Here’s What California’s Wildflower ‘Super Bloom’ Looks Like From Space

By: Lindsey Hoshaw/KQED Science  It’s a fantastic year for wildflower lovers, who’ve been flocking to fields of poppies, lupine, and golden brush. The orange, purple and yellow blooms are already populating the warmer climes of southern California and the Central Valley thanks to above average winter rainfall following five years of drought. Hundreds of wildflower species blossom in California…

Stephen Hawking Is Going Into Space

By: Kimberly Burnham/Second Nexus In an interview with ITV’s Good Morning Britain, renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking revealed that he would be heading into space with commercial spaceline Virgin Galactic. “I have already completed a zero-gravity flight which allowed me to float, weightless,” Hawking said. “But my ultimate ambition is to fly into space. I thought no…

Don’t Plant Those “Bee-Friendly” Wildflowers Cheerios Is Giving Away

By: Beth Skwarecki/Life Hacker) Bee populations are in decline, and Cheerios wants to help. So far, so good. But they are sending free packets of wildflower seeds to people all over the country—and some of the flowers included are invasive species that, in some areas, you should probably not plant. Forget-me-not (listed above but, the seed packager…

Artist Transforms Old Farm Equipment Into Incredible Animal Sculptures Like None You’ve Seen

By: Jake Manning/Shareably Recreating the wild wild west out of discarded farm equipment, South Dakota-based artist John Lopez’s amazing metal sculptures will blow your mind! Check them out below: Eco-friendly and full of personality, these welded figures perfectly capture the iconography of the American West — a bison, a horse with a plow, a Texas Longhorn —…