The amazing story of the Leafcutter Ants - a species of insect that has been employing the technologies of agriculture and antibiotics for approximately 50 million years. Long before man had even figured out how to bang a rock.
When foraging for food, the Cataglyphis Ant can embark on a seemingly random journey from its nest equivalent to an astonishing 40 miles, yet can run directly back to its nest using the shortest path possible once it finds food. How does it accomplish this feat of navigation??
the do lab and abundant sugar built the best art car the playa has ever seen this year for burning man. i got to play music on it! this was a particularly nice moment after sunrise.
So you may have heard that honeybees can do this thing where they do a dance to communicate the location of good honey spots to their hivemates, but really, how the hell can they actually give directions by dancing? Turns out it all depends on the sun.
Engadget HD is having a contest to "trick out your home theater" and is giving away $5000 worth of HD home theater gear. All you need to do to enter is send in a picture or videos of your janky current setup. Here's mine.
There was this cool lightning machine shootin off electricity all night at coachella. i shot a video of it on my canon powershot and gave youtube some love. yeeaahhh!!
