Deadly lake turns animals into statues
(Images: Nick Brandt) According to Dante, the Styx is not just a river but a vast, deathly swamp filling the entire fifth circle of hell. Perhaps the staff of New Scientist will see it when our time comes but, until then, Lake Natron in northern Tanzania does a pretty good job of illustrating Dante’s vision. […]
X-Ray Reveals How Bats Take Flight
By Megan Garber from Mashable.com: If you have seen a bat in nature — which is to say, if you have seen a bat that will go on to haunt your nightmares, mercilessly — you have probably seen the creature in one of two situations: in mid-flight, or hanging upside-down, sleeping. It’s unlikely, though, that if […]