Posted on Thursday, 25th February 2010 by Interloper
Kobolds are creatures of German folklore that are normally depicted as small humanoids.
Some legends claim that every house has a resident kobold, that is believed to bring good luck to the inhabitants of the home if they are treated kindly. If you anger or disrespect a kobold, however, you may quickly fine yourself prone to [...]
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Posted on Friday, 12th February 2010 by Interloper
In prehistoric times the Earth’s atmosphere is believed to have been much richer in oxygen than it is today, allowing exoskeletal creatures (including insects, spiders and crustaceans) to grow much larger than their modern-day counterparts. This information hasn’t stopped some creatures, namely the coconut crab, from growing larger than I consider reasonable for any creature [...]
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Posted on Tuesday, 2nd February 2010 by Interloper
The Canada Goose is a wild goose that’s native to the Arctic and temperate regions of North America. A member of the Branta species of geese, they possess mostly black plumage in contrast to geese belonging to the Anser genus, who are mostly grey.
Despite their name, Canada Geese are not only found in Canada, but [...]
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Posted on Thursday, 7th January 2010 by Interloper
Prometheus was the name of a Great Basin Bristlecone Pine tree as many as 5,000 years old when it was cut down in 1964.
The tree grew in Wheeler Peak, in eastern Nevada and was but one of a number of ancient bristlecone pines that grow in the area. Prometheus was cut down by researchers, who [...]
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Posted on Tuesday, 5th January 2010 by Interloper
Not only does the word “swath” refer to the path cut by a scythe or other blade, but it is also used to describe the area observed by orbiting satellites as they pass over the Earth.
I guess that means I’m in the swath of some satellites right now.
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Posted on Thursday, 17th December 2009 by Interloper
Kudzu is a species of fast-growing vine native to Japan.
Renowned for variety of useful applications, kudzu is often grown as a food source for grazing animals, who reportedly love the taste. It is also used to enhance soil conditions, due to an extensive root system that helps transfer minerals between the different layers of earth.
Research [...]
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Posted on Thursday, 22nd October 2009 by Interloper
After cleaning the house yesterday I referred to it as being “spick-and-span” (which could be something of an overstatement, but these things are all relative). Anyway, that thought was enough to make me ponder what exactly “spick-and-span” actually even means. So I decided to find out.
Spick-and-span (sometimes rendered spic-and-span thanks to the hard work of [...]
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Posted on Tuesday, 20th October 2009 by Interloper
The following video shows some sea foam invading the Uruguay coast*. Apparently the foam is created by “tiny microscopic algae” that are brought together by the churning ocean.
It’s also likely that other decaying matter is present in the foam, including the remains of plants and fish. Human pollution can also contribute to sea foam, with [...]
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Posted on Friday, 16th October 2009 by Interloper
Located in South America, the sprawling Pantanal holds the title as the world’s largest swamp. Located mostly in Brazil, the wetlands also extend into sections of Bolivia and Paraguay and occupy somewhere between 140,000 and 195,000 square kilometres of space (that’s 54,000 – 75,000 square miles).
During the wet season up to 80% of the Pantanal [...]
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Posted on Friday, 9th October 2009 by Interloper
Araucariaceae are an ancient family of conifer trees that achieved maximum diversity during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, at which times variations of the species could be found across most of the world.
At the end of the Cretaceous period, following the extinction event that killed the last surviving dinosaurs, all of the Arucariaceae in the [...]
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