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The volcano snail (Chrysomallon squamiferum), the only known extant animal that both eats and is partially made of iron.

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The whole planet trembled for nine days after a glacier in Greenland collapsed and crashed into the sea. In September 2023, a mountain peak in Greenland collapsed into Dickson Fjord after the glacier holding it up melted away. The landslide unleashed a mega-tsunami with an initial wave nearly 656 feet (200 meters) high – taller than a skyscraper. The water sloshed violently back and forth in the fjord, sending out a seismic signal so unusual that scientists at first labeled it a “USO” – an unidentified seismic object. Unlike an earthquake, which rumbles for minutes or hours, this signal pulsed across the planet for more than a week. It took 68 scientists from 40 institutions to solve the mystery. Their analysis showed that 25 million cubic meters (880 million cubic feet) of rock and ice had plunged into the fjord, generating waves that resonated like a giant bell and vibrated the Earth itself.

On September 29, 1978, a 15-year-old runaway named Mary Vincent decided to hitchhike from Soquel, California on her way to visit her grandfather in Corona, which was about 400 miles away. She accepted a ride from Lawrence Singleton, a 50-year-old man who initially seemed harmless. Vincent quickly became suspicious when Singleton put his hand on her neck and asked her if she was ill, but she shrugged it off and continued the ride. At some point, Vincent fell asleep — and when she woke up, she realized that they were heading in the completely wrong direction. Vincent found a sharp stick in the backseat and pointed it at Singleton, ordering him to turn the car around. To her surprise, he did. However, when they stopped for a bathroom break soon afterward, Singleton hit Vincent in the head as she leaned down to tie her shoe and dragged her into the back of his van, where he repeatedly raped her. When Vincent begged Singleton to let her go, he cut off both of her arms below the elbow with a hatchet and told her, "Okay, now you're free." Singleton then dumped her in a canyon, where he left her for dead. But against all odds, she escaped.

A woman missing a fist-sized chunk of her brain never knew it was gone. Elyse G. is missing most of her left temporal lobe – a region thought to be essential for speech and language. Yet, she speaks, reads, and reasons with remarkable fluency. Elyse discovered this void in her brain when she was 25 years old, when an MRI revealed a black space the size of a small fist near her left ear. Doctors were stunned. The temporal lobe typically anchors core language functions. Damage there in adulthood can leave patients unable to read, write, or even recognize words. Yet Elyse showed none of these deficits. Her case, and that of her sister – who independently lacks much of her right temporal lobe – helped inspire the Interesting Brains Project at MIT. The initiative now studies dozens of people whose brains diverge dramatically from the textbook model. Some are missing entire lobes, others live with tissue compressed by cysts or fluid. Many only discovered their differences by accident, after a scan for an unrelated reason. [“Elyse G.’s Brain Is Fabulous. It’s Also Missing a Big Chunk.” Science News, 14 July 2023. Society for Science]

Did you know that hyenas endure one of the most dangerous and painful births in the entire animal kingdom? Female hyenas are born with a pseudo-penis — an elongated clitoris that looks almost identical to a male’s organ. Their labia are fused, forming what appears to be a scrotum. When it’s time to give birth, the cub must pass through this extremely narrow canal. In most first-time mothers, the pseudo-penis ruptures during labor. Tragically, many cubs suffocate before they can be born, and some mothers don’t survive their first delivery.