Humans have hundreds of germ species in their guts—most bees have just nine. Look inside the guts of a honeybee worker from practically anywhere on the planet, and you'll most certainly find only nine species of bacteria. The amazing constancy of this microbial bundle across the planet—similar across species, including sociable bumblebees—indicates that bacteria play a … [Read more...] about Bees Create More Friends When They Have a Healthy Stomach Bacteria
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Before The High Tide, an Artist Walks Down The Beach to Create Massive Sand Designs
Andres Amador, a San Francisco-based artist, has been sketching large-scale drawings on sandy beaches since 2004. His patterns include geometric motifs, mandalas, and aquatic currents, all of which vanish when the waves return to shore. While he began his environmental art business in Northern California, he currently does work on coasts all over the world. "The Earthscape … [Read more...] about Before The High Tide, an Artist Walks Down The Beach to Create Massive Sand Designs
A Japanese Village Grows Many Varieties of Rice to Create a Giant Tribute to Art History
The Japanese town of Inakadate has been converting its fields into living artworks every year since 1993. By arranging many rice species in intricate patterns, they produce amazing rice paddy art, drawing on their tradition as an agricultural community. The project for this summer features two well-known female portraits from both Western and Eastern art history. The famous … [Read more...] about A Japanese Village Grows Many Varieties of Rice to Create a Giant Tribute to Art History
In The Oil Paintings Of Jon Ching, Flora and Fauna Combine To Create Fantastic Hybrid Creatures
In his painstakingly detailed oil paintings, artist Jon Ching skillfully balances texture and color to create fantastical creatures—owls with plumes of mushrooms and fuzzy molds, seahorses producing leafy stems, and fish with striped tulip fins—that appear natural in their surroundings. Ching's collection of work, which imagines a mystical ecosystem that visualizes the … [Read more...] about In The Oil Paintings Of Jon Ching, Flora and Fauna Combine To Create Fantastic Hybrid Creatures
When A Colony Of Wasps Is Given Colored Construction Paper, They Create An Amazing Rainbow Nest
Mattia Menchetti, a biology student, conducted an experiment on a colony of European paper wasps, which produced some very colorful results. The water-resistant nests of paper wasps are made of fibers from dead wood and plant stems that have been chewed into a pulp and mixed with saliva. Menchetti gave colored paper to a captive colony of these wasps, and the insects created a … [Read more...] about When A Colony Of Wasps Is Given Colored Construction Paper, They Create An Amazing Rainbow Nest