On April 25, 1935, at Coogee Aquarium in Sydney, their latest attraction - a 4.4-meter (14.4-foot) tiger shark - vomited up a human arm with a tattoo of two boxers sparring. In the middle of the chaos and shark vomit, detectives went to the aquarium, where they were greeted with a question that would plague them for the rest of their careers: "How the heck did a tattooed arm … [Read more...] about A Shark Puking Up A Tattooed Arm Sparked Australia’s Most Bizarre Murder Investigation
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This Summer, keep an Eye Out For Noctilucent clouds; they’re the best they’ve been in years
Earth's rarest clouds are looking pretty good right now. The most uncommon sort of cloud, known as noctilucent or "night-shining" clouds, only appear after the Sun has set or just before it rises. They show in the Northern Hemisphere sky for only a few months each summer, but this year they are the most colorful in 15 years, so go outdoors and look up. Long, thin wisps … [Read more...] about This Summer, keep an Eye Out For Noctilucent clouds; they’re the best they’ve been in years
Why Would Anyone Think The Earth Is Flat?
Similar to the fight to eradicate polio, there always seems to be some pockets of opposition to the flat Earth theory. But the "flat Earthers" have always existed; they just tend to operate outside the public's radar most of the time. The rapper B.o.B has since popularized the theory through his tweets and the publication of his song Flatline, in which he not only asserts … [Read more...] about Why Would Anyone Think The Earth Is Flat?
Dolly It Turns Out That The Sheep Had No Arthritis
It's possible that there was never a renowned non-human example of early-onset arthritis. It has long been believed that Dolly the sheep, the first animal to be cloned from an adult cell, was born with osteoarthritis. This has been used as proof of the risks associated with cloning. This assertion has been called into doubt after a second look at her skeleton. One of the … [Read more...] about Dolly It Turns Out That The Sheep Had No Arthritis
Scientists Make Mouse Clones From Freeze-Dried Cells in a Cloning Breakthrough
It is a much safer and more cost-effective method. Animal extinction is occurring at an alarming rate as a result of human activities, including direct killing and habitat damage. Cloning is one of the activities at the forefront of this since many have reached a stage where conservation and breeding efforts are the only way to preserve the species alive. But doing so is … [Read more...] about Scientists Make Mouse Clones From Freeze-Dried Cells in a Cloning Breakthrough