This Week's Most Intriguing Discoveries: Of Schnozzes, Seawater, and Trolls
Here are five of the week's most interesting discoveries.
But that's not all that happened around the world. Here are some gems from the world of discoveries this week:
Nose size starts differing between the sexes at the age of 11, right around puberty when boys need more oxygen for their growing muscles. Muscles are "metabolically more expensive," say the researchers, which may mean guys need to breathe more oxygen to bulk up.
The ancient seawater might help explain why the groundwater in the area is so salty. It also might help explain the evolution of marine creatures in the region and ocean processes on the planet. Who knew plain old water could be so fascinating?
Even tougher for identification? Seems like the mystery insect was in the nymph stage, which means
