The first photographs of earth’s new island off of Tonga emerge..taken by three men who climbed it..

What I never knew about cuckoos: Some cuckoos raise their own young, but others are brood parasites—birds that leave their eggs in other birds' nests, duping the hosts into rearing their offspring and freeing themselves in the process to lay more eggs instead of investing time and energy in foraging and feeding babies.

And with that, I’ll never look at a cuckoo clock without anger.

What I never knew about cuckoos: Some cuckoos raise their own young, but others are brood parasites—birds that leave their eggs in other birds' nests, duping the hosts into rearing their offspring and freeing themselves in the process to lay more eggs instead of investing time and energy in foraging and feeding babies.

You don't always know what you're saying

People’s conscious awareness of their speech often comes after they’ve spoken, not before.

Good read from the journal NATURE.. 

People can actually be tricked into thinking they said something that they did not, and it’s only when they are faced with their actual words that they realize how much their mind can be deceptive .. 

Your mind indeed can play tricks on you.

There is also one other thing—something not mentioned in this study. But did you ever notice how you think you sound different than you actually do, and then you hear your voice on some sort of audio and wince at your own sound? So not only do we not know what we are saying but we also think we sound a lot different than we do.. and when we realize our vocal chords don’t give us the Barry White style by instead the Richard Simmons effect, we hang our heads in shame.

You don't always know what you're saying

Major quake may happen in California

And while that seems like a given, scientists are being to coalesce around the notion that it could be soon and it could be big..

Things seem to be waking up around Oregon and Washington too… And if a big one occurred, that would be horrible for the Hanford nuclear site and leaking dams.

Major quake may happen in California

Recent Caribbean Earthquakes Spark Concern

In the article about the shaking, Accuweather points out one historic fact that hopefully will not get repeated:

“One of the most infamous occurred in 1692 when a 7.5-magnitude quake dismantled the city of Port Royal, Jamaica. Much of the city was submerged under water, and thousands of people lost their lives.”

Recent Caribbean Earthquakes Spark Concern

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The description of this video: Ice Heaves pushed up from Mille Lacs Lake onto the Resort grounds and damaged homes within 15 minutes. Date Taken: 05/11/2013 around 9:30 am

And then the story: 

Lake Mille Lacs Ice Sheets Pushed Ashore At Minnesota’s Izatys Resort 

Amazing, unbelievable video. You have got to see it to believe it..

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

IS THIS PRODUCT CAUSING INCREASED CASES OF AUTISM, PARKINSON’S, AND ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE? 

A new study is linking Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer with major effects on the human body..

Monsanto is calling the study bogus and bad science. But hell, what else but that could they say??

Here is the science of it, as reported by NATIONOFCHANGE.ORG:

Glyphosate impairs the cytochrome P450 (CYP) gene pathway, which creates enzymes that help to form and also break down molecules in cells. There are myriad important CYP enzymes, including aromatase (the enzyme that converts androgen into estrogen) and 21-Hydroxylase, which creates cortisol (stress hormone) and aldosterone (regulates blood pressure). One function of these CYP enzymes is also to detoxify xenobiotics, which are foreign chemicals like drugs, carcinogens or pesticides. Glyphosate inhibits these CYP enzymes, which has rippling effects throughout our body.

Interestingly, though, Monsanto isn’t the sole company that has the rights to use glyphosate .. They did create it, but their patent on it expired in 2010. To maybe it’s unfair to  blame them solely if glyphosate truly does have these effects on human beings—at least post 2010.

However, Roundup is a big seller worldwide.. 

It’s fast action.

It kills weeds and roots.

And it has a beautiful color that looks very friendly to nature.

This story suggests the ingredient glyphosate is quite the opposite of healthy and wholesome.. 

WHEN THE FOREST STARTS ROCKIN' DON'T GO A-KNOCKIN'

I love how the Associated Press reported the impending Cicada-geddon: 

Scientists even have a horror-movie name for the infestation: Brood II. But as ominous as that sounds, the insects are harmless. They won’t hurt you or other animals. At worst, they might damage a few saplings or young shrubs. Mostly they will blanket certain pockets of the region, though lots of people won’t ever see them.

"It’s not like these hordes of cicadas suck blood or zombify people," says May Berenbaum, a University of Illinois entomologist.

They’re looking for just one thing: sex. And they’ve been waiting quite a long time.

They waited for 17 years for cicada-loving. I will not be planning on  bothering them when  it starts. You shouldn’t either.

For whoever will be in the midst of the cicada deluge, this should be quite an amazing time.. unfortunate time if you’re a crop or sensitive to hearing.

Cicadas are on the rise from their 17-year-slumber in the ground.. One expert told NBC news that “shovel loads” of cicadas are coming..

"Colossal number of cicadas" coming..

Millions of dead fish in China.. what does this mass die-off mean?

Millions of dead fish in China.. what does this mass die-off mean?

I wish I was there right now.

yoitsjonathan:

Long Beach Island. My paradise.

Iced: I still cannot believe this is what trees look like in spring in my backyard..