An Ignoble Experiment: Enormous river discovered beneath Antarctica is nearly 300 miles long

2022/11/02

Enormous river discovered beneath Antarctica is nearly 300 miles long

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November 2, 2022

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Enormous river discovered beneath Antarctica is nearly 300 miles long

(C.F. Dow, et al. Nature Geoscience 2022)

A river longer than England's Thames flows beneath the Antarctic ice sheet, draining an area the size of France and Germany combined, new research reveals.

This under-ice river was discovered using ice-penetrating radar mounted on aircraft. In a series of aerial surveys, researchers discovered a river system snaking 285 miles (460 kilometers) and draining into the Weddell Sea.

Full Story: Live Science (11/2)

History & Archaeology

Nazi bombs destroyed a priceless 'sea monster' fossil. Scientists just found its long-lost plaster copies.

(Courtesy of Dean Lomax)

When Nazi pilots bombed a precious "sea monster" fossil to smithereens during a World War II London air raid, a detailed black-and-white illustration of the predatory marine reptile, known as an ichthyosaur, was the only visual record that remained of the pulverized ancient bones.

At least, that's what paleontologists thought.

Full Story: Live Science (11/1)

Curious Creatures

Missing woman's body discovered in the stomach of 22-foot-long python in Indonesia

(DWI Septiyana/iStock/Getty Images Plus)

The body of a woman in Indonesia was recently discovered in the stomach of a massive, 22-foot-long (6.7 meters) python, which had killed and swallowed its victim whole.

The woman, a 54-year-old grandmother named Jahrah, went missing in Jambi province on the island of Sumatra on Oct. 23, according to CNN Indonesia. Her family reported her missing when she did not return home that evening. A search party, which included her husband, was unable to locate her that night, though they found her sandals and several articles of clothing on the ground, The Guardian reported.

Full Story: Live Science (11/2)

That's Strange!

Where is Einstein's brain?

(Getty Images)

On April 18, 1955, Albert Einstein died of an abdominal aneurysm at the age of 76, at the University Medical Center of Princeton in Plainsboro, New Jersey. Per his wishes, the legendary physicist's remains were cremated, and his ashes were scattered at an undisclosed location.

Except, that is, for his brain.

Full Story: Live Science (11/2)

Your Body

In a 1st, scientists counted all 10,000 nerve fibers in the human clitoris

(OHSU)

The nerve that enables the human clitoris to detect pleasurable touch contains thousands more nerve fibers than once estimated — about 10,000, rather than 8,000.

Medical researchers discovered this by doing something that had never been done before: They actually counted the fibers.

Full Story: Live Science (11/1)