NurdleNet » weird science http://www.nurdle.net Celebrating quirky Mon, 17 Oct 2011 01:45:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Mocking birds have your number http://www.nurdle.net/2009/06/mocking-birds-have-your-number/ http://www.nurdle.net/2009/06/mocking-birds-have-your-number/#comments Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:00:51 +0000 Juliet Chase http://www.nurdle.net/?p=492

Who  would have guessed that mocking birds are better at facial recognition than the Virginia DMV?  And why aren’t we trying to use this amazing skill to tell troublesome humans from benign ones by scoping out airport security or something? Seems like there ought to be more uses for it.

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The art of your refrigerator contents; I can guess what mine says about me….

Potato Portraits – the artist forgot to mention that they’re also cheap, but that probably didn’t influence the choice of vegetable at all

10 weirdest species discovered in 2008 – eeeeuwww! bacteria in hairspray?

Queen Elizabeth’s gold-plated wii – I wonder who got the one with Swarovski crystals?

Bus stop opera – ’cause New York is so boring someone has to liven it up

]]> http://www.nurdle.net/2009/05/random-links-for-the-week-of-may-25th/feed/ 0 The ghost slug of Wales http://www.nurdle.net/2009/05/the-ghost-slug-of-wales/ http://www.nurdle.net/2009/05/the-ghost-slug-of-wales/#comments Tue, 26 May 2009 12:00:48 +0000 Juliet Chase http://www.nurdle.net/?p=454

Just when you thought Wales was a quiet part of the world someone discovered the ghost slug.  True, earth worms are the only ones with any need to shiver in their beds but there is just something creepy about he white, slimy thing. The video from the BBC may leave you more enamored of teh everyday slug variety found in the rest of the world.

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