It’s only the world’s third known octopus nursery. The research team may have also discovered a new species of Muusoctopus, a genus of small to medium sized octopus that lacks an ink sack.
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Men are hunters, women are gatherers. That was the assumption. A new study upends it.
The implications are potentially enormous, says history professor Kimberly Hamlin: “The myth that man is the hunter and woman is the gatherer … naturalizes the inferiority of women.”
Supreme Court guts affirmative action, effectively ending race-conscious admissions
The decision reverses decades of precedent upheld over the years by narrow court majorities that included Republican-appointed justices.
Global heat waves show climate change and El Niño are a bad combo
Scientists say worsening heat waves have a clear link to climate change. This year, a seasonal El Niño pattern will also be adding fuel to the fire.
US pedestrian deaths reach a 40-year high
The number of pedestrians killed by drivers has been climbing for over a decade. Experts say some solutions are within reach.
Deep sea rescues have a mixed track record. The Pisces III is one that succeeded
An international mission rescued both occupants of a sunken submersible off the coast of Ireland in 1973 with just 12 minutes to spare. The men had spent three days in darkness and silence.