Phelps Get’s 7th Gold… by 1/100th os a Second

Michael Phelps won his seventh gold medal of the Beijing Olympics on Saturday, edging Milorad Cavic by .01 of second in the 100m butterfly.

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The Invisible Butterfly

Amazing pictures of the Glasswing Butterfly who habitat Central America up to Mexico

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Bird Brains Suggest How Vocal Learning Evolved

In all three groups of birds with vocal learning abilities — songbirds, parrots and hummingbirds — the brain structures for singing and learning to sing are embedded in areas controlling movement, the researchers discovered.

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Praying Mantis catches (and eats) Hummingbird

Not only does the insect catch the bird, but it ‘impales’ it with it’s forelegs, ripping the bird’s chest open.
359 Million years of evolution sure gets you some serious skills.

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Development of a hummingbird (pics included)

Likely the only time in your life you will see the development of a hummingbird. Includes some props as scale towards the end. It’s quite increduble how small the chicks are!

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[PIC] Stop-Motion Hummingbird Photo

a great pic of a tiny hummingbird in mid-flight

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Control Alek’s Christmas Decorations – NOW ONLINE!

CONTROL over 20,000 lights + inflate (or deflate) the giant Elmo, Frosty, Santa, and Homer Simpson – D’OH! The webcams are online 7×24 from Thanksgiving to January 1st and you can turn stuff on & off from 1700 to 2200 MST (GMT-7). Be sure to donate for Celiac Disease Research, too!

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Don’t you hate all those lights all over PCs, phones and other gadgets?

Dell XPS systems are the worst, with bright, decorative lights bright enough to read by. Dell thinks useless lights are cool. You know what would be cool? Hire a case designer with good taste. That would be cool. It’s only a matter of time before Apple produces a TV ad showing the PC guy covered in Christmas lights…

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Using Mathematica to decorate Easter Eggs

Kathryn writes, “I spent a while last night and this morning decorating Easter eggs in Mathematica and this activity has proved wildly popular in this household: My children are going to run me out of toner in my color printer very shortly.

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Decorated Texas Vet To Present G-Dub With A Purple Heart

This story is a jaw-dropper on all kinds of levels.

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