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Giant rat-eating plant discovered

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O_O Check out this giant pitcher plant from the Phillipines.



You’ve heard of venus flytraps? Regular pitcher plants? Small fry compared to this behemoth. Nepenthes attenboroughii (named after Sir David Attenborough) is way bigger than those relatively tame plants, and dissolves its prey with &quot…


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Universe in a box

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I want these so badly it isn’t even funny.



From particle zoo:



"The UNIVERSE-IN-A-BOX contains all the particles from the Standard Model plus four theoreticals and two nucleons, for a total of 22 particles, covering most of the known universe."



The site also sells large versions of all …


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Sea urchins inspire pencil-tip sculptures

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Sculptor Jen Maestre’s super-cool sculptures reportedly were initially inspired by sea urchins. The artist takes colored pencis, saws the sharpened tips off, and drills a hole through each one individually so they can be stitched together. Talk about dangerous art!



Link via the Daily Mail


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