Tuesday 27 November 2012

Australia Beaches Turn Blood Red

Algal bloom


Bondi and Clovelly beaches close as red algae moves in...

Ancient Microbes Living Beneath the Surface of Antarctic Lake


ScienceDaily (Nov. 26, 2012) — This week a pioneering study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) and co-authored by Dr. Alison Murray and Dr. Christian Fritsen of Nevada's Desert Research Institute (DRI) reveals, for the first time, a viable community of bacteria that survives and ekes out a living in a dark, salty and subfreezing environment beneath nearly 20 meters of ice in one of Antarctica's most isolated lakes...

Tuesday 13 November 2012

Joss Whedon on the Apocalypse


Joss Whedon on Mitt Romney... and the Zombie Apocalypse - too good!
I knew there was a good reason to horde canned goods...