Interesting night dive in the Mediterranean
September 22, 2021It is impossible to get an idea of the scale of the creatures unless the photographer (Alexander Semenov)is in the shot – however, I found this film fascinating.
Read more about Semenov and his work here.
Bring back the mammoths!
September 15, 2021
Not so much like Jurassic Park and not quite like Przewalski’s horse, tech entrepreneur Ben Lamm and Harvard Medical School genetics professor George Church, have raised $15 million to resurrect the Woolly Mammoth.
Frozen mammoths are regularly found in the Siberian tundra. The conjecture is that some of them will still have viable, or readable DNA, and manipulating DNA is Dr. Church’s area of specialization.
Dr. Church, “feels that if he modified the genes of the woolly mammoth’s closest living relative, he could revive the species. That relative is the Asian elephant, though their link is distant. Their closest common ancestor lived six million years ago, but Dr. Church is confident that he can modify the genetics of the elephant to produce a woolly mammoth hybrid.” (My Modern Met)
How cool is that!?
Read more about it here and here.
Electrifying – how the U.S.A. generates energy
September 8, 2021The below animated .gif, which starts with data from 1990, displays the evolution of how electricity is generated in every U.S. state up until 2014.
In this stretch of just 24 years, the way we generate electricity has evolved dramatically:
Why is coal declining? The surge in the use of natural gas and renewables.
Natural gas power now generates 30% of the U.S. electricity, and renewable sources such as solar and wind have grown significantly in the last decade.
In 2005, there were zero states that generated more than 10% of their electricity from renewables. Today, that number is up to 11 states.
Original graphics by: Synapse Energy, RenewEconomy
Library tattoos
September 7, 2021
These literary tattoos may be found on the staff and librarians of the New York Public Library.
