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Mandatory credit 'Gojina et al.' This tiny new species of snail with an unusual shell has been named after the painter Pablo Picasso. Photo released April 28 2025. Researchers who discovered the three-millimetre creature say they came up with the name as when they first spotted it they "saw art". An international team, led by Serbian PhD student Vukain Gojina and his Hungarian supervisor, Dr Barna Páll-Gergely, was exploring snail diversity in South East Asia when the species, previously unknown to science, grabbed their attention. They explained that, unlike most other snails, Anauchen picasso has rectangularly angled whorls that, according to the scientists, make it look like a cubist interpretation of other snails with normal shell shapes.

Tiny New Species of Snail With Unusual Shell Named After Picasso

In yet another example of nature serving as the world’s largest open-air art museum, a tiny new species of snail with an unusual shell has been named after the painter Pablo Picasso. The 3-millimeter creature (about half the size of a medium grain of rice) was discovered by an international team exploring snail diversity in Southeast Asia.

Thoughtful Presents to Celebrate All the Moms in Your Life This Mother’s Day

Loving, caring, superhuman — these are just some of the words that might come to mind when we think of the moms and mother figures in our lives. They’re the ones we call when something good (or bad) happens, lean on when we need advice, and perhaps text from the plane before takeoff and again when we land.

“Agreeing to Disagree” Is Hurting Your Relationships – Here’s What to Do Instead

As Americans become more polarized, even family dinners can feel fraught, surfacing differences that could spark out-and-out conflict. Tense conversations often end with a familiar refrain: “Let’s just drop it.”

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New Wearable Tech Can Detect Heart Attacks in Real Time, Study Finds

When it comes to identifying a heart attack, every minute counts — and according to the British Heart Foundation, every 10-minute delay in treatment can lead to an extra 3.3 deaths per 100 patients. So, to help speed up the time to treatment, a team of researchers from the University of Mississippi developed wearable technology […]

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High School Seniors Are Decorating Cakes After Being Rejected From Colleges — Here’s Why

“My name is Megan, and I got deferred from Princeton,” a grinning high school student announces in a TikTok video with nearly 400,000 likes, before inserting a toothpick flag with a tiger-print Princeton “P” into a rainbow sprinkled cake. “Yay!” a group of her friends cheer in the background. In the video, captioned “Deferral is […]

Practicing Self-Control Offers “an Immensely Broad Range of Benefits” — Here Are 3 Ways to Get Started

Where there’s a will, there’s a way — but what if you have no will? Whether you want to get better at putting down that cookie, taking deep breaths before blowing up at a friend, or resisting your fifth Amazon purchase of the week, mastering self-control is an important life skill when it comes to […]

Morocco’s High-Speed Railway — the Only One in Africa — Is Extending to 3 Gorgeous Cities

Bullet trains have been all the rage in recent years. California has a project in the works, Europe is developing another line connecting Germany and France, and now, Morocco is extending its own high-speed railway — the only one in Africa. The coastal country has made some major infrastructure upgrades in the past two decades, Business […]

Our Solar System May Indeed Have 9 Planets, Paper Finds

Scientists believe our solar system may have a mysterious ninth planet — and no, it’s not Pluto (which was demoted to a dwarf planet in 2006). For about a century, astronomers have had a hunch that another planet has been waiting to be discovered. And one group of researchers recently gathered some celestial clues indicating […]

With Donated Furniture, Nonprofit Provides “A Sense of Home” for Foster Youth Living on Their Own

There are approximately 400,000 children currently living in foster care in the United States. These kids often shuffle from house to house, sometimes toting what few belongings they own in just a trash bag. Every year, around 20,000 young people age out of the system, and for them, the process of finding and furnishing a […]

Asian Jewish Americans Have a Double Reason to Celebrate Their Heritage in May

May is both Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and Jewish American Heritage Month. Two entirely separate commemorations for two entirely separate communities, right? Think again. Not only do Asian American Jews exist, but we come from a variety of places and come to Judaism in a range of ways.

Revolutionary Antidote Neutralizes Venom of 19 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes: Study

A revolutionary new antidote neutralizes the venom of 19 of the world’s deadliest snakesss (sorry, couldn’t help but hiss).

Art “Reminds Us of Our Shared Humanity” — And Saatchi Art’s Online Gallery Is Making It More Accessible

Fifteen years ago, Saatchi Art embarked on a mission to become a one-stop shop for beginners and connoisseurs alike to purchase works from emerging artists around the world. Today, it houses a whopping 1.4 million original pieces from 94,000 artists in over 110 countries — and it’s changing the way consumers access original artwork. The […]