The giant oarfish is the longest bony fish in the world, measuring — according to some reports — about 56 feet from tip to tail, although recorded lengths are somewhat more modest. Its size and its snake-like shape suggest that it may have been the source of at least some legends of sea serpents. In…
© Burrows/Sutton The biological form of a mechanical gear was observed in nature for the first time in juvenile planthoppers (Genus: Issus), a common insect that can be found in gardens across Europe. The insect has hind-leg joints with curved cog-like strips of opposing ‘teeth’ that intermesh, rotating like mechanical gears to synchronise the animal’s…
Apple makes nearly half a million dollars for each of its 80,300 employees, by far the most of any company on the list. View this image › Chris Ritter/BuzzFeed A company’s revenue is not unlike a movie’s box office gross — it has nothing to do with profitability. While revenue is the figure that usually…
A fossil is the remains or impression of an organism that lived in prehistoric times that has been preserved in rock. We have learned about the millions of years that have gone by without documentation by examining fossils that were exhumed by paleontologists. These, however, are some of the strangest finds dug up by scientists. They…
One of the greatest mysteries of the 20th century is the disappearance of Amelia Earhart’s plane. Earhart flew on a historic journey around the equator, and her sudden disappearance has confounded investigators ever since. Investigating parties found clues, made deductions, and created theories, yet none were concrete. Recently, The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recovery…
It may be the scariest word in our present vernacular: disconnect. It’s eerie. Bogged down with questions: How will people reach me? What if something important happens? How will I connect? Our connection to the digital world – the Internet, our iPhone apps, all-consuming social media networks – they have become how we define ourselves: “I…