Author: Sic

A bullet ant sting is 20 times more painful than a bee sting.  Tribesmen wear ant gloves getting stung hundreds of times as a rite of passage.  Watch these videos as this westerner endures the pain of a few bites while locals endure thousands relatively effortlessly.

Westerner getting bit …

http://www.hamishandandy.com/2014/worst-pain-known-man/

Locals getting bit …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwvIFO9srUw

1) Very interesting maps in this link especially how several empires conquered the world.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/01/13/40-more-maps-that-explain-the-world/

2) Visualising climate change

http://www.vox.com/2014/5/6/5686770/nine-maps-that-show-how-climate-change-is-already-affecting-the-us

3) Some funny maps here: Walmart growth time-lapse, Spread of the last name Smith, Invasion of cows, lightning strikes, craigslist missed connections 

http://time.com/21924/funny-us-maps/

Man has created a leaf that can absorb water and co2 and release oxygen and may one day assist in space travel.  This is very cool.  Read more here.

http://www.sciencedump.com/content/first-man-made-biological-leaf