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Decode goose bumps
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Decode goose bumps

You must have had a feeling of thorns and goosebumps when you just stepped out of the bathroom in the winter, or even in the summer if a cold wind blew past.

December 18, 2018
Kill starfish with new methods to protect corals
Oceanography

Kill starfish with new methods to protect corals

Thanks to the effectiveness of a new method, in the past two years Australia has removed more than 250,000 thorny starfish from the Great Barrier Reef off Queensland.

December 17, 2018
Scary jaws of leather turtles
Oceanography

Scary jaws of leather turtles

Inverted sharp spines in the throat in both the upper jaw and lower jaw are characteristics that help the leather turtle hold food in its mouth.

December 17, 2018