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Feb 26, 2019
World’s Largest Bee Is Spotted For First Time In Decades
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: futurism
Updated at 6:40 a.m. Friday
You might think the world’s biggest bee would be easy to find. But that’s not the case: Until recently, the last time anyone had reported seeing a Wallace’s giant bee living in the wild was in 1981. That changed in January, when the rare bee was spotted on an island of Indonesia.
The Wallace’s giant bee — Megachile pluto — towers over European honeybees. The female’s size has been recorded as at least an inch and a half long, with a tongue that’s nearly an inch long. Add to that a pair of gigantic mandibles, and it’s a bee like no other.
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Feb 26, 2019
These Are the World’s Healthiest Countries
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: futurism
Feb 25, 2019
Jeff Bezos: In the Future, We’ll Live In “Giant Space Colonies”
Posted by Michael Lance in categories: futurism, space
Very few people are going to want to leave this planet permanently — it’s just too amazing.
“Ultimately what will happen, is this planet will be zoned residential and light industry,” he said. “This is the gem of the Solar System. Why would we do heavy industry here? It’s nonsense.”
Bezos also referenced the work of physicist Gerard O’Neill, who came up with the idea of a cylinder-shaped space settlement design known as an “O’Neill cylinder,” in which two counter-rotating cylinders would provide gravity for human settlers while mitigating gyroscopic effects.
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Feb 25, 2019
Scripps Oceanography gets research vessel to explore coastal waters
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: futurism
Feb 25, 2019
“Smart” needle senses tissue pressure to know exactly where it is
Posted by Genevieve Klien in category: futurism
Feb 23, 2019
YouTube Just Demonetized Anti-Vax Channels
Posted by Caycee Dee Neely in category: futurism
Youtube has decided to start demonetizing anti-vaccination videos. They’ll also start running a disclaimer below the videos.
After advertisers complained about programmatic ad placements on anti-vax videos, YouTube removed ads on videos that advocate against vaccination.
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Feb 22, 2019
Scientists Discovered a Star That Explodes Every Year
Posted by Michael Lance in category: futurism
Feb 21, 2019
This Massive, Nightmare Bee Was Once Thought Extinct. Not Anymore
Posted by Jeffrey L. Lee in category: futurism
You’d think that the world’s biggest bee would be hard to lose track of. But Wallace’s Giant Bee — an Indonesian species with a 2.5-inch (6.4 centimeters) wingspan and enormous mandibles — was last seen by researchers in 1981; it was feared to be extinct. However, scientists finally spotted the rare bee in January, in the Indonesian province of North Maluku on the Maluku Islands. They detected a solitary female bee after investigating the region for five days, and a photographer captured the first-ever images of a living Wallace’s Giant Bee (Megachile pluto) at the insect’s nest in an active termite mound.
Wallace’s Giant Bee — the largest bee on Earth — hasn’t been seen for decades. However, scientists recently tracked it down on an island in Indonesia.
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