400-Million-Year-Old Fossil Upends Our Understanding of Fibonacci Spirals in Nature

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If your eyes have ever been drawn to the arrangement of leaves on a plant stem, the texture of a pineapple, or the scales of a pinecone, then you have unknowingly witnessed brilliant examples of mathematical patterns in nature.

WHO ARE THE SASQUATCH AND WHY ARE THEY HERE?

They are known by a variety of names, the most famous being Yeti (Tibet), Almas (Siberia), Yowie (Australia), Didi (South America), Skookum, Seatco (Washington, Oregon), Skunk Ape (Florida), Misaabe (Eastern Canada), or Bush Men (Nunavut). An association can be made with Hanuman and the Ape People of the Vedic scriptures in India or similar stories transmitted for centuries.

Cosmic Eye — Universe Size Comparison

This is the original landscape-format version of the short movie Cosmic Eye, designed by astrophysicist Danail Obreschkow. The movie zooms through all well-known scales of the universe from minuscule elementary particles out to the gigantic cosmic web.

Dear nature, we miss you.

Once called crazy, Indonesian eco-warrior turns arid hills green

WONOGIRI, Indonesia (Reuters) – Once considered crazy by fellow villagers, Indonesian eco-warrior Sadiman has turned barren hills green after 24 years of effort, making water resources available in the drought-prone mountainous region where he lives.

Chemtrails: the sky is falling

NASA scientists say a magnetic anomaly above our planet is going to split in half

TORONTO — NASA researchers have been tracking a strange new development in an already strange phenomenon: the dent in Earth’s magnetic field appears to be splitting in half.

Climate: A New Story

Climate: A New Story shows us how we can reframe our thinking.

Coronavirus is the voice of the Earth

The year 2020 will be remembered as the year of Covid-19. The year of social distancing, lock downs and staying indoors even when the sun was shining, flowers were flourishing, and birds were singing their sweet songs in the spring. I was in the fortunate position to be able to take that time of self-isolation as a blessing, a time for spiritual retreat and a time for reflection.

Otherworldly Images of Andromeda Galaxy Over a Tiny Swiss Village

A view of the sky from the Zervreila Mountain Lagoon in Switzerland.

Photographer Sandro Casutt lives in a remote Swiss village with unbelievable views of the Andromeda Galaxy. The village of Vals, population 990, is a prime location for viewing the closest major galaxy to the Milky Way. Thus, Casutt, together with his brother Markus, started Cosmic Art Photography two years ago as an outlet for their love of the universe.