Piranha Relative Pacu Fish With Human-Like Teeth Found In Michigan Lakes
The pacu fish, a South American relative of the carnivorous piranha characterized by its distinct human-like teeth, has been showing up unexpectedly in Michigan lakes. On Aug. 9, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources revealed that it has received reports of three pacu fishes found in two separate bodies of water in the state. The red-bellied pacus (Piaractus brachypomus) are popularly kept as pets in home aquariums because of their unusual square teeth that look remarkably similar to tho..>> view originalTonight's SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch: start time, live stream, and what to expect
If you find yourself without Saturday night plans this evening, why not enjoy a nice SpaceX launch? The company’s eighth Falcon 9 launch of this year is scheduled to take off tonight from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 1:26AM ET, sending a Japanese communications satellite — called JCSAT-16 — into orbit around Earth. And no SpaceX launch is complete these days without a rocket landing attempt afterward. Just a few minutes after the Falcon 9 takes off tonight, a majority of the vehicle will try to l..>> view originalMove Over, Sewing! Scientists Discover Self-Healing Fabric Using Special Liquid
Aug 13, 2016 04:39 AM EDT Imagine a world where your torn clothes could fix themselves without the need to sew them. Now, it's possible. A team of scientists has created a self-healing textile using a special liquid. According to a study published in the journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, researchers from Penn State University made this discovery by creating a liquid combination of bacteria and yeast to bind fabric together. "Fashion designers use natural fibers made of proteins lik..>> view originalEndangered no more: Channel island foxes make a surprising rebound
Three subspecies of California’s Channel Island fox will live to populate their island homes after extensive conservation efforts by the US government.The Channel fox population on four islands – Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, San Miguel, and Santa Catalina – declined dramatically in the 1990s, about a century after settlers first brought pigs to the islands: a move that attracted golden eagles, who found the foxes tasty, as well.Thanks to sustained efforts, from breeding foxes in captivity to removin..>> view originalWhat will huge new trove of color photos reveal about Mars?
The Red Planet has just become 1,000 images more colorful. NASA released a bulk of new images on Tuesday taken by the HiRise – High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment – camera aboard its Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.This new release, one of the largest by NASA, includes images of the Martian terrain from pole to pole, from sand dunes to ice caps. That range and volume was possible because of the planet’s alignment with the Earth and Sun when the photos were taken in May.Not only did Mars expe..>> view originalAstronomers Are On A Celestial Treasure Hunt. The Prize? Planet Nine
The Japanese Subaru Telescope on Mauna Kea in Hawaii has the right attributes for searching for Planet Nine. National Astronomical Observatory of Japan hide caption toggle caption National Astronomical Observatory of Japan The Japanese Subaru Telescope on Mauna Kea in Hawaii has the right attributes for searching for Planet Nine. ..>> view originalVenus May Once Have Been a Garden Planet
One of the hard facts of our solar system is that even with eight perfectly nice planets, Earth remains the only house on the block with its lights on—at least in terms of life. Mars, it’s increasingly clear, was once a warm, watery planet and had a shot at cooking up biology, but only until numerous environmental cataclysms turned it dry and cold. Now, according to environmental models run by NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) and reported in Geophysical Research Letters, Ven..>> view original3000-Year-Old Human Remains May Have Been Sacrificed To Zeus
A team of archeologists has unearthed the remains of an ancient human that they believe may have served as an offering to Zeus, the Greek god of thunder and the sky. Behind the bones is a story that may prove whether a dark legend in ancient Greece was based on historical accounts or is actually just an urban legend. The Story Behind Mount Lykaion The many tales and legends left behind by ancient Greeks still reach us even after thousands of years. One of those tales is a gruesome event that re..>> view original
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