NASA: Turkey’s Glaciers Have Shrunken by Half NASA just wrote this article today about Turkey’s shrinking glaciers. Yes, Turkey has glacier and high peaks and their glacier half lost half of their collective mass since 1970. Turkey’s highest elevation is Mt. Ararat at 16,859′. Turkey had 14 main glaciers in the 1970s and 5 of them have completely disappeared. The skiing […] Brains SnowBrains | July 2, 2015 0 Comments
How Bad is the California Drought? Possibly the worst in over 1,000 years… As just about everyone knows by this point, the West is within the grips of a severe drought, California in particular. However, California has had a long history of drought and water issues, so really how serious is this drought that has seen the first ever mandatory water restrictions […] Brains Jesse Cassidy | May 12, 2015 1 Comment
Brain Post: These Animals Have Gone Extinct in the Last 35 Years Climate change is very real – and it’s changing the population of our planet Earth. Check out this video to see the long laundry list of animals that have gone extinct in the last 35 years. “Extinct in a Millennial Lifetime” depicts animals that have passed into extinction since 1980. The sadness of the subject matter is compounded by rough animation and narration by a child who will never get the chance to see these animals. It’s a poignant call to action to protect biodiversity for future generations. Film created and produced by […] Brains ameliatraynor | April 23, 2015 1 Comment
Brain Post: Amazing Video Showing How Wolves Change Rivers [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysa5OBhXz-Q"] ameliatraynor | January 29, 2015 0 Likes 0 Tweets 1 Comment
Brain Post: 5 HIstorical Concepts That Simply Aren’t True There are many concepts from history that we simply accept as true. They’ve been perpetuated in movies, on TV, in books, in songs, on billboards, everywhere. So, they must be true, right? Wrong. An abundance of these type of “facts” exist in our everyday pop culture and we are deceived by them daily. CGP Grey gives us a solid and entertaining rundown of 5 historical myths that simply aren’t true and why the aren’t true. Interesting stuff, for sure. […] Brains SnowBrains | June 25, 2014 0 Comments
Brain Post: A Spider That Cartwheels & Flips to Travel A new species of spider has been discovered in Morocco that can flip and cartwheel as a form of locomotion. A spider has never been seen to behave in this manner. It’s a remarkable way to get around and very efficient, if not dizzying. This spider propels itself by rolling onto it’s side and flicking it’s legs to cause it to flip. It then lands on […] Brains SnowBrains | May 1, 2014 1 Comment
Brain Post: The Top 15 Deadliest Animals On Earth The reason this is a brain post is because this one actually makes you think. Before you see the answers to this question you instantly search your brain for plausible answers. You think of common horror movie animals like bears, wolves, tigers, sharks, and pterodactyls. […] Brains SnowBrains | April 30, 2014 0 Comments
Brain Post | Measuring Mountains How do we know how tall mountains are? Two answers: in modern times GPS measurements can be made to an accuracy of a few centimeters. Before GPS, trigonometry (just like in high school) was used to estimate the height of peaks. Not surprisingly, the British, measurers, organizers, and classifiers of […] Featured Article Chaz Diamond | March 25, 2014 0 Comments
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