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Starfish 'Arms' Are Really
Something Else Entirely

NEW STUDY

Nov 3, 2023 2:32 PM CDT

Starfish 'Arms' Are Really Something Else Entirely

Scientists say the 5 appendages are 'more like extensions of the head'

(Newser) - If you ever end up on Jeopardy! and your clue is "This star-shaped marine creature has five arms," you may want to pause before you offer what seems like the obvious answer. That's because those appendages you see sticking out from the bodies of starfish aren't...

Divers Make
Herculean Find
at Antikythera
Wreck

Divers Make Herculean Find at Antikythera Wreck

Once giant boulders were removed, head of Hercules statue found in 1900 emerged

(Newser) - Marine archaeologists have better access to the world's richest ancient shipwreck after boulders were lifted from the Roman-era Antikythera wreck that yielded the famous Antikythera Mechanism calculator, revealing new treasures within. In addition to human teeth, the lead weight for an anchor, iron nails, and the base of a...

Angry S. Korean Politicians Are Shaving Their Heads

S. Korean Pols
Are Miffed.
They're Revving
Up the Razors

Sep 18, 2019 11:09 AM CDT

S. Korean Pols Are Miffed. They're Revving Up the Razors

It's a protest against newly appointed justice minister hit with corruption allegations

(Newser) - Some people take to the streets with placards and T-shirts to protest. In South Korea, they shave their heads. Conservative opposition leader Hwang Kyo-ahn is the latest big name to go bald, allowing himself to be shorn Monday evening outside the presidential palace to demonstrate against the newly appointed justice...

Severed Heads of Women With
Reddish Hair Found in 2 States

Apr 28, 2018 8:20 AM CDT

Severed Heads of Women With Reddish Hair Found in 2 States

Cops in Texas, Louisiana trying to see if there's a connection

(Newser) - Two severed heads in two separate states, but found with striking similarities, have investigators in Texas and Louisiana trying to see if there's a possible link. KHOU reported earlier this month on the first grim find near Lake Houston on March 24, when volunteers cleaning up litter discovered a...

Giant Hitler Head
Pops Up in
Polish Garden

Nov 9, 2015 8:03 AM CST

Giant Hitler Head Pops Up in Polish Garden

This one's made of marble and stands 20 inches high

(Newser) - It was just another day of typical garden work at a Polish museum when a worker's shovel clanked against something hard buried in the ground. The find: a 20-inch-high marble sculpture of the head of one Adolf Hitler, AFP reports. "Somebody made an effort to properly hide it,...

How Creatures
Began Growing Heads

study says

May 17, 2015 3:50 PM CDT

How Creatures Began Growing Heads

They started with a hard plate called the anterior sclerite: study

(Newser) - Ever wonder how creatures on Earth grew heads? Probably not, but they seem to have started with a hard plate in front of their brains. A recent study in Current Biology says fossils dating back hundreds of millions of years show the first signs of this plate, known as the...

Does This
Head Belong
to France's
Henry IV?

Oct 31, 2013 4:57 PM CDT

Does This Head Belong to France's Henry IV?

Scientists disagree on whether it's a royal skull

(Newser) - Forensic researchers have a royal dispute on their hands: They can't agree on whether a mummified head belongs to France's Henry IV, explains the Los Angeles Times . The question seemed settled in 2010 when a team of researchers used facial-reconstruction techniques to conclude that it was indeed "...

Police: Yes,
Head Belongs to
Magnotta's Lover

Jul 4, 2012 3:18 PM CDT

Police: Yes, Head Belongs to Magnotta's Lover

Police confirm Lin Jun's head has been found

(Newser) - Police have indeed found Lin Jun's head: They confirmed today that the head found in a Montreal park Sunday does belong to the Chinese student allegedly murdered by Luka Rocco Magnotta. Some of Lin's body parts were mailed to schools and political offices, but police say all of...

Police May Have
Found Magnotta
Lover's Head

Jul 2, 2012 9:10 AM CDT

Police May Have Found Magnotta Lover's Head

Testing needed to confirm Jun Lin connection: Police

(Newser) - The head of Luka Rocco Magnotta's former lover may finally have been recovered. Following a tip, police discovered an apparent human head in a Montreal park near Magnotta's apartment yesterday, the AP reports. Testing will help determine whether the head belonged to Jun Lin, a Chinese student allegedly...

Cops Seize Shipment
of Human Heads at Airport

Jun 17, 2010 11:45 AM CDT

Cops Seize Shipment of Human Heads at Airport

Suspect a 'black market for body parts'

(Newser) - Police have seized a package of 40 to 60 human heads at the Little Rock airport. The heads were headed to a medical research company in Fort Worth, but they weren’t “labeled or packaged properly,” according to a spokesman for Southwest Airlines. An employee found them and...

Ted Williams' Frozen Head Treated Like a Baseball

Cryogenic Tell-All

Oct 2, 2009 9:21 AM CDT

Ted Williams' Frozen Head Treated Like a Baseball

Former exec at cryogenics company details bizarre, unprofessional practices

(Newser) - Ted Williams’ frozen head has apparently not received the respect usually accorded to Hall of Famers. In a tell-all, a former exec at the cryogenic facility where the Red Sox slugger’s body resides writes that his severed head was propped up in a canister on a can of Bumble...