Current, not ancient sunlight.

Y’all. Getting Out of Limbo is vünderful! (Taken with instagram)

Y’all. Getting Out of Limbo is vünderful! (Taken with instagram)

Spread feathers. It’s beautiful to think of the human thought that went into this. (Taken with instagram)

Spread feathers. It’s beautiful to think of the human thought that went into this. (Taken with instagram)

Studying optoelectronics on the floor in the corner of the room next to the radiator because it snowed today. This is not spring. #grumble (Taken with instagram)

Studying optoelectronics on the floor in the corner of the room next to the radiator because it snowed today. This is not spring. #grumble (Taken with instagram)

from io9: Plants are smarter than you think You can still argue plants aren’t thinking beings, but it does make you reconsider our notion of intelligence.

from io9: Plants are smarter than you think

You can still argue plants aren’t thinking beings, but it does make you reconsider our notion of intelligence.

Anthers and pollen of a dandelion (Taraxacum, species unknown).
50x and 80x magnification

Sorry for the absence of scale bars; this was just for fun after I stretched my legs in the fields outside of work.

Just the moon and me, waiting for the bus (Taken with instagram)

Just the moon and me, waiting for the bus (Taken with instagram)

femmerun: 250 men and women were asked to draw what these emotions felt like in their bodies. These are the combined results. I love this.

femmerun:

250 men and women were asked to draw what these emotions felt like in their bodies. These are the combined results.

I love this.

(Source: typeless)

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Everyone knows the world really belongs to the water bear, right?

(Source: sciencephoto.com)

A map of every McDonald’s store (I can’t really call it a restaurant…) in the USA I’d like to note that I currently live in/near the dark spot in PA. *pat on the back*

A map of every McDonald’s store (I can’t really call it a restaurant…) in the USA

I’d like to note that I currently live in/near the dark spot in PA. *pat on the back*

mothernaturenetwork: The Japanese term Shinrin-yoku may literally mean “forest bathing,” but it doesn’t involve soaking in a tub among the trees. Rather it refers to spending time in the woods for its therapeutic (or bathing) effect. Most of us have felt tension slip away in the midst of trees and nature’s beauty. But science now confirms its healing influence on the body. When you spend a few hours on a woodland hike or camping by a lake you breathe in phytoncides, active substances released by plants to protect them against insects and from rotting, which appear to lower blood pressure and stress and boost your immune system.7 natural ways to boost your health

mothernaturenetwork:

The Japanese term Shinrin-yoku may literally mean “forest bathing,” but it doesn’t involve soaking in a tub among the trees. Rather it refers to spending time in the woods for its therapeutic (or bathing) effect. Most of us have felt tension slip away in the midst of trees and nature’s beauty. But science now confirms its healing influence on the body. When you spend a few hours on a woodland hike or camping by a lake you breathe in phytoncides, active substances released by plants to protect them against insects and from rotting, which appear to lower blood pressure and stress and boost your immune system.
7 natural ways to boost your health

(via greenlikebathwater)

Doing this!

Doing this!

There’s no such thing as a jellyfish…

I promise you will say “that’s beautiful” at some point during the video.
You’re going to waste time today; waste it on something interesting. 

(Source: sciencemag.org)

I really like this design.And I really want it to get warm so I can plant a garden. 

I really like this design.
And I really want it to get warm so I can plant a garden.