisciplinary team of scientists using advanced imaging technology have answered the question of whether alligators share any of the same regenerative capabilities as much smaller reptiles. Many kinds of small reptiles, such as lizards, are known to regrow their tails. However, with a potential body length of 14 feet, little was known about whether alligators could possibly regrow their massive tails.
A team of researchers from Arizona State University and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries have uncovered that young alligators have the ability to regrow their tails up to three-quarters of a foot -- about 18% of their total body length. They speculate that regrowing their tails gives the alligators a functional advantage in their murky aquatic habitats.
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The researchers hope their findings will help lead to discoveries of new therapeutic approaches to repairing injuries and treating diseases such as arthritis.

Learn more about the study over at ScienceDaily.

Man, I wish that we humans can regrow parts of our body, too.

(Image Credit: Norbert Nagel/ Wikimedia Commons)

The Tallest Known Cliff in the Solar System

Posted: 05 Dec 2020 10:35 AM PST

Located in Miranda, one of the moons of Uranus, is the Verona Rupes. Having a depth of 20 kilometers (which is over ten times the depth of the Grand Canyon, which is about 1.83 kilometers at its deepest point), the Verona Rupes is the tallest known cliff in the Solar System. A person jumping off this cliff would take about 12 minutes before reaching the bottom of the cliff at a speed of approximately 200 kilometers per hour (and still survive, if given the right airbag protection).

The featured image of Verona Rupes was captured by the passing Voyager 2 robotic spacecraft in 1986. How the giant cliff was created remains unknown, but is possibly related to a large impact or tectonic surface motion.

It's a good place to skydive in space, I guess.

(Image Credit: Voyager 2, NASA)

The Birth of Mass Shopping

Posted: 05 Dec 2020 10:34 AM PST

The rise of shopping malls and department stores as we know them began in Paris. Once upon a time, it was illegal for a shop to sell more than one kind of product. French vendors got around this by congregating different stores in one location to make purchases easier for the public, creating a prototype for the shopping mall. Eventually, it became possible for one entity to sell a variety of items, which led to the concept of the department store.     

The first on the market–and in the world–was Au Bon Marché. Founded in 1838, it survived the competition of the other novelty magazines by shrewd display tactics and remained the leader in innovations. The genius behind modern shopping science was Au Bon Marché's next owner, Aristide Boucicaut who took over the magazine in 1852. He had many tricks up his sleeve, including placing related merchandise at the opposite ends of the store. You bought fabric in one corner, and to get a sewing thread to put the fabric together, you had to cross the store passing seductive displays of fashion accessories that would enhance the new dress. Nearly all the shopping strategies, including the orgiastic sales that influence us today, were invented by Boucicaut and his clever followers in these early days of mass shopping.

(Note the word "magazine" in this context means a retail store.) Being first had its rewards. When Boucicaut died 1887, Au Bon Marché was the biggest retail business in the world. Read about the development of mass shopping concepts at Victorian Paris. -via Strange Company

The Collected <i>Star Trek</i> Christmas Carols

Posted: 05 Dec 2020 10:34 AM PST

We all know that, every year, Trekkies gather around the yule log to hear Captain Picard sing "Let It Snow." But they also enjoy other traditional Trekmas carols remixed by John C. Worsley, such as "Enterprise Rock", a take on Bobby Helms's "Jingle Bell Rock" by the crew of the Enterprise NX-01 . . .

. . . "Wonderful Deep Space Nine," inspired by Paul McCartney's "Wonderful Christmas Time" . . . 

. . . and "Happy Trekmas," which is Worsley's take on John Lennon's "So This Is Christmas."

For those who can't sing, there is the instrumental (or instrument panel) version of "Jingle Bells."
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