It’s time for “Nerd News,” covering the most important news for your brain you may have missed over the last few days.
Here’s a quick rundown of this week in science.
1. Researchers at the California Academy of Sciences discovered 71 new species this year, including 15 geckos, 6 sea slugs, five spiders, two lizards, and a bright purple type of fish they named “wakanda” in honor of “Black Panther”.
2. Scientists in Denmark did an in-depth study to find out if tapping a BEER CAN that’s been shaken up really prevents it from foaming. They used a mechanical shaker, went through 1,000 beers, and found that NO, it doesn’t make a difference.
3. A website went viral that shows how deep different sea creatures live. And it’s more entertaining than you expect. Just go to Neal.fun and click on “The Deep Sea.
4. The oldest cave art ever discovered was recently found in Indonesia. It was painted around 44,000 years ago.
5. And a study in the U.K. found that female monkeys tend to live longer if they have ‘BFFs’, as in “best friends forever.”
