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Scientists have just discovered some rocks at the bottom of the ocean can make oxygen... and they do it in complete darkness!

These aren’t magic stones, they’re polymetallic nodules, potato-sized metal lumps packed with manganese, cobalt, and nickel.

But here’s the twist; when seawater flows over their surfaces, they generate tiny electric currents that can split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen. No sunlight, no photosynthesis, just deep-sea chemistry creating breathable gas in the pitch black.

This “dark oxygen” could explain how deep-sea creatures survive in low-oxygen zones far from the surface. What's even wilder is that if this can happen on Earth, it could be happening right now in the hidden oceans of Europa or Enceladus, two icy moons that scientists think might host alien life.

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what are you wearing rn and is it representative of your style

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I just love painting the sea, I wanna do just that until I find a new thing to obsess over

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Chrysothrix candelaris

gold dust lichen, mustard powder lichen

Not all that glitters is gold--sometimes what glitters is lichen! A LOT of lichen. C. candelaris is a leprose lichen which grows on bark, wood, and rarely rock in sheltered microhabitats in cool-temperate, undisturbed regions. As you can see from these pictures, it can have a very extensive thallus, covering large areas in a thick, wooly layer, or it can grow in more dispersed, dusty patches across the substrate. It is always bright yellow in color, but can appear more orange or green tinged depending on its moisture level and how much sun exposure it gets. If you get up close and personal with it, you'll notice that C. candelaris is entirely composed of granules of fungal hyphae wrapped around bundles of chlorococcoid algae, primed for dispersal and ready to travel to a new substrate to colonize.

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ppl in the age of cell phones: fucking up their necks

ppl in the age of books: fucking up their necks

ppl in the age of textile art: fucking up their necks

ppl in the age of picking lice: fucking up their necks

ppl in the age of cooking: fucking up their necks

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"Why is it a problem if students use AI to get through college"

Because if you demonstrate to me that you're willing to set aside concern for truth, evidence, and verifying things with your own eyes whenever it happens to be inconvenient for you, I have a solemn responsibility to make sure you don't get into medical school.

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Antique Victorian Memento Mori Skull Ring Gilt Silver and Enamel c1880's

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CANARIAS TIENE UN LIMITE

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sloppy grubby study of a columbo screenshot. He’s just got such je ne sais… what’s the word..

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you are my peach, you are my plum

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Actually you know what

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Actually you know what

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That specific sickly, weird, mottled green color that appears when two mirrors are reflecting each other into infinity is so fucking beautiful… I love you weird nasty green of the aether….

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26 years old and just said out loud "this is awesome" about a salad i made. someone get my ass to the club

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hey so Opti got a couple chickens at his cool new place and i'd like you to know THESE 👇 goofy ladies

have started laying EGGS

and they are good as hell and also we're releasing cookie clicker on switch and xbox and playstation in like 8 days most likely you didn't hear it from me. just nice big quality eggs. these aren't necessarily egg-laying chickens either so we couldn't believe how good they were. i didn't take a picture but the yolks are bright orange

i'm gonna try and make crepes!