Vampire Moths

In Soviet Russia, MOTHS ARE VAMPIRES!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

WAIT, AND THEY LET THE MOTHS DRINK THEIR BLOOD???????????????????

Ball Lightning May Be All in Your Head

Personally, I think ball lightning is real, but very rare. Unless you count the laser beams of ball lightning that shoot from my eyes. In that case, it is pretty common.

Can Animals Foresee Natural Disasters?

The idea has been around for centuries. The scientific evidence grows in favor of yes it seems. 

I don't think it's likely that animals have an extra uncatagorized sense for these things, but it's logical that through their superior senses of hearing, etc they would have a lot more warning about this stuff than we do.

Vulcan Point

"The world's largest volcanic island is on a lake, on a larger island, on a larger lake, on another (bigger) island."

 This is actually pretty cool.

Baguette Dropped From Bird's Beak Shuts Down The Large Hadron Collider (Really)

File this one under "you just can't make this stuff up"

Apparently, a bird has dropped a piece of bread into the LHC and shut it down once again.

I love the graphic popular science used, so I'm re-posting it (that's blogger talk for stealing).

Big thanks to John G for the tip!

Bee swarm traps workers in NY game store

Buzz off! Bee swarm traps workers in NY game store - Yahoo! News

Nature turns against us!

10 Cool things about John Muir

Everyone has their heros. Rock stars, sports legends, movie stars, the list goes on. Call me what nerdy names you will, but one of my great personal heros is John Muir. Tree Hugger posted a nice little story detailing 10 cool things about John Muir. If it wasn't for him, we simply wouldn't have the park system we do today in the United States.

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/04/ten_cool_things.php