Dead bodies emerging from shrinking lakes have finally got mob bosses worried about climate change. A fourth body has been found close to Lake Mead in Nevada, increasing the total number of bodies found here since May to three. The remains were discovered at Swim Beach in Lake Mead at about 4:30 p.m. local time on Monday, July 25, according to a recent notification from … [Read more...] about As Water Levels Drop, A Third Human Body is Discovered In Lake Mead
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In Panama, An Extremely Rare Half-Male, Half-Female Bee Was Discovered
Researchers discovered a truly unique bee in the neotropical forests of Panama: the left side of its body is male, while the right is female. Scientists led by Cornell University discovered this unique Neotropical bee Megalopta amoena while studying nocturnal bees in the forest of Barro Colorado Island, Panama, as reported in the Journal of Hymenoptera Research. When the … [Read more...] about In Panama, An Extremely Rare Half-Male, Half-Female Bee Was Discovered
A 50,000-Year-Old Microbial ‘Super Life’ Has Been Discovered Trapped Within Crystals
The Cave of the Crystals, which is buried 800 meters (2,625 feet) underground in Mexico's Naica Mine, should be on everyone's bucket list. There are enormous gypsum crystals within this Narnia-like opening, the largest of which is 12 meters (39 feet) long and weighs 55 tonnes (61 tons). According to BBC News, scientists have discovered something else that has been lurking … [Read more...] about A 50,000-Year-Old Microbial ‘Super Life’ Has Been Discovered Trapped Within Crystals
Indonesian Scientists Discovered The World’s First Carnivorous Pitcher Plants That Feed Underground
Nepenthes pudica uses underground pitchers to make delicious ant soup. As far as botanical animals go, carnivorous pitcher plants are pretty badass (some of them devour salamanders, so there), and they just got a whole lot more metal as scientists have for the first time discovered a nepenthes species that gorges underground. The underground predator, which captures ants and … [Read more...] about Indonesian Scientists Discovered The World’s First Carnivorous Pitcher Plants That Feed Underground
Previously Unseen Crystals Discovered in Chelyabinsk Meteorite Dust
Carbon crystals with exotic structures that had never been seen before were found in the dust left behind by the Chelyabinsk meteor. Carbon microcrystals with "unusual morphological features" have been discovered in the debris of a meteorite that erupted over southern Russia in February 2013. The Chelyabinsk meteor, which measured 18 meters (59 feet) broad, burst apart high … [Read more...] about Previously Unseen Crystals Discovered in Chelyabinsk Meteorite Dust