Science – Dripfeed.news https://dripfeed.news A quality place for news and entertainment on the web. Tue, 17 Jan 2017 20:54:40 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.1 https://i0.wp.com/dripfeed.news/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/cropped-dripfeedlarge.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Science – Dripfeed.news https://dripfeed.news 32 32 5 Incredible Things You Didn’t Know Cats Could Do! https://dripfeed.news/science/5-incredible-things-you-didnt-know-cats-could-do/ https://dripfeed.news/science/5-incredible-things-you-didnt-know-cats-could-do/#respond Thu, 28 Jan 2016 19:59:31 +0000 http://dripfeed.news/?p=489 Cats are incredible creatures. There’s a reason they are so coveted by ancient cultures and by the internet culture today. There’s still a lot of unknown things about cats though! Science is finding out more and more about these magnificent beasts every day and we wanted to keep you all in the loop. Ready? Okay, let’s begin!

5. Cats can breathe underwater

Hunting Sea Lynx

The Sea Lynx hunting

Well almost! Your regular tomcat can’t breathe underwater, idiot silly, BUT a rare breed of cat called the “Sea Lynx” can hold its breathe for up to an hour. This makes it useful for when it hunts for fish and crab.

4. Cats can sleep

Cats can sleep!

You may not realize it by the constant lurking and running around your cat may do, but cats actually can sleep for up to 23 hours a day. Most cats sleep when no one is around, but they also have a unique evolutionary trait that is only found in one other mammal, the dolphin. The cat can actually sleep with both eyes open, so sometimes you may not even know it’s asleep! Just like humans though, cats enjoy sleeping in queen size beds.

3. Cats get energy from the sun

A cat recharging with the suns energy

A cat recharging with the suns energy

One really interesting fact about cats is that they get their energy from the sun’s rays. This goes back to the old Egyptian practice of cat sunbathing. Cats have evolved since then to utilize the sun for an energy source when there is no other energy around for them to sap.

2. Cats may or may not kill for pleasure

A cat utilizes its hidden technique (Fire Breath) on a helpless mouse.

A cat utilizes its hidden technique (Fire Breath) on a helpless mouse.

Like serial killers, cats are addicted to murder. Sometimes they murder smaller animals and pests to leave as an offering to Ba’al, usually leaving them adorned on a doorstep. Othertimes, cats kill for food, only to regurgitate it at a later date so that you may be intimidated by their presence. Each breed of cat is born with a special ability and most don’t learn what it is until they are older. If you have small children around, we recommend adopting an older cat, that way you can know what special ability they have before bringing them into your house. Most cats don’t kill humans, but some may accidentally set fire to everything, so it’s better safe than sorry. Scientists still are unsure if the cat’s killing sensibilities derive pleasure from the beast.

1. Some cats are big

A lion in its natural habitat

A lion in its natural habitat

Yes, even the might lion is a breed of cat. The lion can be typically found terrorizing the locals in Tokyo. Every breed of cat is special.

 

What do you guys think? Do you know any tricks that cats can do that science doesn’t know about yet? Shout out below.

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Oregon High School to Introduce “Marijuana Studies” Class to Curriculum in 2016. https://dripfeed.news/news/oregon-high-school-to-introduce-marijuana-studies-class-to-curriculum-in-2016/ https://dripfeed.news/news/oregon-high-school-to-introduce-marijuana-studies-class-to-curriculum-in-2016/#respond Tue, 19 Jan 2016 23:46:53 +0000 http://dripfeed.news/?p=156

 

An unnamed high school located in Oregon has announced a plan to introduce a marijuana-focused class to it’s students. Dripfeed received a notification from the school’s PTA Public Relations Department on Tuesday afternoon. The notification claimed that it would offer a semester of “…activities revolving around learning the effects, culture, cultivation, and marketing surrounding the Marijuana industry.” 

Dripfeed turned to social media to get further details surrounding the use of marijuana by the high school students, we received a Facebook friend request, followed by a student’s personal testimonial sent via Facebook Messenger:

 

“Well basically, [when the class smokes] I start to feel released from the constraints of society. I start to imagine the classroom as this small box that I can float above. From my new perspective above the classroom, I notice how the campus is like a maze with multiple endings and solutions. One path of the maze leads you to Advanced Math class, the other path takes you to eat chicken nuggets with the special-ed kids in the cafeteria because you got there too early. It’s like this whole place is made of hallways.”

 

Photo Courtesy of PTA Public Relations Association.

 

Dripfeed will continue to stay in contact with the high school and relay developments on this groundbreaking educational class.

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5 Ways to Develop Autism (Even if you weren’t born with it!) https://dripfeed.news/health/5-ways-to-develop-autism-even-if-you-werent-born-with-it/ https://dripfeed.news/health/5-ways-to-develop-autism-even-if-you-werent-born-with-it/#respond Fri, 15 Jan 2016 17:51:15 +0000 http://dripfeed.news/?p=61 As we’re finding more and more about what causes autism at birth (vaccines, airborne pollutants, catch the cold while pregnant, fluoride in water) we’re also learning that autism can develop long after birth. A new study, has shown that 1/10 Americans are likely to develop autism before the age of 35. If you’re a fairly normal and functioning adult and you’d like to progress to the next level, we’ve put together this handy guide of confirmed ways to develop autism.

5. Anime

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The gateway drug to autism development is anime. While it used to be rare and hard to come by, anime has infiltrated the media and most people are now exposed to it at a very early age. Many claim that anime is Japan’s revenge on western society for the use of the A-Bomb, but small amounts of anime exposure is harmless, so this claim is most likely exaggerated. Doctors recommend not exceeding 1 or 2 hours of anime watching a week if you’re hoping to avoid heading down the autistic path.

4. Internet Forums, Aggregates & Imageboards

This is a forum

Discussion of niche topics is always a good outlet to express and hold conversations you wouldn’t normally be able to with the people in your neighborhood. On discussion forums, you can learn a lot about any of your favorite hobbies (i.e. carpentry, boating, fishing etc) and share your knowledge as well. However, if you find that you’re getting easily enraged by the opinions of others then you may be on the road to full blown autism.

3. Collectible Card Games

Collectible Card Games Cause Autism

Made popular by, Magic the Gathering created by legendary mathematician Richard Garfield, and given a boost in popularity due to Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh, collectible card games (CCG for short) have become a staple for people gravitating towards adult autism. There are several factors to this:

  • Cards are assigned an arbitrary value based on nothing – This is a lot like the stock market and people spend all of their time pricing and gouging these products, instead of actually using the same skills to determine which stocks to buy to make real money.
  • There’s a CCG for everyone. If you identify as a pony, an x-wing, or even an anime girl, you’re sure to find a printed piece of cardboard that appeals to you.
  • You have to memorize many rules and card interactions, but most of the time games just end based on who spent the most money.

All of these facts compounded apparently increases your odds for catching autism.

2. Music

Example of Good Music

Music makes the world go ’round and is absolutely a great emotional outlet. You can empathize with, sympathize with and even ride the waves of a good song. But researchers have confirmed that obsessing over what is ‘pleb’ taste or ‘dad-rock’ may cause the onset of autism faster than any other means. If you’re worried Moz may actually play a show for once instead of canceling it and you actually care – immediately stop listening to music for 3 days.

1. Video Games

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The number one cause of post-adulthood onset autism, is video games. While many adults grew up playing video games, now video games have taken the place of TV as the most watched form of entertainment. People who play video games are only a small percentage of the “gamer culture”. Researchers recommend attributing 0% of your day to video games. The risk of autism is too high for any video games to be considered safe for consumption.

 

We hope you found this guide helpful. Leave your thoughts in the comments.

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