The Grand Finale" brings change to the Crawley family as they face the 1930s. There's no hand-holding for the audience when ...

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UConn Professor Emeritus Eric Schultz is part of the research effort. The flat fish, like flounder, is far less prevalent in ...

Rembrandt's 1642 painting 'The Night Watch' has been misnamed. Although it depicts a militia on patrol, the background is clearly not night but daylight. The painting's overall darkness and the bright ...

A fascinating connection between biology and art history can be found in the deep sea. In the dark, nutrient-poor expanses of the world's oceans, there are places where life flourishes despite the ...

Paralvinella hessleri accumulates microscopic particles of arsenic on its outer skin, which reacts with sulfide to form a microscopic armour of yellow orpiment. A bright-yellow worm that lives in deep ...

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A bright-yellow worm that lives in deep-sea hydrothermal vents is the first known animal to create orpiment, a brilliant but toxic mineral used by artists from antiquity until the nineteenth century.

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Life can be pretty difficult in the ocean’s hydrothermal vents. It ...

To blunt the toxic arsenic in the waters where it lives, a deep-sea worm combines it with another chemical to produce a less toxic compound. By Jack Tamisiea Arsenic is a toxic metal, and exposure to ...

A deep sea worm that inhabits hydrothermal vents survives the high levels of toxic arsenic and sulfide in its environment by combining them in its cells to form a less hazardous mineral. Chaolun Li of ...

Image of the alvinellid worm, Paralvinella hessleri. A P. hessleri specimen with buccal tentacles extroverted, lateral view. Note that the animal has a bright yellow color A deep sea worm that ...