New footage shows bizarre deep-sea fish that sees through its forehead

New footage shows bizarre deep-sea fish that sees through its forehead | 'Deadly December tornado' carved 250-mile path through 4 states | When did scientists first warn humanity about climate change? Created for {EMAIL} | [Web Version]( December 13, 2021 CONNECT WITH LIVESCIENCE  [Facebook]( [Twitter](  [LIVESCIENCE]( [LIVESCIENCE]( Amazing science every day [SIGN UP]( ⋅ [WEBSITE]( [] Top Science News [] [New footage shows bizarre deep-sea fish that sees through its forehead]( [New footage shows bizarre deep-sea fish that sees through its forehead]( (© 2021 MBARI) Thousands of feet beneath the surface of Monterey Bay off California, scientists recently captured footage of a fish with a bulbous, translucent head and green orb-like eyes that peer out through its forehead. This bizarre creature, known as a barreleye fish (Macropinna microstoma), is very rarely seen. Researchers with the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) have only spotted the species nine times, despite having sent their remotely operated vehicles (ROV) on more than 5,600 dives in the fish's habitat, MBARI tweeted on Dec. 9. But last week, a team of scientists deployed MBARI's ROV Ventana and caught sight of a barreleye fish suspended in the water. Full Story: [Live Science]( (12/13) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Natural Disasters [] ['Deadly December tornado' carved 250-mile path through 4 states]( ['Deadly December tornado' carved 250-mile path through 4 states]( (Scott Olson/Getty Images) Damage from the tornadoes that ripped through the Midwest overnight Friday (Dec. 10) is still being assessed, but the violent storms will go down in history as some of the deadliest and longest-lasting, according to meteorologists. More than 30 tornadoes were reported across six states overnight — Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi and Tennessee — the National Weather Service tweeted, with one of those tornadoes (or perhaps a cluster) chiseling out a path of destruction about 250 miles (400 kilometers) long, The Washington Post reported. If that destructive storm was in fact a single entity, it will become the longest path of a single tornado in U.S. history, as well as the first so-called quad-tornado, meaning it swept through four states — northeast Arkansas, southeast Missouri, northwest Tennessee and western Kentucky, the Post said. Full Story: [Live Science]( (12/11) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Life’s Little Mysteries [] [When did scientists first warn humanity about climate change?]( [When did scientists first warn humanity about climate change?]( (Nicolas_ via Getty Images) Climate change warnings are coming thick and fast from scientists; thousands have signed a paper stating that ignoring climate change would yield "untold suffering" for humanity, and more than 99% of scientific papers agree that humans are the cause. But climate change wasn't always on everyone's radar. So when did humans first become aware of climate change and the dangers it poses? Scientists first began to worry about climate change toward the end of the 1950s, Spencer Weart, a historian and retired director of the Center for History of Physics at the American Institute of Physics in College Park, Maryland, told Live Science in an email. "It was just a possibility for the 21st century which seemed very far away, but seen as a danger that should be prepared for." Full Story: [Live Science]( (12/12) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [What is the 'call of the void'?]( [What is the 'call of the void'?]( (Ali Arapoğlu/Pexels) Have you ever stood on a balcony, leaned over the edge and unexpectedly thought, "If I wanted to, I could just jump?" Or perhaps you've been at a cliff's edge, with the intention of doing nothing more than enjoying the view and fleetingly considered how easy it would be to simply step over the edge. This sudden, often unanticipated thought is usually nothing to be worried about, but it certainly warrants exploration. This feeling — which tends to be brief, entirely out of character and often involves thoughts of leaping from a high place or driving headfirst into an oncoming vehicle — is more widespread than you might think. In fact, it's so common, the French have a term for it: l'appel du vide. In English, this translates to "the call of the void." Full Story: [Live Science]( (12/13) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Space Exploration [] [Europe's Mars orbiter relays data from Chinese rover back to Earth]( [Europe's Mars orbiter relays data from Chinese rover back to Earth]( (CNSA/PEC) The European Space Agency's Mars Express collected data from China's Zhurong Mars rover and successfully sent it to Earth following a series of experimental communications tests. The Zhurong rover was designed only to communicate with its companion orbiter, Tianwen 1; however, the rover has long outlived its planned mission and the orbiter is no longer able to do as much data relaying. So China and Europe decided to try an experiment: Send data from Zhurong to Mars Express to Earth. That's challenging, since the robots' communications equipment doesn't match. Zhurong can transmit at a frequency Mars Express can detect, but not vice versa, so Zhurong sends data without hearing back from the orbiter. Full Story: [Live Science]( (12/13) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Daily Quiz [] POLL QUESTION: When did scientists first document evidence that humanity could change the climate on a global scale? (Learn the answer [here]() [Vote]( [1200 B.C.]( [Vote]( [230]( [Vote]( [1896]( [Vote]( [1980]( [Sign Up]( | [Update Profile]( | [Unsubscribe]( [Privacy Policy]( | [Cookies Policy]( | [Terms and Conditions]( CONTACT US: [FEEDBACK](mailto:livescience@smartbrief.com) | [ADVERTISE]( © Future US, Inc. 555 11th ST NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20004