1. cavetocanvas: Georg Baselitz, Lazarus, 1984

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    Georg Baselitz, Lazarus, 1984

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  2. nevver: Facebook

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    Facebook

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  3. free-parking: Berkeley, CA

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    Berkeley, CA

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  4. fat-birds: Fantail by TriPodRoD on Flickr.

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    Fantail by TriPodRoD on Flickr.

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  5. sciencecenter: New study is a further testament to the hardiness of the water bear The water bear is the cockroach of microbes; they nearly always pull through when researchers throw them into Armageddon-like conditions. Now it seems that even their unborn young have unprecedented endurance. The microscopic animals called water bears already have quite a number of accomplishments under their belts. In experiments, they’ve survived the vacuum of space, large doses of radiation, extreme heat, extreme cold, and extreme pressure, giving scientists cause to believe that the little guys could potentially live on other planets and weather long journeys across space… But to pull this off, they’d have to reproduce. Scientists have now exposed water bear eggs to three of these stressors—extreme temperature, vacuum, and a dose of radiation so strong that exposure to even a fraction of it would kill a human in days. They found that provided the eggs are given a chance to dehydrate themselves and go dormant, surprising numbers that survive: more than 70% of eggs for the temperature test, and more than 50% for the radiation test, while vacuum-exposed eggs hatched at similar rates as control eggs. (Image credit)

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    New study is a further testament to the hardiness of the water bear

    The water bear is the cockroach of microbes; they nearly always pull through when researchers throw them into Armageddon-like conditions. Now it seems that even their unborn young have unprecedented endurance.

    The microscopic animals called water bears already have quite a number of accomplishments under their belts. In experiments, they’ve survived the vacuum of space, large doses of radiation, extreme heat, extreme cold, and extreme pressure, giving scientists cause to believe that the little guys could potentially live on other planets and weather long journeys across space…

    But to pull this off, they’d have to reproduce. Scientists have now exposed water bear eggs to three of these stressors—extreme temperature, vacuum, and a dose of radiation so strong that exposure to even a fraction of it would kill a human in days. They found that provided the eggs are given a chance to dehydrate themselves and go dormant, surprising numbers that survive: more than 70% of eggs for the temperature test, and more than 50% for the radiation test, while vacuum-exposed eggs hatched at similar rates as control eggs.

    (Image credit)

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  6. mothernaturenetwork: Photo of the day: Newly hatched Cygnets usher in start of summerA pair of recently hatched cygnets walk along the water’s edge at the Abbotsbury Swannery near Weymouth, England on May 11. The Benedictine Monks who maintained the Abbotsbury Swannery from 1000 AD up to the 1540s believed the first cygnet hatching of the spring, which usually occured between mid-May and late June, signaled the official start of summer.

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    Photo of the day: Newly hatched Cygnets usher in start of summer
    A pair of recently hatched cygnets walk along the water’s edge at the Abbotsbury Swannery near Weymouth, England on May 11. The Benedictine Monks who maintained the Abbotsbury Swannery from 1000 AD up to the 1540s believed the first cygnet hatching of the spring, which usually occured between mid-May and late June, signaled the official start of summer.

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  7. fotojournalismus: Children carry a hand-made kite painted in the colours of the Palestinian flag at Aida refugee camp in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, ahead of Nakba May 14, 2012. On May 15 Palestinians will mark Nakba, or catastrophe, of Israel’s founding in a 1948 war, when hundreds of thousands of their brethren fled or were forced to leave their homes. [Credit : Ammar Awad/Reuters]

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    Children carry a hand-made kite painted in the colours of the Palestinian flag at Aida refugee camp in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, ahead of Nakba May 14, 2012. On May 15 Palestinians will mark Nakba, or catastrophe, of Israel’s founding in a 1948 war, when hundreds of thousands of their brethren fled or were forced to leave their homes.

    [Credit : Ammar Awad/Reuters]

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  8. fotojournalismus: A Chinese fisherwoman rides past old fishing boats on her motorcycle in Qingdao city, Shandong province, China, on May 14. Reports state that excessive fishing, ocean pollution and the high price of diesel have caused a sharp decline in fishery resources, nearly paralyzing the industry in East China. [Credit : Wu Hong / EPA]

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    A Chinese fisherwoman rides past old fishing boats on her motorcycle in Qingdao city, Shandong province, China, on May 14. Reports state that excessive fishing, ocean pollution and the high price of diesel have caused a sharp decline in fishery resources, nearly paralyzing the industry in East China.

    [Credit : Wu Hong / EPA]

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  9. photo

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  10. nevver: Fail whale

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    Fail whale

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