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Wood Frogs Freeze Their Bodies to Survive Alaskan Winters, Study Shows | Sci.News
via sci-news | During the cold winters, the Alaskan Wood Frog becomes a frog-shaped block of ice. It stops breathing, and its heart stops beating. When Spring arrives the frog thaws and returns to normal going along its merry way.
Susana Soares’ Glass Device Uses Honey Bees to Detect Cancer
At this year’s Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven, Portuguese designer Susana Soares presented a device that can detect cancer and other diseases using honey bees. Known for their extraordinary sense of smell, bees can detect airborne molecules in the parts per trillion range and can be trained to recognize certain smells associated with diseases such as lung, skin and pancreatic cancer, as well as tuberculosis.
Numerous sperm trying to fertilise a human egg. They are trying to find their way through the zona pellucida, the membrane that surrounds and protects the egg.
Tomasz Gudzowaty
Striking Portraits of Shaolin Monks by Photographer Tomasz Gudzowaty