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This spiky fossil shows what early mollusks looked like

By Science News | Erin Garcia de Jesús | 8/16/2024 11:30 AM

The fossil, plus 17 others from more than 500 million years ago, reveal that early mollusks were slug-like creatures with prickly armor. ... Read full Story

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Scientists want to send endangered species’ cells to the moon

By Science News | Gennaro Tomma | 8/14/2024 9:00 AM

Climate change is threatening Earth’s biodiversity banks. It might be time to build a backup on the moon. ... Read full Story

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Nasty-tasting cane toads teach crocodiles a lifesaving lesson

By Science News | Bethany Brookshire | 8/13/2024 7:01 PM

After tasting nausea-inducing toad butts, crocodiles in Australia learned to avoid the poisonous live version. Crocodile deaths dropped by 95 percent. ... Read full Story

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A risk-tolerant immune system may enable house sparrows’ wanderlust

By Science News | Natalie van Hoose | 8/12/2024 11:00 AM

Birds that are willing to eat seed spiked with chicken poop have higher expression levels of a gut immunity gene, a new study finds. ... Read full Story

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A frog’s story of surviving a fungal pandemic offers hope for other species

By Science News | Martin J. Kernan | 8/8/2024 9:00 AM

Evolving immunity to the Bd fungus and a reintroduction project saved a California frog. The key to rescuing other species might be in the frog’s genes. ... Read full Story

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Hundreds of snake species get a new origin story

By Science News | Jake Buehler | 8/6/2024 7:01 PM

Elapoid snakes, including cobras, mambas and sea snakes, may have evolved in Asia, not Africa as many researchers once thought. ... Read full Story

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Why a small seabird dares to fly toward cyclones

By Science News | Joseph Polidoro | 8/6/2024 9:00 AM

Tracking data show that Desertas petrels often veer toward cyclones and follow in their wake, perhaps to catch prey drawn to the surface. ... Read full Story

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Pheromone fingers may help poison frogs mate

By Science News | Jake Buehler | 8/5/2024 11:00 AM

Specialized glands in the fingertips of some males may produce seductive chemical signals. ... Read full Story

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Static electricity may help butterflies and moths gather pollen on the fly

By Science News | Anna Gibbs | 7/31/2024 9:00 AM

Electrostatically charged lepidopterans could draw pollen out of flowers without touching the blooms, computer simulations suggest. ... Read full Story

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Getting drugs into the brain is hard. Maybe a parasite can do the job

By Science News | Tina Hesman Saey | 7/29/2024 1:39 PM

Researchers want to harness the parasite that causes toxoplasmosis to ferry drugs, but some question if the risks can be eliminated. ... Read full Story

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Komodo dragon teeth get their strength from an iron coat

By Science News | Erin Garcia de Jesús | 7/26/2024 3:36 PM

Studying the reptile’s ironclad teeth in more detail could help solve a dinosaur dental mystery. ... Read full Story

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Bird flu has been invading the brains of mammals. Here’s why

By Science News | Erin Garcia de Jesús | 7/11/2024 1:00 PM

Although H5N1 and its relatives can cause mild disease in some animals, these viruses are more likely to infect brain tissue than other types of flu. ... Read full Story

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Freeze-drying turned a woolly mammoth’s DNA into 3-D ‘chromoglass’

By Science News | Tina Hesman Saey | 7/11/2024 11:00 AM

A new technique for probing the 3-D structure of ancient DNA may help scientists learn how extinct animals functioned, not just what they looked like. ... Read full Story

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Tiny saunas help frogs fight off chytrid fungus

By Science News | Skyler Ware | 7/9/2024 11:00 AM

Balmy shelters could bolster resistance to the deadly fungus in amphibian populations, but experts caution they won’t work for all susceptible species. ... Read full Story

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Bird flu viruses may infect mammary glands more commonly than thought

By Science News | Erin Garcia de Jesús | 7/8/2024 1:43 PM

H5N1 turning up in cow milk was a big hint. The virus circulating in U.S. cows can infect the mammary glands of mice and ferrets, too. ... Read full Story

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The last woolly mammoths offer new clues to why the species went extinct

By Science News | Claire Yuan | 6/27/2024 11:00 AM

The last population of woolly mammoths did not go extinct 4,000 years ago from inbreeding, a new analysis shows. ... Read full Story

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Beneficial bacteria help these marine worms survive extreme cold

By Science News | Darren Incorvaia | 6/21/2024 2:00 PM

Three species of marine worms living in Antarctic waters have beneficial relationships with bacteria that produce antifreeze proteins. ... Read full Story

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Can leeches leap? New video may help answer that debate

By Science News | Susan Milius | 6/20/2024 10:00 AM

For some, it’s the stuff of nightmares. But a grad student’s serendipitous cell phone video might resolve a long-running debate over leech acrobatics. ... Read full Story

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‘Cull of the Wild’ questions sacrificing wildlife in the name of conservation

By Science News | Aaron Tremper | 6/11/2024 9:00 AM

In his new book, ecologist Hugh Warwick seeks middle ground in the waging battle that is wildlife management. ... Read full Story

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Fossil finds amplify Europe’s status as a hotbed of great ape evolution

By Science News | Bruce Bower | 6/7/2024 2:00 PM

A kneecap and two teeth belonged to the smallest known great ape, a study contends. If so, it’s the first to coexist with another great ape in Europe. ... Read full Story

art

Concentric Forms Escape the Confines of the Ceramic Vessel in Matthew Chambers’s Sculptures

by Colossal | Nov 20 2024

connecticut

CT school resource officer law not applied as intended, report finds

by CT Mirror | Nov 20 2024

fashion

Generation Z-ero style: Why young women all dress the same in jeans and a black top

by NY Post | Nov 20 2024

food

Distillery of Modern Art is launching Bourbon and Rye whiskeys

by THE MANUAL | Nov 20 2024

game

Western Digital PS5 SSDs On Sale For Great Prices At Amazon For Black Friday

by GameSpot | Nov 20 2024

health

E. Coli Outbreak Linked to Carrots: Symptoms, Risks, and Recalled Brands

by Healthline.com | Nov 20 2024

how_to

Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Nov. 21, #1251

by CNET | Nov 20 2024

mental

16 Mindfulness Quotes When You Need to Quiet Your Mind

by thehealthy.com | Sep 16 2024

metro

Florida suspect arrested for allegedly planning to bomb NYSE: ‘I feel like Bin Laden’

by New York Post | Nov 20 2024

music

Chris Stapleton Dominates 2024 CMA Awards With 3 Wins as Morgan Wallen Wins Entertainer of the Year

by Billboard | Nov 20 2024

new_jersey

New VA clinic in Toms River offers more services — and convenience

by NJ Spotlight | Nov 20 2024

real_estate

Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade just bought a chic beach house on Long Island — and, no, not in the Hamptons

by NY Post | Nov 20 2024

sports

Drake invests in Venezia, will sponsor kit

by ESPN Inc. | Aug 14 2024

travel

Bugis Kitchen restaurant review, Kensington, London

by The Travel Magazine | Nov 20 2024

world

Grassroots group brightens holidays for Ukrainian families in B.C.’s Okanagan

by Global News | Nov 20 2024

Word of the Day

snivel

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for November 20, 2024 is:

snivel • \SNIV-ul\ • verb

To snivel is to speak or act in a whining, sniffling, tearful, or weakly emotional manner. The word snivel may also be used to mean "to run at the nose," "to snuffle," or "to cry or whine with snuffling."

// She was unmoved by the millionaires sniveling about their financial problems.

// My partner sniveled into the phone, describing the frustrations of the day.

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Examples:

"At first, he ran a highway stop with video gambling. 'To sit and do nothing for 10 to 12 hours drove me nuts,' he [Frank Nicolette] said. That's when he found art. 'I started making little faces, and they were selling so fast, I'll put pants and shirts on these guys,' he said, referring to his hand-carved sculptures. 'Then (people) whined and sniveled and wanted bears, and so I started carving some bears.'" — Benjamin Simon, The Post & Courier (Charleston, South Carolina), 5 Oct. 2024

Did you know?

There's never been anything pretty about sniveling. Snivel, which originally meant simply "to have a runny nose," has an Old English ancestor whose probable form was snyflan. Its lineage includes some other charming words of yore: an Old English word for mucus, snofl; the Middle Dutch word for a head cold, snof; the Old Norse word for snout, which is snoppa; and nan, a Greek verb meaning "to flow." Nowadays, we mostly use snivel as we have since the 1600s: when self-pitying whining is afoot, whether or not such sniveling is accompanied by unchecked nasal flow.

This spiky fossil shows what early mollusks looked like

Scientists want to send endangered species’ cells to the moon

Nasty-tasting cane toads teach crocodiles a lifesaving lesson

A risk-tolerant immune system may enable house sparrows’ wanderlust

A frog’s story of surviving a fungal pandemic offers hope for other species

Hundreds of snake species get a new origin story

Why a small seabird dares to fly toward cyclones

Pheromone fingers may help poison frogs mate

Static electricity may help butterflies and moths gather pollen on the fly

Getting drugs into the brain is hard. Maybe a parasite can do the job

Komodo dragon teeth get their strength from an iron coat

Bird flu has been invading the brains of mammals. Here’s why

Freeze-drying turned a woolly mammoth’s DNA into 3-D ‘chromoglass’

Tiny saunas help frogs fight off chytrid fungus

Bird flu viruses may infect mammary glands more commonly than thought

The last woolly mammoths offer new clues to why the species went extinct

Beneficial bacteria help these marine worms survive extreme cold

Can leeches leap? New video may help answer that debate

‘Cull of the Wild’ questions sacrificing wildlife in the name of conservation

Fossil finds amplify Europe’s status as a hotbed of great ape evolution

Concentric Forms Escape the Confines of the Ceramic Vessel in Matthew Chambers’s Sculptures

CT school resource officer law not applied as intended, report finds

Generation Z-ero style: Why young women all dress the same in jeans and a black top

Distillery of Modern Art is launching Bourbon and Rye whiskeys

Western Digital PS5 SSDs On Sale For Great Prices At Amazon For Black Friday

E. Coli Outbreak Linked to Carrots: Symptoms, Risks, and Recalled Brands

Today's Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Nov. 21, #1251

16 Mindfulness Quotes When You Need to Quiet Your Mind

Florida suspect arrested for allegedly planning to bomb NYSE: ‘I feel like Bin Laden’

Chris Stapleton Dominates 2024 CMA Awards With 3 Wins as Morgan Wallen Wins Entertainer of the Year

New VA clinic in Toms River offers more services — and convenience

Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade just bought a chic beach house on Long Island — and, no, not in the Hamptons

Drake invests in Venezia, will sponsor kit

Bugis Kitchen restaurant review, Kensington, London

Grassroots group brightens holidays for Ukrainian families in B.C.’s Okanagan

Word of the Day

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