Monday, December 23, 2013

17 Important Things Science Taught Us In 2013

Bee superpowers, living in a pretend spaceship and a mammal that has sex until it falls apart. 2013 was a rollercoaster ride of a year for science.


Bees can sense the electric fields of flowers.


Bees can sense the electric fields of flowers.


Oh, and flowers have electric fields. This helps bees determine which flowers still have nectar. And it was the first time such an ability had been detected in insects.


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There are over 1000 exoplanets that (almost) definitely exist.


There are over 1000 exoplanets that (almost) definitely exist.


And there could be billions of rocky planets with water at their surfaces in the galaxy.


ESO/M. Kornmesser / Via eso.org


There's an insect that has gears.


There's an insect that has gears .


It's called a planthopper and its two hind legs connect together with interlocking teeth. Like gears!


youtube.com / Via phenomena.nationalgeographic.com


There is roughly 2 pints of water in every cubic foot of soil on Mars.


There is roughly 2 pints of water in every cubic foot of soil on Mars.


Just one of Nasa's Curiosity rover's brilliant finds.


Nasa / Reuters




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