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Adult clothes moths resemble pinkie nails and cannot eat wool sweaters due to lack of mouthparts. Instead, they lay eggs in their former homes.

Now you can test your wits every day of the week with a challenging quiz hosted by Ray Hamel, featuring unique questions on specific topics.

A flaming object streaking across the southern skies created widespread panic as it fell, though no explosion was reported at ground level.

CubeRover's extra computing power will be utilized for calculating pi during its downtime, repurposing the rover's capabilities for a unique astronomical task.

The Pandorica was a trap created to imprison the Doctor, branding him the most dangerous creature in creation, reflecting the themes of danger and morality from the 10th Doctor's era.

For many in the Philippines, the well-timed sighting was absolutely a sign of a divine presence.

The search for axions remains crucial in the ongoing quest to understand dark matter, though no direct evidence for these particles has yet been found.

This is a new mechanism for dealing with tissue crowding that doesn't involve cell loss, which is destructive and costly to the tissue.

Liquid Death's collaboration with Ozzy Osbourne involves limited edition iced teas called 'Infinite Ozzy', claiming to sell the rock star's DNA for $450.

The regenerative abilities of certain animals, like zebrafish and lizards, hold potential for human healing, offering insights into tissue repair and recovery from injuries.

The siren went off, and we knew there was a storm coming, so we sought shelter at the tiki hut but were struck by lightning.

As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. But a snapshot doesn't tell the whole story. And what astronomy has given us mostly so far are just snapshots.

If the answer is yes, then the questioner is a Crick and if they can ask whether there is a wizard on the planet, that means there is a wizard on the planet, as Cricks can only ask questions to which the answer is yes.

On the planet inhabited by Cricks and Goops, one can only meet Cricks who can ask yes questions and Goops who can ask no questions.

Dr Steven Greer emphasized that any attempts to interfere with the examination of the Buga Sphere will be addressed and those responsible will face consequences.

"It was only then that I realized that..."

Chemists have discovered E coli can be used to create paracetamol from a material produced in the laboratory from plastic bottles.

We realized we had stumbled across a newly described behavior, which is remarkable. You don't even think it is a possibility to find something new like this when you're observing whales.

My younger brother was a really dumb kid. I managed to convince him that badgers were mythical creatures like dragons or unicorns. He then freaked out after seeing a dead badger on the road on his way to school.

Octopuses are scarily smart, and it threatens my humanity.

Kharufeh's young age and the circumstances of his injury highlight the urgent need for innovative treatments like stem cell therapy for severe eye injuries.

Medieval people might have encountered dinosaur fossils, but without the scientific context, these large bones could be interpreted through myth and theology.

Tardigrades exist in a sweet spot: simple enough to study properly yet intricate enough for it to be worthwhile, providing a model for studying neural circuits.

The hippo hit our canoe from underneath, lifting us completely out of the water and causing us to topple sideways into the Zambezi River.

I have learned that time behaves differently. It stretches out like the bog landscape, seeming to still the world beyond. There is something very special about that.

Kitty couldn't have digested looking-glass milk. Worse, if it had contained any bacteria with the opposite handedness, her immune system and antibiotics would have been ill suited to put up a fight. A group of prominent scientists recently cautioned against the synthesis of mirror-image lifeforms for this reason-if any were to escape the lab, they could evade regular lifeforms' defense mechanisms.

We finally have some insights into the cranial morphology of the Denisovans, which had remained a mystery since their DNA was first identified in 2010.