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Massive katydid
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This Malaysian katydid is one of the largest insects in the world, with their bodies growing to 15 cm (6 inches) long with a 25 cm (10 inch) long wingspan. Though the last thing you want to hear is that this giant insect is carnivorous, they pose absolutely no threat to humans (aside from haunting your dreams, of course). Relatively speaking, the males of this species have the largest testes of any known animal at 14% of their body weight. If humans had the same ratio, a 91 kg (200 lb) man would have testes that weighed nearly 13 kgs (28 lbs)! ...
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Ever heard of a moonbow?
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Ever heard of a moonbow? Otherwise known as 'space rainbows', moonbows are a rare weather phenomenon that only occur at night, created by moonlight refracting through moisture in the air. You can only catch them in a few places on Earth, such as the Victoria and Yosemite Falls, where the light of a full moon can refract off the constant spray from these huge waterfalls.
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Solar Impulse II
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Meet Solar Impulse 2, an aircraft that can fly for up to five days straight and will reportedly be able to fly around the world. The plane is an impressive feat of engineering, with wings as wide as a 747, but weighing only a little more than the average car. Tests of the aircraft will begin in a few weeks, with the round-the-world attempt planned for next March.
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Can you spot the human in this optical illusion?
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At first glance, this photo looks like a stunning Scarlet Macaw. Look closer. This species isn’t Ara macao, it’s Homo sapiens. If you look closely, you can see her right hand as the claw, her left arm wrapped over her head to look like the head and the beak. Her left leg is outstretched to serve as the tail, while her right leg is curled up on the post. The bright green eye is painted on her forehead. Artist Johannes Stoetter spent a month planning and executing this amazing photograph. For four hours, he painstakingly painted the model’s body with breathable paint in order to create the the beautiful details. ...
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Weirdest looking monkey you'll ever see
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This is a snub-nosed monkey. They are found in Asia, with a range covering southern China as well as the northern parts of Vietnam and Myanmar. These monkey get their name - you guessed it - from the short stump of a nose on their round face, with nostrils arranged forward. They have relatively multicolored and long fur, particularly at the shoulders and backs. They grow to a length of 51 to 83 cm with a tail of 55 to 97 cm.
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Stress alters children's DNA
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Stress affects children too. Children who grow up in stressful situations have shorter telomeres, an early sign of genetic ageing that makes them vulnerable to diseases such as cancer. Telomeres shrink when cells divide, but when they get too short, the cell can’t divide and dies.
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Beer companies are trying to get scientists drunk
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| After winning the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922, Carlsberg gave Niels Bohr a perpetual supply of beer. The brewing company had a pipeline running from the brewery to Bohr’s house, so that he could have fresh beer on tap all the time. |
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Hunting for honey
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This is what hunting for honey from a 90 metre cliff in Nepal looks like. This tradition has been held by the Gurung people of Nepal for thousands of years, and it's only going to get more dangerous, now that bee populations are dwindling around the world.
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Amazing trilobite beetle
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This is a trilobite beetle, found in lowland forests across Southeast Asia and India. Male and female trilobite beetles look so different from each other, that the only way researchers know they've found a pair from the same species is if they catch them mating!
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This moon looks like a ball of cheese
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The strangest moon in the Solar System is bright yellow. Taken by the Galileo spacecraft, this image shows Jupiter's moon, Io, and its incredibly bright colours derived from sulphur and molten silicate rock. Io is covered in volcanoes that are so active, they effectively turn the whole moon inside out. And some of Io's volcanic lava is so hot, it glows in the dark.
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