Gorilla Crow?

Crows are awesome!  I love them and their cousins, ravens.  They're intelligent, comical, odd, and often just plain intriguing.  Check out this picture and short article of explanation about a crow that looked like a gorilla standing on the sidewalk. As I said, odd but comical!

Self-Torque

Take donut shaped light and add it together and you get a croissant shaped image.  Scientists using orbital angular momentum, extreme ultraviolet lasers, argon gas atoms and the electromagnetic spectrum have discovered a new property of light dubbed self-torque.  This National Geographic article explains more detail on this fascinating discovery of creation.

Enlarged External Occipital Protuberance

Young people today are growing horns.  Yes, horns on the back of their skulls. And evidence is pointing to the cause.  Use of modern technology, specifically phones and devices wherein they are constantly tipping their head forward throwing off the normal growth of muscles and bone.  This article from The Seattle Times has in-depth details on this growing phenomena. 

Eating a Credit Card a Week

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There's now so much plastic encasing the globe from mountain peaks to the depths of the Mariana Trench, that humans are ingesting the equivalent of a credit card of plastic each week.  Most of it is coming from water, both bottled and tap. People are consuming up to 250 grams of plastic each year or about 102,000 pieces less than 1mm in size.  Check out some further details in this article from telegraph.co.uk.