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Showing posts with label SciFri. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SciFri. Show all posts

Saturday, June 20, 2015

Cute, Tiny Octopus Discovered. Now They Want to Call it 'Adorabilis'

If you haven't heard by now, in the scientific world, a cute little octopus was discovered. Actually, he was discovered a while back but now they want to name it something adorable... say, for instance, Opisthoteuthis adorabilis  Everyone's saying this pink, fist-sized octopus is a cross between the ghost from the Pac-Man video game and a Pokemon creature. What do you think?

Would you believe scientists have been collecting samples of this type of a flapjack octopus since 1990, yet little is still known about them - probably because they live between 200 and 600 metres down deep into the waters where temps are only a mere 6 degrees Celsius. Watch the video below to learn more...




Source(s): abc.net | huffingtonpost

Friday, October 17, 2014

Candy Corn In Space

Candy corn - yum! Candy corn ball in space - well that's a whole other story! NASA astronaut Don Pettit explains how soap works using some candy corn during his stint aboard the International Space Station, as seen in this viral vid by SciFri...











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