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Meet the tuatara, a lizard-like ‘living fossil’
Wikimedia Commons Meet the tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus), a unique creature that looks somewhat like a cross between an iguana and…
How carrots went from being purple to orange
carrotmuseum.co.uk These days, when we think of carrots, orange is the first color that comes to mind. Interestingly enough, this…
Are we really made of cosmic dust?
NASA/ESA/HHT Our bodies are made up of atoms from stars formed billions of years ago. So yes – we are, indeed,…
Good girl, ‘Muttnik’: Laika, the first living animal to orbit Earth
NASA On November 3, 1957, the Soviet Union launched the Sputnik 2 spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The…
Diwata-2: The Pinoy-made, Sun-synchronous microsatellite
STAMINA4Space On October 29, 2018, Diwata-2, the second Pinoy-made microsatellite, made its way to outer space on October 29, 2018. Its launch…
Why looking at the stars is like looking at the distant past
Yuting Gao/Pexels Did you know that when you look at the night sky, you’re actually (sort of) looking at the…
This massive fungus is (technically) the largest known living organism
W. J. Pilsak/Wikimedia Commons Based on a technicality, the world’s largest living organism is a gigantic honey fungus colony in…
Can you really turn coal into diamonds?
Shutterstock It’s an all-too-familiar image in pop culture: A super-powered character grabs a piece of coal, crushes it in their…
Why is the water hyacinth a notorious aquatic pest?
Ted Center/USDA In 1901, a strange aquatic plant was brought into Thailand from Indonesia by Thai royalty, captivated by its…
Does it really take more muscles to frown than to smile?
Getty Images “It takes 43 muscles to frown, and only 17 muscles to smile.” No doubt, you’ve already come across…
