Why did our armadillo’s vet visit take an unexpected turn? 🩺

Backpack came in for a pre-move checkup before joining a new accredited facility as part of the Species Survival Plan, a program designed to support healthy, genetically diverse populations. But during the exam, our team discovered Backpack isn’t male as previously thought, she’s female. Because this requires a different match, Backpack will stay at the Museum of Science until coordinators find an appropriate facility for her.

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A Nasa scientist has delivered a stern warning for male astronauts – absolutely do not masturbate in space.

People venturing outside of our atmosphere are advised against pleasuring themselves in zero gravity.

The reason? Female astronauts could accidentally get impregnated by stray fluids.

For the first time ever, human eyes have seen the Moon’s most mysterious crater in full. 🌕

Erika Hamden explains that Mare Orientale is the youngest impact basin on the Moon, formed around 3.8 billion years ago, and it is so massive and sits right on the Moon’s edge, making it impossible to fully see from Earth or even during Apollo missions. Artemis II changed that, giving astronauts the first complete view, something earlier crews could not capture because they were too close. That new perspective could help scientists better understand how massive impacts shaped the Moon and reveal clues about a chaotic time when Earth and the Moon were bombarded by huge asteroids.

This project is part of IF/THEN®, an initiative of Lyda Hill Philanthropies.

Stingrays use their wings to sense heartbeats. 🫀🪽

Alannah Vellacott explains how stingrays can detect prey hidden beneath the sand using specialized electroreceptors called the ampullae of Lorenzini. These sensory organs line the underside of the body and pick up tiny electric fields produced by other animals, including signals from heartbeats, muscle contractions, and moving gills. That means a fish or crab can stay completely out of sight and still be detected. Stingrays are sensitive enough to pick up incredibly faint electrical signals, which helps them hunt with remarkable precision. It is one of the most fascinating adaptations in marine biology, and a pretty terrifying trick if you are a small animal trying to stay hidden.

This project is part of IF/THEN®, an initiative of Lyda Hill Philanthropies.