Science porn.

Jupiter.

Things we observe but do not see.

Scientists discovery actual counter-rotating, connected eddies that had been deemed theoretically possible. Apparently, scientists have been observing these for 25 years but did not understand what they were looking at.  Makes you think about the sudden discovery of new species, and how much of what we observe we don't see.

I ask again...

... how is this even possible?

How do we suddenly discover a "new" species of shark that has been around since the dinosaurs?

I would think we'd have discovered everything larger than an office desk by now.

It makes me wonder if there really isn't a population of Deep Ones that have escaped our attention.

Science P*rn.

Scientists point to evidence of "large" planet in the Kuiper Belt.  

"Large" means Mars-Earth size, not Jupiter size.

If they find it, they should name it Pluto and make everyone happy.

Kitties!

Cats were domesticated twice.

//The domestic cat is descended from wild cats that were tamed twice - in the Near East and then Egypt, according to the largest study of its kind.

Farmers in the Near East were probably the first people to successfully tame wild cats about 9,000 years ago.

Then, a few thousand years later, cats spread out of ancient Egypt along maritime trade routes.
Today, cats live on all continents except Antarctica.

Scientists think wildcats began hanging around farms to prey on mice attracted to grain stores, starting the long relationship between humans and felines.

"There were two taming events - one in the Near East at the beginning and one in Egypt much later," said lead researcher Eva-Maria Geigl.//

Contrary beasts.

Science P*rn.

The Orion constellation in 450,000 years.

Not as much change as you might think, but, then, it is only 450,000 years.

Science P*rn.

This kind of thing happens regularly with fossil discoveries.

We get comfortable with some fact - Homo Sapiens evolved 200,000 years ago - and, then, something comes along that knocks everything akilter.

Fossils discovered that move human origin back to 300,000 years ago. 

Seems like we weren't living up to our potential for some 295,000 years of that time.

Why not?

Science Porn.

No matter how often you see this, it remains breathtakingly counter-intuitive.