I’m looking forward to the findings from this excavation at the Lima Zoo in Peru. 1000-year-old dogs were buried with humans (126 humans and 128 dogs) and they were discovered beneath the zoo. There appears to be a variety of breeds. One interesting thing that I learned is that some pre-Columbian Peruvian cultures believed that dogs escorted humans to the afterlife.
The way the game works is that you tell me your guess for what the item(s) in the image below is/are, without saying the object. If you want to guess what the object(s) is, tell me something interesting about it but don’t say what your guess is. I’ll get annoyed if people don’t follow instructions and I’ll probably delete your guess. Yes, bah humbug. So please don’t blurt out the answer. In the past it has been fun to try to decipher the guesses as they were cleverly written by some.
If you don’t want to guess, you can tell me what science the image makes you think of.
In the link above, one of the clever guesses was humorous + a type of macaroni, which is great because the image was an elbow.
On Friday, much of the world will have the opportunity to observe a Blue Moon: A somewhat rare occurrence that doesn’t have anything to do with the moon’s color.
Another #ScienceEveryday meets #Caturday . Conservationists were able to determine if endangered Iberian lynxes were pregnant or not by getting blood samples from triatominae, aka assassin bugs. Read the short lynx to find out more.
I’ll have to remember this trick when I travel. I get insomnia when I travel. I found this via Shankar Vedantam on Twitter. I always enjoy his tidbits on NPR. Check out the video to learn how your arteriovenous anastomoses could help you sleep.
I would vote for Opisthoteuthis Adorablisis. I need to make a trip to Monterey Bay Aquarium next time I visit my dad. Make sure you watch the video unless you already know what an oviducal gland is.
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Originally shared by Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)
What do you call a tiny octopus with big eyes, gelatinous skin and is cute as a button? Nobody knows quite yet! Stephanie Bush of MBARI aims to classify and name this presently undescribed deep-sea cephalopod using preserved specimens and a clutch of eggs housed at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
#CephalopodWeek starts Friday! Stay tuned for 8 whole days of cephalopods!!! Watch this video from Science Friday about Stephanie Bush’s research:
