Coiffured crustacean
DENMARK, WESTERN AUSTRALIA No, this isn’t a tribble from Star Trek. This fuzzball with the magnificent coiffure is actually a new species of sponge crab. Named after the ship that carried Charles Darwin on his voyage around the world, the Lamarckdromia beagle was discovered after washing up on a beach in Western Australia. Its shaggy, […]
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FROM THE EDITOR It finally happened. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) revealed its first image… after a short wait. The project took nearly 20 years to build and cost $10bn, making it one of the more expensive missions in recent history. The image is, of course, astonishing. Take a grain of sand and hold […]
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