In Western countries, the percent of its citizens that are infected by the brain-infecting parasite Toxoplasma gondii correlates with how much people find uncertainty to be frightening. These countries tend to adhere to rules, as rules tend to make people more certain of things that will happen in their environment. Is a brain-infecting parasite influencing human culture? Click on photo to read the article.
Cartoon of the day. For more: http://nyr.kr/HUwuVt
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Mime practice
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Monk Chanting with Kittens by Rob Kroenert (Wiggum03) on Flickr.
Via Flickr:
A monk chanting in a monastery near Nyuangshwe, Myanmar (Burma). I didn’t see the kittens at first - they only popped up when they heard the sound of my camera.
Songified version of cat loving-online dater “Can’t hug every cat”
A 10,000 square meters man-made oasis will open in Qatar this year. The system consists of seawater-based greenhouses, solar power, evaporative...
How to prepare a sweet potato for planting!
Supah easy.
Terminal Reproduction, Drew Young.
Photo of the day: A young child explores the newly opened Sense of Memory Garden on May 31 at the Eden Project — a popular attraction in...
I <3 literature jokes
Recycle. Everybody’s doing it.
