The Deep Sea Feather Star May Not Have The Fastest Form Of Locomotion—but It’s Possibly The Prettiest!

it’s really not as bad as you might think!

honey is the only food product that never spoils. there are pots of honey that are over five thousand years old and still completely edible

Sea otters rebound but struggle to regain historic range

MOSS LANDING, Calif. (AP) — While threatened southern sea otters bob and sun in the gentle waves of this central California estuary, wildlife experts up and down the West Coast ar

Southern sea otter recovery has come a long way, but there’s still work to be done. 🐾

Neat!

I may be awkward sometimes But

at least i did not say “neat”

Something for my dad from the nature trade - a piece of Precambrian-era petrified wood! I thought he would enjoy it and he does, it’s a truly lovely little piece.

The best picture

Hey dudes! I finally set up an Etsy! 

I’ve got a few items listed right now. Various skulls and natural things. Would be rad if y'all could check it out even if it just means getting a few views haha. 

Ill probably be fixing it up all nice with a custom logo and adding more things soon so Ill update when that happens. 

Injectable bandages

Above: Akhilesh K Gaharwar, Ph.D., of Texas A&M University, demonstrating injectability of nano engineered hydrogels, Credit: Gaharwar Lab, www.akgaharwar.com A gelling agent commonly used in making pastries just got a major promotion. It’s now a key ingredient for new “injectable bandages” that can simulate the structure of human tissue, stop bleeding and promote healing. Potential applications include helping troops wounded in the battlefield. This Texas A&M research is our featured podcast story - Sweet! http://bit.ly/2ILgNBY

Below: Schematic showing injectable bandage composed of 2D nanoparticles and common food additive - kappa carrageenan, Credit: Lokhande, et al.

Paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1742706118300564

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