January 2011
64 posts
The 100th Monkey
The Japanese monkey, Macaca Fuscata, had been observed in the wild for a period of over 30 years.
In 1952, on the island of Koshima, scientists were providing monkeys with sweet potatoes dropped in the sand. The monkey liked the taste of the raw sweet potatoes, but they found the dirt unpleasant.
An 18-month-old female named Imo found she could solve the problem by washing the potatoes in a...
Beware Virgo drivers, Allstate data warn
Beware Virgo drivers, Allstate data warn
By Mary Ellen Podmolik Posted yesterday at 12:08 p.m.
Don’t call them aggressive drivers. Call them “resourceful” drivers, and that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re the worst on the road.
Virgos, known for being practical, industrious and perfectionists, were 700 percent more likely to be in a car accident in the last year than passionate, determined...
Fuck society. Fuck normality. Get piercings. Get... →
ananke:
4 000 + notes and not a single one of them realizes that it is the same “society” and “normality” they so desire to smash that lets them even reblog this in the first place
Or pays for their macbook pro Or manufactures their macbook pro Or allows for the macbook pro to even exist as a concept Or keeps them from dying of the bubonic plague
Fuck you all, think seriously for once....
“The man who doesn’t love easily, loves too much.”
– Dale Cooper (via blackoutbeach)
In the beginning, God created heaven and earth....
“The creative person is both more primitive and more cultivated, more...”
– Frank Barron
(via libraryland)
What is the brake energy recovery?
There are different type of electric engines, Alkè electric vehicles use a special last generation engine with separate excitation, with a power of 6kW and peak of 17.5kW (20kW for the ATX 280E). This electric engine during normal operation receives electricity from batteries. During braking operation the same engine works as a dynamo and generates energy that,...
Gun control (still) won't work
After Tucson shooting, ineffectual solutions abound
It has been a dismal decade for gun-control advocates. They lost the federal so-called assault weapons ban when it expired in 2004. The U.S. Supreme Court made history by proclaiming an individual has a right to own firearms for self-defense. A Democratic president came into office vowing not to take away anyone’s guns. So it’s...
