An Irish worker just found a 2000-year-old lump of 'bog butter' that's still edible
A worker in Ireland recently uncovered a 2,000-year-old, 10-kilogram (22-pound) chunk of 'bog butter' - a cheese-like substance that people used to bury in bogs for preservation, or as an offering to the gods. According to scientists, it's still edible, even after all these years. The butter was hiding roughly 3.6 metres (12 feet) below the ground, and was found in Ireland's Emlagh bog by turf cutter Jack Conway, who immediately took the specimen to the Cavan County Museum. While bog butter is..>> view originalMassive gathering of Giant Spider Crabs in Port Phillip Bay 'gobsmackingly amazing'
A Melbourne scuba diver has captured video of hundreds of thousands of Giant Spider Crabs gathering in Port Phillip Bay.Aquatic scientist Sheree Marris told 9News.com.au that it was the largest congregation of the crabs she had ever seen."I've been diving for 15 to 20 years and I've seen a lot of cool things, but this is the largest aggregation I've ever seen – a never-ending mass of crabs," she said. "I was going in a straight line swimming and for five minutes I kept seeing thousands and thou..>> view originalScientists just discovered methyl alcohol in a nearby planet-forming disc
If you were to wind the clock back, say, 4 billion years or so, our Solar System would look a little bit like this protoplanetary disc surrounding the baby star TW Hydrae. This is the closest planet-forming disc of its kind that we know about, and now, scientists have discovered something floating within the gas that could be essential to life: the organic molecule methyl alcohol (methanol). This is the first time this compound has been found in a protoplanetary disc. An international team of ..>> view original
Thursday, June 16, 2016
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