A man who spent a staggering £19,000 ($23,000) on a custom, highly realistic wolf suit claims that wearing it makes him "no longer feel human." To be honest, after spending that much money, that is the least I would anticipate. Toru Ueda, a Tokyo-based engineer, enjoys escaping from his everyday life and embracing feeling like a wolf by donning his wolf costume, which took … [Read more...] about Man who paid £19,000 to “become a wolf” just wants to be free of human relationships
Polar Bears Swimming In Incredibly Private Portraits
For his amazing photograph of a polar bear submerged in water, Seattle-based photographer Paul Souders recently took home the prize in the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition's "Animals in Their Environment" category. We were happy to learn that the wildlife photographer had many more breathtaking images of the large, gorgeous animals swimming in their … [Read more...] about Polar Bears Swimming In Incredibly Private Portraits
U.Va. Undergraduate Researcher Studies Sunflowers’ Power To Clean Up Soil
Depending on the variety, it can either absorb toxic metals and radiation from the soil or prevent the majority of them from entering its system and making it safe to consume. It's also lovely, native to the Americas, and blooms in July. It's the sunflower, and its ability to heal the environment has prompted one University of Virginia undergraduate researcher to spend her … [Read more...] about U.Va. Undergraduate Researcher Studies Sunflowers’ Power To Clean Up Soil
What Exactly Is A Sea Lamprey?
The sea lamprey, an ancient Atlantic fish that wreaked havoc on the Great Lakes, could be America's first invasive species. The sea lamprey, a parasitic fish native to the northern and western Atlantic Ocean, is one of the most primitive of all vertebrate species. Lampreys are sometimes incorrectly referred to as "lamprey eels" due to their similar body … [Read more...] about What Exactly Is A Sea Lamprey?
Digging Deep: How to Feed the World With Perennial Food Crops
A leading researcher dishes the dirt on potentially sustainable agriculture for a growing global population More than 9 billion people will live on Earth by 2050. They’ll need to eat somehow, but we’re already running out of arable land. And many types of agriculture — including conventional farming of annual crops, which need to be replanted each year — leave fields … [Read more...] about Digging Deep: How to Feed the World With Perennial Food Crops