NASA captured this stunning image of a phytoplankton bloom in the Gulf of Finland. (h/t @NASAEarth.)
In 1956, the Soviet Union became the first country to honour Robert Burns with a commemorative stamp.
Since fossils don't preserve soft tissue, it's hard to tell what dinosaurs might have looked like. Many artists just leave off possible feathers, quills and skin flaps. But if we drew modern animals the same way - well, baboons might look like this. 🖼️: https://t.co/kmWy3LBW5J
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Here are 500 of the planets outside our solar system. Scientists have discovered 3,498 exoplanets (so far). (Image: @MartinVargic.)
In 1578, two Swiss cantons nearly went to war because a Saint Gallen printer left the penis off the bear in the Appenzell coat of arms.
Mathematicians at the University of Liverpool have been inventing new ways to divide pizza equally:
Scientists have taken the very first photograph of light as both a wave and a particle. http://t.co/00HoVW8K4e
The Milky Way's magnetic field mapped by the Planck space telescope...