🌲Two very persistent cedars - Yosemite National Park in California (USA).

🐜An underground ant from Australia was named after Voldemort

Writing in ZooKeys magazine, Mark Wong and Jane McRae described a surprising species of ant they discovered in March 2023 in the Pilbara region of western Australia. While conducting research on underground invertebrates, they extracted two ants from a survey well, which were distinguished by their small size, long limbs, pale coloring and lack of eyes. Entomologists have determined that these insects belong to a previously unknown species of the genus Leptanilla.

The graceful body shape and lifestyle features of ants, which spend their entire lives in the dark, reminded scientists of Lord Voldemort from the Harry Potter series of books. As a result of this association, the new species was named Leptanilla voldemort in honor of this antagonistic wizard.

Look at what a catcher looks like for trucks whose brakes fail on a steep descent.

The first trailer for the new film "Joker" starring Joaquin Phoenix has been released on the Warner Bros. Pictures YouTube channel.

🌚The counterweight mechanism of this setup is adjusted to simulate lunar gravity.

👶How parental communication shapes children's vocabulary

According to a recent US study, interactions between parents and their babies influence their vocabulary development. Scientists studied the brain activity of children aged five months while interacting with their parents. It turned out that the more strongly the brain responded to this communication, the more words were included in the vocabulary of these children after a year and a half.

The study used magnetoencephalography to measure electrical activity in the brain. Areas of the brain involved in attention and sensorimotor processing have been found to be more activated during face-to-face interactions with parents.

These results highlight the role of parental communication in the development of communication abilities in the early stages of child development.

This morning I brought you an experiment showing a change in color when diving to depth.**

This occurs due to a phenomenon known as light absorption by water. Water absorbs light of different wavelengths to different degrees, which affects the visibility of colors at depth.

As a result, when submerged in the sea or ocean, shorter wavelength colors such as blue or green remain the most vibrant.

In the video, the depth measurement is in feet. 150 feet is approximately equal to 47 meters.