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the banana of the future

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just read a post over at boingboing about what would happen if all the cavendishes (the standard western banana, which are apparently genetically identical) in the world get wiped out, just as their predecessors, the gros michaels, did. the heir apparent? this little guy: isn't that a senorita?

Auroras Seen on Uranus For First Time

best nat geo headline ever.

modern science confirms aesop's fable

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"An undated photo released by The University of Cambridge shows a rook, a member of the crow family, as it drops stones into a tube to raise the water level and bring a worm into reach," via