Vermicomposting is worming its way onto farms everywhere. Here’s why you should fertilize with worm castings, and how to grow your own worm composting unit. Vermicomposting For The Homestead I’m always looking for new ways on the farm to reuse, recycle and repurpose, and there’s nothing I love more than an opportunity to reduce the…Continue Reading
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What are the full moon names?
Lists of common full moon names – both by month and by season – for both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/full-moon-names…
Hubble’s new portrait of Jupiter
This new Hubble Space Telescope portrait of Jupiter reveals a smaller-than-usual Great Red Spot and an intense color palette in Jupiter’s swirling clouds. NASA said, “The colors, and their changes, provide important clues to ongoing processes in Jupiter’s atmosphere.” Source: https://earthsky.org/space/new-hubble-portrait-jupiter-june-august-2019…
Penetration Testing Toolkit Includes Exploit For ‘Incredibly Dangerous’ Bluekeep Vulnerability
An anonymous reader quotes Vice: In May, Microsoft released a patch for a bug in several versions of Windows that is so bad that the company felt it even had to release a fix for Windows XP, an operating system that (has been unsupported) for five years. That vulnerability is known as BlueKeep, and it has kept a lot of security…
Meet a family of NASA space robots
NASA engineers are working on a new family of space robots that can roll, climb, and use artificial intelligence to navigate around obstacles in rough terrains on other worlds. Meet the family, here. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/nasa-space-robots-lemur-ice-worm-robosimian…
Tiny worm makes insanely loud popping sound
A worm measuring a mere 29mm long makes one of the loudest sounds heard anywhere in the animal kingdom. First discovered along Japan’s Pacific coast t… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/329059/tiny-worm-makes-insanely-loud-popping-sound…
Researchers Awaken Ancient Lifeforms Exposed By Thawing Ice Caps and Permafrost
“Researchers in a warming Arctic are discovering organisms, frozen and presumed dead for millennia, that can bear life anew,” reports the Washington Post: These ice age zombies range from simple bacteria to multicellular animals, and their endurance is prompting scientists to revise their understanding of what it means to survive… Mosses have forged a tougher path. They desiccate when temperatures plummet,…
Every single neuron in an animal mapped out for the first time
A complete map of all the neurons and their connections in both sexes of an animal – a tiny worm – has been described for the first time Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24332373-300-every-single-neuron-in-an-animal-mapped-out-for-the-first-time/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Meet the Scottish Sea Worm with Eyes on Its Butt
The teensy marine worm Ampharete oculicirrata has a tangle of tentacles near its mouth — oh, and a pair of eyes on its butt. Source: https://www.livescience.com/65750-sea-worm-has-butt-eyes.html
Three Cases of Brain-Infecting Parasite Recently Confirmed in Hawaii
Last December, a tourist in Hawaii ate a slug on a dare — not realizing, of course, a wiggly brain-loving parasite was along for the ride. Source: https://www.livescience.com/65616-parasitic-worm-brain-hawaii.html