AvatarSolaryamChina just built a solar power array that looks like a pandaverified_publisherVox - Ruairí Arrieta-KennaIt’s the first of many planned panda power plants meant to get kids interested in green energy. A Chinese solar power company has just completed the first phase of an ingenious PR stunt: building a 100MW solar power plant in the shape of a panda bear. According to a release from the company, Panda …
AvatarSolaryamOctopus studies detail strange behavior and geneticsverified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Eryn BrownUC Berkeley marine biologist Roy Caldwell first saw the intriguing octopus in Panama, in 1977. It was pretty, and striped, and about the size of his little finger. He brought a few specimens back to his lab, and one of the females surprised him: Unlike most octopuses he had seen, she didn’t die …
AvatarSolaryamOctopus Climbs Out Of New Zealand Aquariumverified_publisherPopular Science - Mary Beth GriggsWe’ve found the next sequel to Finding Nemo and Finding Dory. This time the hero is Inky, an adorable octopus that just wants to be free. The plot twist? Inky is so good at escaping and hiding that he can never be found. The best part is, this new movie is inspired by a true story. A few months ago, …
AvatarSolaryamInky the Octopus and the Upsides of Anthropomorphismverified_publisherThe New Yorker - Rachel RiedererEarlier this month, under the cover of night, an octopus named Inky hauled his basketball-sized body out of the tank he shared with a companion at the National Aquarium of New Zealand, heaved himself across the floor, and squeezed his gelatinous mantle into a narrow drain leading to the Pacific …
AvatarSolaryamDon’t Look Now, But Octopuses Are Taking Over The OceanUPROXX - E.S. HuffmanIf you don’t already have a healthy fear of octopuses, let us illumine you: they’re masters of escape, they’re incredibly smart, and they’re taking over the ocean as we speak. This last fact comes courtesy of a new analysis of cephalopod boom-bust cycles, published in Current Biology. Apparently …
AvatarSolaryamImpact Oil & Gas brings Woodside Energy into Senegal / Guinea-Bissau ventureproactiveinvestors.co.uk - Jamie AshcroftImpact Oil & Gas has stuck a deal with Woodside Energy which will sees the Australian oil major taking a 65% stake in the AGC project, offshore west …