european earth worms invade america

Did you know that the famous and loved earth worms of Europe were not present in north-east America before they were recently introduced as fishing baits?
There were earth worms in America quite some time ago, before the ice age came and killed them all. Now, the introduced earth worms disrupt some ecosystem relationships altering the species composition.
Read more about this here.

Art is art is not necessarily appreciated

Article about people not paying attention to what they might consider amazing when in another surrounding..
Music! (The kids knew though!)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/04/AR2007040401721.html

under water spider

a study reveals that the spider's air bubble works like a gill, making it only necessary for the spider to come up to the surface once a day.
WOW!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/13614742

the right to be lazy

Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy. – Lessing. interesting artwork at the museum of contemporary art in berlin (old hamburg train station) a round piece of land, left to its own development, around it a hedge to symbolize the ordered world around it. great!

fresh air

ahh. I will just step outside for a bit of fresh air. this will help me concentrate again.. ever thought that fresh air is a very valuable good? probably! especially if you have experienced good and bad air in comparison. a recent study shows that, if we are not taking care of our environment a bit better, air quality will stink, i mean, sink more and more.. read more, for example about the Population-Weighted Multi Pollutant Index (PW-MPI), here: Link