Ushi no toki mairi, meaning "Shrine visit at the hour of the ox" is a Japanese method of laying a curse to someone, involving nailing a straw effigy to a tree for seven nights straight! nudes
Have you ever wondered why rats are always being used in laboratory experiments? Yes, rats are not only highly intelligent animals, but they also have great memories too. Rats are able to map out a room and will remember all of the routes to get around f
The three Charites or “Graces” were beautiful, kind, and youthful goddesses who embodied all things involving beauty, joy, and abundance. From Hesiod’s Theogony, there were three Charites named Aglaea (“Radiance”), Euphrosyne (“Joy”), and T
Dogs do have a sense of time, but it differs from the way humans perceive it. A dog’s concept of time revolves around routine, daily patterns, and associative learning. Dogs can’t understand time in the abstract sense of hours and minutes, but they d
A new study explores how advanced extraterrestrial civilizations might evolve into “stellivores,” harvesting stellar mass for energy beyond the Kardashev Scale's limits. Researchers suggest observing “accreting binaries” to detect potential tech
A cockroach can hold its breath for 40 minutes. These pests can even survive being submerged under water for half an hour. They hold their breath often to help regulate their loss of water.
