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Where the Wild Things Are

I enjoy picking fights with extinct or dangerous species. When I see one, my caveman circuits turn on, and I immediately think: how would I defend myself if it attacked

The Peacock Spider: Eight Eyes, Eight Legs, One Dance

Source: Charles J. Sharp — CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons The Peacock Spider: Eight Eyes, Eight Legs, One Dance The peacock spider is approximately 5 millimeters

What's Actually Happening When You Open Your Eyes?

#biology #ecency #lecture #presentation #life #nature #gem #creativity I was staring at a whiteboard full of scribbles the other day circles, arrows, half-erased

Hello Ecency! I'm Zahib Ahmad 👋

Hi everyone, I'm Zahib Ahmad, and I've been looking forward to writing this post. A bit about my background: I'm a postgraduate, and these days I run my own educational

The Gorilla: Gentle Giant and Mirror of Humanity

Source: Diego Delso — CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons The Gorilla: Gentle Giant and Mirror of Humanity A silverback gorilla does not rule through aggression. He

On the verge of creating the first living synthetic being.

On the verge of creating the first living synthetic being. ![image.png]( Recent global news announcing the creation of the first artificial life form in a laboratory

The Seahorse: The Male That Gives Birth

Source: Romano Gianluca — CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons The Seahorse: The Male That Gives Birth The seahorse is the only animal on Earth where the male becomes

The Second Brain: How Your Gut Microbes Control Your Mind

People often perceive their emotions and thoughts as being completely contained within their heads, but a significant breakthrough in microbiology is uncovering

The Firefly: Living Light and the Mathematics of Synchrony

Source: Nativeplants garden — CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons The Firefly: Living Light and the Mathematics of Synchrony On a warm summer night, thousands of fireflies

The oldest plague outbreak detected to date.

The oldest plague outbreak detected to date. The plague has not been eradicated, and recent research offers a clue regarding the origins of this civilization-killing

Very advanced communication of sperm whales.

Very advanced communication of sperm whales. Technology has been used to understand more and more of the life that resides with us here on earth and in this case

The Electric Eel: Living Battery of the Amazon

![The Electric Eel: Living Battery of the Amazon] Source: Abcor, Inc. Walden Research Division — Public domain, Wikimedia Commons The Electric Eel: Living Battery

Tardigrades: The Indestructible Travelers of the Microscopic World

Image: Gross, Vladimir; Mayer, Georg | CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Tardigrades: The Indestructible Travelers of the Microscopic World In 2007, a small capsule

The “zombie” sea cucumber

The “zombie” sea cucumber A sea cucumber is a worm-shaped animal, although they are not worms, they are echinoderms, they are directly related to the sea stars and

The Platypus: An Electroreception Expert Hidden in Plain Sight

Image: Travouillon, Kenny J.; Cooper, Christine; Bouzin, Jemmy T.; Umbrello, Linette S.; Lewis, Simon W. | CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons The Platypus: An

Your Stomach Is Eating Itself And You Don’t Even Know It

Need a video like this for your channel, brand, or project? Contact me: mortezayousefi@gmail.com Have you ever wondered what really happens when you're hungry? Your

The Mantis Shrimp: Nature's Most Extraordinary Eyes

The Mantis Shrimp: Nature's Most Extraordinary Eyes Imagine seeing the world through eyes that process sixteen types of color receptors — compared to the three that

The beauty of aridity.

Throughout all our wanderings and misadventures across the countryside we always come across beautiful specimens of plants, fruits, flowers and thorns like this

Why does breathe smell bad? Common causes and simple solutions

Source: Bad breath, also known as halitosis is a common and really an embarassing condition. It is an offensive and unpleasant maldour coming from the mouth. Usually

¡Human Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence & other earthly intelligences! ...it's my MeMe #317

«We don't perceive reality as it is, but as we are» Posts with rewards set to burn still pay curators. Only author rewards are burned. If you think this type of