Darwin’s Dilemma, the mystery of the Cambrian Explosion, refers to a period of time during which a diverse range of animals suddenly appear in the fossil record around 500 million years ago.
Darwin described it as “inexplicable,” [...]
7 UnLuckiest People in the World
on Dec 15, 2013
We're not saying these are the unluckiest people in history; we realize the world is full of starving children and cancer victims. But sometimes you see people who have weird, one-in-a-million instances of bad luck, often [...]
Toothed Shark’s Teeth Spiral Mystery Solved
on Dec 10, 2013
Helicoprion is a bizarre species of sharklike fish with a distinctive spiral jaw. Fossils were first discovered in 1899, but the only part of it that fossilized was the strange spiral jaw.
Since then, scientists have [...]
Eisoptrophobia Fear of Mirrors
on Dec 8, 2013
Eisoptrophobia is a fear of mirrors in the broad sense, or more specifically the fear of being put into contact with the spiritual world through a mirror.
Sufferers experience undue anxiety even though they realize [...]
Why Do Corals Pulsate?
on Dec 6, 2013
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck was one of the earliest scientists to study corals in the 19th century.
One of the mysteries that has endured since then is why some of them pulsate. This movement, in which their flowerlike heads [...]
