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Scientists have discovered the largest species that has the ability to regrow limbs. According to Business Insider, it's the alligator. Like lizards, young American gators can regrow their tails up to 9 inches. Prof. Kenro Kusumi is a co-senior study author and the director of Arizona State University's School of Life Sciences. Kusumi began studying gator regrowth after receiving a package in the mail that contained a deformed alligator tail in a pickle jar with ethanol. The tail was discolored, forked, and the scales were smaller than normal. Kusumi realized that the tail looked like it had been regrown.
The late, great French biologist Louis Pasteur once said, 'Chance favors the prepared mind.' A group of Dutch cancer scientists says they've discovered a pair of salivary glands that absolutely no one had ever noticed before. CNN reports the glands are hidden away in the skull, where the nasal cavity and the throat meet. The cancer researchers first came across the body part during a scan designed to look for tumorous growths. The 'unknown entity' cannot be seen on X-rays, or in ultrasound, MRI scans, or PET scans. Rather, the glands can only be seen in a new, highly advanced type of scan called PSMA PET/CT The scientists, from the Netherlands Cancer Institute, propose naming them 'tubarial glands.'
This is Sergei Putyakov, one of the fastest guitarists to ever strum. Sergei set a world record in 2012 by playing a whopping 33 notes in one second, outdoing Russian guitarist Victor Zinchuk and Brazilian maestro Tiago Della Vega. He recounted the story of the night that he decided to try for the record. Sergee's skills haven't gone anywhere since 2012. He showed off his mastery by playing a jaw-dropping 330 notes in 10 seconds in the Crimean city of Yevpatoria over the weekend. However, counting the notes per second is only one way to measure guitar playing speed. Other guitarists have claimed to be the fastest based on their ability to play extremely quickly over a longer period of time. Guitarists like American John Taylor and Iranian Vahid Shahi can play Rimsky-Korsakov's blistering number Flight of the Bumblebees at over 300 beats per minute. So who is the fastest after all? Actually, Guinness has received so many applications and counterarguments that they were forced to temporarily shut down the category until they could sort it out.
If you're grossed out by creepy crawling creatures, you should look away now. Scientists from the University of North-Eastern Philippines in the city of Iriga discovered a five-foot long living specimen of a shipworm named the Kuphus polythalami, earlier in the week. The giant shipworm, which was found in a tusk-like shell, was confirmed to be different from other species of shipworms, making its home in gas-emitting mud rather than the wood of trees washed in the ocean. Amazingly, after scientists filed open the shell, they discovered a living shipworm inside. This isn't the first time that scientists have uncovered shipworm shells for over three centuries, but it is a historic discovery nonetheless because it is the first time scientists have been able to access the animal living inside. Now scientists are working to classify the strange being and identify its habitat and characteristics. What strange, new wonders is the ocean still hiding?
Scientists have discovered a planet orbiting the star closest to our own sun. If that’s not remarkable enough, the planet lies in the star’s so-called Goldilocks zone, meaning it’s possible the planet’s surface supports liquid water, and perhaps even life.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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