#ancient electricity

[health-tips-23]

The Mysterious Baghdad Battery: Ancient Electricity or Myth?

[animasmagic]

[pleistocene-pride]

Torpedo torpedo, better known as the common torpedo, common torpedo ray, ocellate torpedo, or eyed electric ray, is a species of electric ray in the family Torpedinidae which is endemic to the eastern Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. These rays typically dwell in coastal and nearshore waters but can occasionally be at depths up to 1,300ft (400m), however they tend to prefer warm sandy flats and sea grass beds. Torpedo rays are generally solitary and nocturnal ambush predators which feed on a variety of fish, crustaceans, and worms. They are themselves preyed upon by seals, sharks, and large boney fish. As with other members of its family, the common torpedo can subdue both prey and predator with strong electric shocks of up to 200 volts which are generated from a pair of large kidney-shaped electric organs which are visible beneath the skin on either side of the head. The electrogenic properties of this species led it to be used in medicine for the treatment of pain and diseases such as gout by various cultures in antiquity such as the Greeks, Egyptians, and Carthaginians. The Romans in particular used the common torpedo to treat headaches. Reaching around 12 to 24 inches (30 to 61cms) in length and 7 to 16inches (18 to 41cms) in width, with females being slightly larger than males, the common torpedo has a nearly circular pectoral fin disc and a short, thick tail with two dorsal fins of nearly equal size and a large caudal fin. The eyes are small and followed by spiracles of comparable size. The dorsal coloration of the common torpedo is rusty orange to reddish brown which is adorned with prominent blue spots on its back, which usually number five but may vary from zero to nine. The underside is cream-colored, with dark disc margins. Breeding typically occurs from December to February. Common torpedos are aplacental viviparous, with the developing embryos nourished by yolk and histotroph ("uterine milk") produced by the mother. Females produce litters of up to 28 after a gestation period of 4–8 months depending on the geographical region. Common torpedo reach sexual maturity at around 10in ( 25cms) in length and may live upwards of 10 years.

[m00nb04rd5]

Roman and/or Remus please?

(Not a ship!)

Roman Sanders and Remus Sanders (Sanders Sides)

[artebris]

I am so, so, so, so blessed with this one.

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AI: Midjourney

Character: Arlene Irving (my main HL MC and my muse and goddess)

Daily prompt from beloved @ror-roleplay

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Remark below (depending on what I heard lately about the AI):

I am artist, I work as artist and I support artists. I think AI is a great instrument in helping artists when used properly, giving the inspirational results, ideas, developing imagination and text describing skills. Silly fun involved. You won’t spend for weeks of your life creating a masterpiece for fun!

Open minded view nowadays is crucial.

We cannot deny the progress, but we can get the whole from it. Maybe there were people who denied the creation of the wheel. Well, they are not here.

But the wheel is.

Whether we like it or not.

[travelers-of-the-multiverse]

@universalzones continued from x

Emerl dashed and weaved through the treeline, moving through the brush and trying to avoid detection. Unfortunately, he hadn't counted on seeing a squad of badniks in his way.

"Gaaah! Stupid Eggman robots! Out of my way!" He cries out. With some swift kicks and slashes from his claws, the badniks are sent flying...right past the shuttle that was approaching. He then dashes forward, not realizing the shuttle was nearby. "Stupid, unfun, and persistent Eggbots! Really went downhill after Gamma and Phi, you know?!" He shouts.

[cadencewishes]

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[glsneeg-enthusiast]

[galionne-vibin]

Really gotta finish and elaborate on this chart of 'natural' Zeti powers and how they work because not only is it really important to my headcanons/personal Zeti lore but it's also really, really important to Sonic Pantheon

Because (in the au) each of the D6 has developped their own specialty and aside from Zor (and Zavok but only kinda) it's based entirely on this

[androidships007]

Donatello, God of shock and awe...I mean lightning ⚡

[simru-region]

Trainer, you have encountered Mynydris, the Ancient Peak pokemon.

Fighting this pokemon would be not unlike a Titan battle, however, it may have access to more than the standard four moves usually available in battle. Mynydris will challenge you with Ancient, Electric, Rock, Dark and Flying attacks. Be prepared for a fight!

[soapcan18]

I completed pikmin 4!! WOOO!! That final boss fight was what I’m going to call the Yellow Pikmin Massacre. I’m so sorry my friends…

[wayti-blog]

"The Northern Lights were visible much farther south than usual this year, and pictures of the colorful hues filled social media. Now, imagine an aurora hundreds of times brighter—except no one would be able to snap a photo of it, as the onslaught of particles rushing in from the sun would instantly turn smartphones into bricks.

Such extreme solar storms are rare—only six are known to have left their traces on Earth in the past 14,500 years, and none have been witnessed since the height of the Assyrian Empire nearly 2,700 years ago.

A research team led by Irina Panyushkina of the University of Arizona Laboratory for Tree-Ring Research and Timothy Jull at U of A Department of Geosciences has now pinpointed the last time there was a burst of cosmic radiation so powerful that if it happened today, it would wreak havoc on power grids, satellites and communication networks around the globe.

The team published the findings in the journal Communications Earth & Environment.

Analyzing tree-rings for carbon-14, a naturally occurring radioactive variant of carbon, the team discovered a spike dating to the year 664 B.C., pinpointing the only extreme solar storm event whose timing had long eluded researchers."

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[cabbagequeen323]

I missed the all saints day service for the second year in a row (sadness) because I forgot and double booked my daughter a playdate with one of her classmates but on the flip side, the others girls mom took us to the museum and the exhibit was by a local Native American artist and also there was a room of art by only women artists. It was lovely and the mom is the daughter of an anthropologist who spent part of her childhood in Kazakhstan!!

[phonification]

getting into DSAF again and my god awful obsession with phone guys got me to start thinking about what kind of phones dadroog would be

[echoesofadream]

Actually what do I study if I am kind of a little bit a stem-girlie but also really definitely not. And I like psychology, religion, languages and linguistics, cultural anthropology/ethnography. Like maths (algebraic, bad at numbers), abhor statistics, like physics (but really bad at a lot of it), dislike chemistry, is okay with biology but not extremely passionate about it quite lukewarm really though medicine is my favorite aspect of it and i kind of like it. Well?