“I filmed this at the Green Iguana Exhibit in San Ignacio, Belize… The program aims to create awareness, educate, and to release these reptiles into the wild in an effort to repopulate the riverbanks of Belize with these colorful creatures.” — ozonatedman

“It seems Shirley Bassey got it wrong when she sang Diamonds Are Forever. For scientists have discovered that Earth’s hardest natural material evaporates under exposure to light. A rock was placed under intense light pulses in the UV-C band – the harsh ultraviolet rays filtered out by the ozone layer – and small pits in the diamond surface were visible after only a few seconds. Lead researcher Richard Mildren, from Macquarie University Photonics Research Center, said: ‘Although this type of light-induced evaporation has been observed in some materials, this is the first time it’s been shown to occur for diamond… But before diamond lovers around the world start to panic, he is quick to note that the rate of evaporation is very small and not noticeable under normal conditions.” w/ photos

“How much would you pay for the universe?”

“Disney says The Lion King’s similarities to a 1950s Japanese anime series called Kimba are total coincidence. You make the call.”

“Almost everyone has them. Those little blurry or fuzzy, translucent things that almost resemble a tiny bit of string which floats around happily in your eye. Usually when you try to look or focus directly on one, they float away just as quick as your eye can move. What are they, and are they harmful?” w/ photos

“Some will no doubt take the news with a pinch of salt. But researchers claim that salt is addictive in the same way as cigarettes or hard drugs, with the craving triggering the same genes, brain cells and brain connections. The finding could help explain why many find it so hard to cut back on salt, despite warnings about dangers to blood pressure and heart health. For the study, Australian and American scientists kept some mice on low-salt diets and gave others a salt drip. Activity in the creatures’ brains was then compared with that in mice fed normally. They also studied the brains of mice that had been starved of salt for three days and then given salty water to drink freely. When the rodents were in need of salt, brain cells made proteins more usually linked to addiction to substances such as heroin, cocaine and nicotine.” w/ photos

“Thank you for this video. Tesla is one of my heroes and I do feel that he doesn’t get as much fame as he should, despite growing popularity over the years.” — Raiher

“Selective memory really exists and people can train their minds to erase embarrassing moments from their mind, according to scientists. Repressing bad memories for long enough can lead to us forgetting them completely, researchers claim. Scientists used EEG scans to monitor the parts of the brain that became active when volunteers actively tried to forget something. They were also able to pinpoint the exact moment a memory is ‘forgotten’, and claim that long-term suppression of a memory is a sure-fire way of permanently erasing it. A team from Lund University in Sweden said that mastering the technique could be useful for people who suffer from depression or post traumatic stress disorder, where constantly dwelling on upsetting or traumatic memories has a devastating effect on mental health.” w/ photo

“This makes so much sense…”

“Cheating in sports might be as old as the race between the tortoise and the hare. But not all trickery actually works, especially in baseball. A corked bat can hit the ball farther, right? That’s a myth, say physicists studying the national pastime. And can making a baseball moister really thwart a slugger from putting one in the bleachers? Well, maybe — depending on how hot it is outside. To separate fact from fiction, four scientists from three universities spent days firing baseballs at bats. The results are published in “Corked Bats, Juiced Balls, and Humidors: The Physics of Cheating in Baseball” in the American Journal of Physics.” w/ photos