Cartoons often suggest turtles wear shells like removable armor. Those stories show turtles stepping out, swapping shells, or treating them like clothing. Biology disagrees. A turtle shell is not an ...
Most marine animals form their shells from calcium carbonate, which is a tough mineral also found in limestone. Some sponges and microorganisms use another compound silica. There is also a group of ...
A sea turtle’s shell is living bone fused directly to its spine and ribs. It is not a detachable shield or an external case, as certain quirky cartoons have shown. The shell grows with the turtle, ...
In 1886, chemist W. J. Rendell manufactured the first birth control suppository. It contained a cocoa butter shell for suppositories that melted in the body to release the medication quinine, a drug ...
Within days of launching, Moltbook pulled in over 37,000 AI agents, and soon swelled to almost 1 million, making it what ...
Ever consider the question of whether a turtle can truly pull its head into its shell like a cartoon representation in a children’s tale? The answer is far from being merely yes or no. As mentioned in ...
When students and faculty from Azim Premji University stepped beyond campus, they worked with a panchayat near Bengaluru to rethink waste, composting, and shared responsibility through ‘Zero Waste ...
This story was co-published with Mother Jones. It was January 2022, and Rhian Allvin was in search of a space that could bring her vision to life. The early childhood leader had just finished up her ...
Jen Dodds and Bruce Mouat have secured a place in the mixed doubles semi-finals as the only team to remain undefeated.
Dodds went on to claim Olympic gold as part of Eve Muirhead’s women’s rink, while Mouat skipped the men’s team to silver. Yet Beijing still rankles, making their dominance here more striking. They are ...
Most marine animals form their shells from calcium carbonate, which is a tough mineral also found in limestone. Some sponges and microorganisms use another compound silica. There is also a group of ...