Adorable Shark Fits in Your Hand, Looks Like a Mini Sperm Whale
Posted on October 22, 2022
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| Patria Henriques
Tiny, blunt-headed sharks called pocket sharks are so rare that until just a few years ago, only one individual had ever been collected from the southeastern Pacific Ocean. And now, that lonely shark finally has company.
Researchers with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) caught a second pocket shark in 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico. Scientists declared it to be a pocket shark in 2015, and after further analysis it was recently described as a new species.
[Read More]Best Yoga Apps
Posted on October 22, 2022
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| Arica Deslauriers
One of the nice things about yoga is that it can be done just about anywhere. With a mat (or a pair of sticky yoga socks) and a few minutes of free time, you can get in a mind/body workout.
Sometimes, though, a little inspiration helps. Dozens of yoga apps offer this inspiration in the form of mix-and-match workouts and breathing exercises that can be customized to give you the difficulty level you're looking for and take only the amount of time you have to spend.
[Read More]Celtic god or 1980s hockey player? Ancient deity statue wears a mullet and mustache
Posted on October 22, 2022
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| Trudie Dory
A tiny statue of a Celtic deity dating to the Iron Age wears a haircut that was widespread — and widely mocked — decades ago, but is now enjoying an unexpected comeback: the mullet.
Worn with the hair cut short in front and long at the back of the head, mullets surged in popularity during the 1980s. Archaeologists recently discovered the same hairstyle on a copper figure measuring about 2 inches (5 centimeters) high, found in an Iron Age site in Cambridgeshire, England, and dating to the first century A.
[Read More]Cookie Test Yields Secrets of Self-Control Years Later
Posted on October 22, 2022
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| Trudie Dory
Imagine hundreds of 4-year-olds each alone in a room with a delectable cookie or a scrumptious marshmallow. Before they reach for the enticing confection, an experimenter offers them a choice: they can have one right away, or get two if they just wait. Can they resist sweet temptation for 15 agonizing minutes, or do they surrender to instant gratification?
This simple test of willpower, and follow-up studies for years afterward, has uncovered a host of insights on how self-control, or the lack thereof, might influence lives.
[Read More]How a Daredevil Raccoon Pulled Off a Terrifying 23-Story Climb
Posted on October 22, 2022
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| Mittie Cheatwood
Not all heroes wear capes, but most of them do wear masks. Even raccoons.
Yesterday (June 12), a daredevil raccoon in St. Paul, Minnesota, captivated the Internet by climbing 23 stories up a vertical concrete wall. The raccoon, now known as MPR raccoon in honor of the Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) employees who spotted the critter scaling a nearby skyscraper, became an instant social media star as viewers around the world rooted for its safe return to the ground.
[Read More]Jaw-dropping Milky Way mosaic took 12 years to create. Here's why.
Posted on October 22, 2022
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| Patria Henriques
(opens in new tab)An eye-popping new image of the Milky Way took 12 years and 1,250 hours of photographic exposure to create.
The photo mosaic is the work of J-P Metsavainio, a Finnish photographer who specializes in astronomical imagery. Metsavainio shared his work on his blog,Astro Anarchy Observatory(opens in new tab). The mosaic is 100,000 pixels wide, stitched together from 234 individual mosaic panels that cover 125 degrees by 22 degrees of the night sky.
[Read More]Many Kids Are Given Probiotics for Stomach Bugs. But They May Not Help At All.
Posted on October 22, 2022
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| Mittie Cheatwood
When kids catch a stomach bug, they are increasingly treated with probiotics in the hopes of improving the symptoms of diarrhea and vomiting. But rigorous new research finds that young children with intestinal infections don't appear to benefit from several commonly used probiotics.
Two large studies — one conducted in the United States and the other in Canada — found that preschool-age children with gastroenteritis had similar symptoms and recovery time, regardless of whether they were given probiotics or not.
[Read More]Moochers and Do-Gooders Both Shunned, Study Finds
Posted on October 22, 2022
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| Arica Deslauriers
The fact that groups of people typically choose to expel selfish individuals is no surprise. But new research suggests such troops often want to kick out generous members as well.
This counterintuitive behavior could be rooted in how such giving people make others feel bad, or simply in how they stand out from the crowd, researchers suggest.
Kicking out do-gooders
Initially, psychologists were investigating if groups would tolerate individuals who contributed little toward group endeavors but also mooched little of the subsequent payoffs.
[Read More]NASA
Posted on October 22, 2022
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| Fernande Dalal
In a historic launch, the Webb Telescope blasts off into space
By Mindy Weisberger published 25 December 21
An international partnership of space agencies just launched JWST, the biggest, most powerful space telescope ever made, in an achievement that was decades in the making.
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New Super-Heavy Element 117 Confirmed by Scientists
Posted on October 22, 2022
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| Trudie Dory
Atoms of a new super-heavy element — the as-yet-unnamed element 117 — have reportedly been created by scientists in Germany, moving it closer to being officially recognized as part of the standard periodic table.
Researchers at the GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research, an accelerator laboratory located in Darmstadt, Germany, say they have created and observed several atoms of element 117, which is temporarily named ununseptium.
Element 117 — so-called because it is an atom with 117 protons in its nucleus — was previously one of the missing items on the periodic table of elements.
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