Our most-read science stories this week contain a few timeless life lessons.
One, dont go into an MRI room carrying metal, particularly if that metal is a loaded gun.
Two, dont cross a killer whale, even if youre a great white shark.
Image: nimon (Shutterstock) / Image: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin / Image: Photo: Shutterstock Graphics: Vicky Leta / Image: Sergey Neanderthalec (Shutterstock) / Image: YARphotographer (Shutterstock) / Image: photo-denver (Shutterstock) / Image: Hiyas A. Junio / Photo: ESA / Photo:Ashley Coates/ Photo:NASA/Keegan Barber
And finally, never judge a sea cucumber by its coverno matter how repulsive that cover is acting like.
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Orcas Attacked a Great White Shark and Ate Its Insides.
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Gizmodo Monday Puzzle: Can You Solve This Viral Math Test Problem?
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Every few months, a math problem goes viral on social media.
Its a tricky exercise in logic unlike any exam problem from my school days.
Scientists in the Philippines have detailed the molecular secrets of Stichopus cf.
A Vega C rocket ahead of launch.Photo: ESA
horrens, a sea cucumber species that bears more than a passing resemblance to something else.
News from the future, delivered to your present.
Betelgeuse, as imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope on August 13, 2020.Image: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin
An orca whale spotted in Canada’s Johnstone Strait, British Columbia.Photo:Ashley Coates
The sample return capsule on the ground in Utah.Photo:NASA/Keegan Barber
Image: Photo: Shutterstock Graphics: Vicky Leta
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Psilocybe cubensis mushrooms.Image: YARphotographer (Shutterstock)
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A Stichopus c.f. horrens specimen collected from plastic pens inside the Bolinao Marine lab at the UP Marine Science Institute.Image: Hiyas A. Junio
