Eggs

A dazzling rearrangement of egg cell innards follows fertilization, but until now we didn't know how. New research reveals friction helps shape the cell to create a centralized point of organization, at least in ascidians… animals better known as sea squirts.Like a potter's hand moulding spinning clay, the gentle rubbing between a cell's components is enough to guide and shape the formation of an important piece of its anatomy.Referred to as the contraction pole, this organization point is critical for telling the sea…

Lashana Lynch is cocooned in a full-length padded coat and beanie, looking inconspicuous as a friend checks her into the well-known London members’ club we have arranged to meet in, then leaves. Lynch sees me and grins, yet I can’t help but picture the 36-year-old actor axe-kicking me in the face. That was more her speed with a history-making turn as M16 agent Nomi, the spy who takes over the 007 code number in Daniel Craig’s 2021 swansong Bond film No Time to Die. Today, though, she’s unassuming. So much so that no one…

Warning: SPOILERS for 2024’s Mean Girls musical adaptation are in play. If you haven’t made fetch happen yet, you’ve been warned. Revisiting the past through something like the new Mean Girls musical remake can be tricky. Walking a fine line between making references to the past and making something that the crowd seeking out 2024 movies will also dig is challenging, no matter what property tries to do it. However, this new spin on the Tina Fey-scripted/Lindsay Lohan-starring comedy strikes that balance rather well. You…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeThe highly-anticipated Mean Girls movie musical has just hit theatres, with the remake featuring an array of references to the original film.Similar to the 2004 movie, the new Mean Girls adaption follows international student Cady Heron – this time played by Angourie Rice – as she befriends three of the most popular girls at North Shore High, Regina George (played by Reneé Rapp),…

Space smells bad. According to a post shared by Space.com, astronauts have reported that space leaves a funky smell on their space suits. Further, the chemical makeup detected on Uranus shows that the gas giant most likely smells like farts or rotting eggs.Now, obviously, we can’t go out into space or down to Uranus and just sniff the air. You’d die, as there isn’t any oxygen and space is full of dangerous radiation, not to mention Uranus is made of gas. However, astronauts who have returned from spacewalks have…

A new study on egg consumption in healthy young adults finds that whole eggs increase beneficial nutrients without negatively impacting heart disease or diabetes markers. The research also highlights gender-specific dietary responses and sets the stage for future studies on personalized nutrition. New research broadens the understanding of the nutritional impact of egg consumption in young, healthy adults. Are eggs good for you? Scientists have been studying this divisive question for years. Some have found that egg…

Hundreds of thousands of people worldwide are killed annually by malaria and other diseases spread through the bite of mosquitoes, insects that date back to the age of dinosaurs. All of these bites are inflicted by females, which possess specialized mouth anatomy that their male counterparts lack.But it hasn't always been that way.Researchers said they have discovered the oldest-known fossils of mosquitoes — two males entombed in pieces of amber dating to 130 million years ago, during the Cretaceous Period, and found near…

Image Credit: Rockstar Games Rockstar Games has finally dropped the highly anticipated first trailer for Grand Theft Auto VI, or GTA VI as it will be called by literally everyone. The trailer offers fans a tantalizing…

An underwater marine survey completed at West Mabou Beach in Port Hood has yielded some interesting results that shed new light on what species dwell in Nova Scotian harbours.The survey was completed by the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, and their findings were released at a public meeting in the Cape Breton community of Mabou on Monday evening.Information Morning Cape Breton host Steve Sutherland spoke with Hunter Stevens, a biologist with the group, who co-ordinated the survey and was one of the divers…

Calculating the minimum floor of a building from which the eggs thrown from it will break falling to the ground. Two solutions are shown: a brute force one and a solution implementing binary search.Read All Calculating the minimum floor of a building from which the eggs thrown from it will break falling to the ground. Two solutions are shown: a brute force one and a solution implementing binary search.Read All FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an…