Each week we uncover the most interesting and informative articles from around the world, here are some of the coolest stories in science this week.
Unforeseen Climate Change Effects
“Flesh-eating” bacteria that live in the ocean may be spreading to previously unaffected beach waters thanks to climate change, according to a new report. [Read more about the reasons.]
Exponential Growth
They’re getting really good, really, really fast. [Read more about the changes.]
Horrific Meal
A hungry huntsman spider dangles its pygmy possum meal while hanging from a door in Tasmania, Australia.
Credit: Courtesy of Justine Latton
For this arachnid, mammals are on the menu. [Read more about the meal.]
Still No Evidence
The radio telescope at Parkes Observatory in Australia revolves at night during routine maintenance.
Credit: Roger Ressmeyer/Corbis/VCG
E.T. is still not phoning Earth. [Read more about the hunt.]
An Historical Debate
The pistol thought to be the one used by Van Gogh to shoot himself is on public display at Paris’ Drouot auction house.
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Did Van Gogh commit suicide, or was he shot by someone else? [Read more about the artifact.]
Hidden History
A geomagnetic look at Reccopolis in 2015.
Credit: Copyright Antiquity Publications Ltd; Photograph by J. Henning and E. Fikrit Eyub; Henning, J. et al. Antiquity 2019.
Hidden buildings in a 1,400-year-old Visigothic city were revealed in a new survey. [Read more about the location.]
Unexpected Hazards
An e-cigarette explosion left a teen with a broken jaw and multiple missing teeth. Above, an image (created from CT scans) showing the boy’s jaw injury and damaged teeth (left); and a photo of the teen six weeks later, when his jaw had healed (right). The boy is still missing teeth.
Credit: The New England Journal of Medicine ©2019.
A teenage boy was seriously injured when an e-cigarette exploded in his mouth, according to a new report of the case. [Read more about the incident.]
A Window into the ‘Supernatural’
A Japanese samurai warrior, around 1880.
Credit: Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Dating back to the 17th century, the text contains knowledge passed down from a samurai who fought and won 33 duels in Japan. [Read more about the secrets.]
Smart Creatures
Those eyes. Those. EYES.
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You don’t get to be man’s best friend without copying a few of man’s favorite facial expressions. [Read more about the evolution.]
Losing Inspiration
The tree thought to have inspired Dr. Seuss’s story “The Lorax” dies.
Credit: City of San Diego
A Monterey cypress that is thought to have inspired the Truffula trees in Dr. Seuss’ book “The Lorax” has died. [Read more about the muse.]
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