Rare Left‑Coiled Garden Snail in New Zealand Faces Mating Crisis
Science & Space • 4 months ago
Found in Wairarapa, the sinistral snail dubbed Ned cannot mate with right‑coiled peers; finder launches search for another left‑coiled snail
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Scientists Offer Evolutionary Explanation for Why Beards Often Increase Male Attractiveness
Science & Space • 4 months ago
Researchers say facial hair functions as a secondary sexual characteristic that may have signaled strength and mate value in ancestral populations, though contemporary preferences remain variable.
KitchenAid: Many fruits and vegetables are better stored in the pantry than the refrigerator
Science & Space • 4 months ago
Experts say refrigeration can harm flavour, texture and shelf life for items such as tomatoes and cucumbers; other produce retains crunch in the fridge
Scientists Drill and Sample Massive 'Secret' Freshwater Aquifer Beneath Cape Cod Seafloor
Science & Space • 4 months ago
Expedition 501 recovered thousands of samples this summer from a buried freshwater system that may extend from New Jersey to Maine
Kīlauea Erupts Again; Lava Fountains Reach 330 Feet as Rare 'Volnado' Forms
Science & Space • 4 months ago
USGS records the 32nd fountaining episode since December at Halemaʻumaʻu crater and captures a swirling ash vortex beside lava fountains
Seismic data from InSight show Mars has a solid inner core enveloped by a liquid outer core
Science & Space • 4 months ago
Chinese-led analysis of more than 1,300 marsquakes suggests the red planet’s heart is a small solid iron‑nickel core surrounded by molten metal
Webb Telescope Images Thousands of Newborn Stars in Lobster Nebula
Science & Space • 4 months ago
Infrared snapshot reveals the star cluster Pismis 24 inside a massive dust-and-gas cloud 5,500 light-years away
Rep. Luna and Harvard Astronomer Urge NASA to Monitor Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS for Possible Small Probes
Science & Space • 4 months ago
Anna Paulina Luna and Avi Loeb asked NASA to task orbital assets to observe the Manhattan-sized object as it approaches the Sun, while the agency classifies it as a comet.
Sunday's 'Blood Moon' Total Lunar Eclipse Visible Across Much of Europe, Africa and Asia
Science & Space • 4 months ago
A total lunar eclipse will turn the full Moon red; visibility in the UK will depend on local moonrise times