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In 1859, a massive solar flare caused auroras so bright people read newspapers by their light at night. Telegraph machines sparked, caught fire, and continued sending messages even after operators disconnected their power supplies. Auroras were visible as far south as the Caribbean, Mexico, and Hawa...
ViewThis tiny shrimp can sound like a gunshot underwater, and that blast may startle or deter larger predators. That is a wildly unfair amount of drama for a shrimp. The important part is the defense: a sudden, overwhelming sound can interrupt an attack or make a predator back off before it gets close. ...
ViewMeet the nasute soldier: a termite defender with a horn-like nasus and greatly reduced jaws. Nature built a squirt gun. 🐜 The frontal gland stores a viscous chemical secretion, then sends it through the nasus, the fontanellar gun. 💦 Sticky secretion can hamper or immobilize attackers; chemical com...
ViewDivers found this ancient treasure in a shipwreck off the coast of Greece in 1901. Experts date this mechanical marvel to between 200 and 60 BC. It acted as an analog computer to predict solar eclipses and planetary positions. The device contains at least 30 precision gears, showing incredible engin...
ViewThis beetle does not fire one long stream. It fires defensive spray in pulses. 🪲 Inside, chemicals meet in a reaction chamber. That creates pressure for the defensive spray. A flexible membrane closes the passage during the shot. After spray leaves, pressure falls and it reopens. So the spray comes...
ViewVenus is so bad at scheduling that one day lasts 243 Earth days, longer than its 225-day year. Saturn averages about 0.69 g/cm³, so it is less dense than water and would float in a big enough bathtub. A typical cumulus cloud is about 500,000 kilograms, though some sources round that up to about a mi...
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