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rain_gryphon) wrote2014-11-12 09:56 pm
rain_gryphon) wrote2014-11-12 09:56 pm
Dies Mirabilis!
It has been a day of wonders! When I awoke this morning, little did I suspect that I would hear the comet singing its song - https://soundcloud.com/esaops/a-singing-comet .
I've also learned today of the existence of active asteroids - http://www.astronomy.com/news/2014/11/tail-discovered-on-long-known-asteroid .
Most amazing to me, though, is the fact that vascular plants apparently use mycorrhizae to share nutrients, hormones, and possibly information. http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20141111-plants-have-a-hidden-internet .
This is the sort of thing that I would never have expected in a hundred years, and yet here it is, going on all around me. I've known all my life that you can't dig a hole in decent soil without finding mycelia, but I never once suspected that they might be doing more than just mindlessly breaking down compost. There is so much around us of which we are unaware.
I've also learned today of the existence of active asteroids - http://www.astronomy.com/news/2014/11/tail-discovered-on-long-known-asteroid .
Most amazing to me, though, is the fact that vascular plants apparently use mycorrhizae to share nutrients, hormones, and possibly information. http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20141111-plants-have-a-hidden-internet .
This is the sort of thing that I would never have expected in a hundred years, and yet here it is, going on all around me. I've known all my life that you can't dig a hole in decent soil without finding mycelia, but I never once suspected that they might be doing more than just mindlessly breaking down compost. There is so much around us of which we are unaware.