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Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Mrs Brown’s Boys creator Brendan O’Carroll has shared the poignant reason he doesn’t pay attention to the show’s critics. The Irish actor stars as the loud-mouthed titular matriarch in the BBC’s slapstick comedy … Read more
In general, frogs’ teeth aren’t anything to write home about — they look like pointy little pinpricks lining the upper jaw. But one group of stream-dwelling frogs in Southeast Asia has a strange adaptation: two bony “fangs” jutting out of their lower jawbone. They use these fangs to battle with each other over territory and … Read more
Enrollment in arthropods is an important defensive strategy that provides protection against predation. A—C, Enrolled Ceraurus from the Walcott-Rust Quarry. D—F, Enrolled Flexicalymene from the Walcott-Rust Quarry. G—I, Enrolled isopod. J—L, Enrolled glomerid millipede. Credit: Sarah R. Losso They’d been in the collections of the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) since the 1870s when … Read more
Stay ahead of the trend in fashion and beyond with our free weekly Lifestyle Edit newsletter Stay ahead of the trend in fashion and beyond with our free weekly Lifestyle Edit newsletter I was born on Christmas Day, so every year, even at 30, I get the same old Jesus jokes and the same old … Read more
When did archery arise in the Americas? And what were the effects of this technology on society? These questions have long been debated among anthropologists and archaeologists. But a study led by a University of California, Davis, anthropologist, is shining light on this mystery. Focusing on the Lake Titicaca Basin in the Andes mountains, anthropologists … Read more
This images shows two years of ensemble projections (rainbow lines) generated by the COVID-19 Scenario Modeling Hub and real-world COVID-19 data (black lines). Different rounds of projections—the hub produced 16 rounds of projections, each of which predicted anywhere from three months to a year of pandemic outcomes—are represented by different colors. For each round, four … Read more
Men and women might have had their fingers deliberately chopped off during religious rituals in prehistoric times, according to a new interpretation of palaeolithic cave art. In a paper presented at a recent meeting of the European Society for Human Evolution, researchers point to 25,000-year-old paintings in France and Spain that depict silhouettes of hands. … Read more
-copy.jpg "The Tantalizing Mystery of the Solar System’s Hidden Oceans")
And yet, defiantly, these alien seas remain liquid. A Mirror-Wrapped Ocean Scientists suspect that a handful of moons orbiting Jupiter and Saturn—and maybe even some spinning around Uranus and Neptune—harbor oceans. Hefty Ganymede and crater-scarred Callisto produce weak, Europa-like magnetic signals. Saturn’s haze-covered Titan, too, very probably has a liquid-water subsurface ocean. These “are the … Read more
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sightseeing visits were barred at Germany’s landmark Cologne cathedral and Christmas Eve worshippers faced security checks to get into midnight Mass on Sunday as police responded to indications … Read more
The maintenance of a balanced lipid homeostasis is critical for our health. While consumption of excessive amounts of fatty foods contributes to metabolic diseases such as obesity and atherosclerosis, fat is an indispensable component of our diet. Digested lipids supply the body with essential building blocks and facilitate the absorption of important vitamins. In a … Read more
