"The oldest thing you will ever see". This smudge of white powder is stardust from the Cold Bokkeveld meteorite. It contains microscopic pre-solar grains, formed inside stars that lived and died before our Sun and solar system were born over 4.6 billion years ago. Natural History Museum, London.
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Some centipede species exhibit a behavior known as matriphagy, in which the offspring consume their mother as their first source of food. A rather brutal start to life.
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How ancient Romans dug a 1.5-kilometer drainage tunnel through a volcanic crater using sunlight to stay on track (still working after 2,000 years)
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Two friends miss each other for a few seconds after placing a water tank
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In Erzurum, Turkey, they dig hundreds of graves every year before the ground freezes for winter.
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This is a longhorn beetle, named for its long antennae. Despite its intimidating jaws, it's generally harmless to humans; a bite may break the skin but is usually like a pinch. Some invasive species, such as the Asian longhorn beetle, can seriously damage or kill trees.
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