After tweaking the camera settings (being cold-blooded, lizards aren’t very good at triggering heat sensors), the team got more footage of the lizards devouring the nectar (which, Cozien says, tastes “absolutely vile” to humans, “like bitter, burnt plastic”) at all times of the day and throughout the flowering season. After catching some of the lizards, the scientists were able to confirm that, thanks to the adhesive properties of the very sticky nectar, the lizards were carrying Guthriea pollen on their smooth, scaly snouts. … [Read more...] about Is it a bird? Is it a bee? No, it’s a lizard pollinating South Africa’s ‘hidden flower’
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Ed Sheeran comes out of music retirement to pen songs for fellow singers… as his new collaborator details their exciting project
He added: 'It’s been an emotional day for a lot of people backstage. It kind of feels like, in a weird way, that you’re breaking up with a girlfriend that you’ve been with for years. It sounds odd but it has been a long tour.' … [Read more...] about Ed Sheeran comes out of music retirement to pen songs for fellow singers… as his new collaborator details their exciting project
Javanaka’s escape from DC…. to New Jersey: Couple eye swift exit to cottage on Trump’s Bedminster golf course as they face up to exile from NYC’s social scene
'I think she's a wonderful, smart person, and she's handled the situation really, really well,' Bloomberg told the Times. 'At the end of the day it's her father, and she's very quick to get a lot of criticism that she doesn't deserve.' … [Read more...] about Javanaka’s escape from DC…. to New Jersey: Couple eye swift exit to cottage on Trump’s Bedminster golf course as they face up to exile from NYC’s social scene
North Korean gymnast ‘vaulted 3m fence’ in demilitarised zone to get into the South
The DMZ stretches from coast to coast on the Korean peninsular. It is about 2.5 miles (4km) wide and heavily mined, with barbed wire fences and armed guards patrolling it to both the north and the south. … [Read more...] about North Korean gymnast ‘vaulted 3m fence’ in demilitarised zone to get into the South
‘I knew, as I clutched my firstborn child, that I was losing my second’: Meghan Markle reveals miscarriage in article for New York Times and how she watched tearful Harry’s ‘heart break’
Describing the tragic moment she realised 'something was not right', she said: 'After changing his diaper, I felt a sharp cramp. I dropped to the floor with him in my arms, humming a lullaby to keep us both calm, the cheerful tune a stark contrast to my sense that something was not right'. … [Read more...] about ‘I knew, as I clutched my firstborn child, that I was losing my second’: Meghan Markle reveals miscarriage in article for New York Times and how she watched tearful Harry’s ‘heart break’
