A team of scientists on board an exploration vessel off the coast of South America have made a startling discovery: four massive, underwater mountains, ranging from 5,200 to 8,800 feet that were previously unknown. The discovery highlights just how little we know about the massive oceans covering our planet. "The tallest is over one-and-a-half […]
Squashed and Desiccated Astronauts on board the International Space Station have made a startling discovery: the husks of two old and dried-out tomatoes. While the finding may sound more like the undesirable outcome of a deep kitchen cleaning, the two rogue tomatoes were the subject of a fierce debate among crew members, with NASA astronaut […]
A group of scientists from Minami Kyushu University in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan, accidentally discovered a virus that only targets male insects, a discovery that could, one day, potentially help control the populations of disease vectors like mosquitoes. A caterpillar: The discovery of the virus, later named Spodoptera litura male-killing virus or SLMKV, all happened accidentally after Misato Terao, a research technician at the university, found a green caterpillar, identified as a tobacco cutworm, eating impatiens inside the campus greenhouse, according to The New York Times. Instead of properly disposing of the intruder, Misato decided to bring the caterpillar to the university’s insect physiologist, Yoshinori Shintani, who thought that it would be a good feeder for the other insects.