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, ...

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Understanding how tornadoes are formed.

Gas giants possibly developed slowly in the solar system. They developed cores layer by layer within a disk of ice and dust ...

Nearly four decades after Masamune Shirow’s seminal cyberpunk manga first reshaped modern sci-fi storytelling, Ghost in the Shell is returning to screens later this year with a new adaptation from ...

Smoked shotgun shells have become a popular smoker dish because they combine pasta, meat, and cheese in one bite. This video shows how smoked shotgun shells are assembled, wrapped, and cooked using ...

Five multiple-choice questions – set by children – to test your knowledge, and a chance to submit your own junior brainteasers for future quizzes Submit a question Molly Oldfield hosts Everything ...

Modern armor systems do not do a good enough job of protecting humans from blast-induced neurotrauma (brain and eye damage). To improve them, we may have to look to nature. In particular, a tiny ...

A UT San Antonio-led international research team has identified chitin, the primary organic component of modern crab shells ...

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