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Should beetles be named after Adolf Hitler?
In 1934, a German paleontologist named a giant flying insect from the Carboniferous period
Rochlingia hitleri
, after Adolf Hitler, who had just taken power in Germany, and Hermann Röchling, an anti-semitic steel manufacturer and member of the Nazi Party. Three years later, an Austrian amateur entomologist named a
brown, eyeless beetle
from Slovenian caves
Anophthalmus hitleri
because he admired Hitler. In recent years, neo-Nazis have reportedly paid thousands for specimens,
pushing the beetle toward extinction
.
Some researchers have
argued for years
that
A. hitleri
and other spec...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - September 5, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Did interstellar debris fall to the sea floor? Claim meets sea of doubt
In 2014, a rock from space blazed through the atmosphere and exploded off the coast of Papua New Guinea with such ferociousness that some researchers believe the object came from beyond the Solar System. Now, a team of researchers says it has recovered remnants of the meteor from the floor of the Pacific Ocean and claims that a preliminary analysis of their unusual composition points to an origin around another star.
Only in the past few years have astronomers realized that interstellar objects sometimes whizz through the Solar System and might even hit Earth. Finding a lump of rock from another planetary system would...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - August 30, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
