Weird science! Baffling graphics from school textbooks that should never have made it to print including a crocodile eating a baby and man having a pregnancy test Some eagled-eyed people spotted the bizarre graphics in science textbooks One error saw an egg described as one of the most popular ‘forms of child to eat’ Meanwhile, … Read more
FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLDS OFF: All gatherings of more than six people will be illegal, putting the traditional family Christmas at risk. A family of five will be allowed to meet only one grandparent at a time, while families of six or more will be banned from meeting anyone. It does not matter how many different … Read more
A gas cloud 15,000 light years from Earth has a ‘gamma-ray’ heartbeat powered by a nearby black hole – but astronomers don’t know how the heartbeat gets its energy. Scientists detected the heartbeat in the centre of a cloud in the constellation Aquila and it beats to the rhythm of a ‘microquasar’ system with a … Read more
Two hawks from different species mated to create a rare hybrid, baffling experts who say the cross would be similar to a house cat coupling with a jaguar Researchers in Sonoma County observed two distant hawk species procreate The hawks were not just different species but entirely different genera Other animals sometimes mate across species … Read more