Giant squid corpse with half-eaten tentacles stuns tourists on New Zealand beach

Stunning 'sunglint' turns the sea's surface into a swirling silver mirror | Doctors remove 50 AA and AAA batteries from woman's gut and stomach | Blazing comet tail is whipped by solar winds in astonishing astronomy photo Created for {EMAIL} | [Web Version]( September 16, 2022 CONNECT WITH LIVESCIENCE  [Facebook]( [Twitter](  [LIVESCIENCE]( Amazing science every day [SIGN UP]( ⋅ [WEBSITE](  [] Top Science News [] [Stunning 'sunglint' turns the sea's surface into a swirling silver mirror]( [Stunning 'sunglint' turns the sea's surface into a swirling silver mirror]( (NASA Earth Observatory) An astronaut on the International Space Station (ISS) recently snapped a stunning photograph of a "sunglint" that transformed the sea’s surface into a swirling, silver mirror surrounding a pair of Greek islands. 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The woman, 66, was treated at St. Vincent's University Hospital in Dublin after ingesting an initially "unknown number" of cylindrical batteries, according to a report of the case, published Thursday (Sept. 15) in the Irish Medical Journal. An X-ray revealed a multitude of batteries in her abdomen, although thankfully none appeared to be obstructing her gastrointestinal (GI) tract and no batteries showed signs of structural damage. Full Story: [Live Science]( (9/16) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Astronomy & Astrophysics [] [Blazing comet tail is whipped by solar winds in astonishing astronomy photo]( [Blazing comet tail is whipped by solar winds in astonishing astronomy photo]( (Gerald Rhemann, Royal Museums Greenwich, Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2022) An ethereal image of Comet Leonard traveling against the solar wind has taken the top prize in the Royal Observatory Greenwich’s Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest. Austrian photographer Gerald Rhemann caught the view of the comet and its sweeping tail on Christmas Day, 2021 from Namibia. Rhemann’s image reveals a ghostly veil of gas from the comet being caught and swept away by solar wind. Full Story: [Live Science]( (9/16) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( Featured Content Sponsored Content from Dell [Semi Annual Sale: OUR SIGNATURE EVENT HAS ARRIVED. PCs starting at $599.99!]( Get incredible deals on performance tech during this twice-a-year event. [SHOP NOW]( [] Curious Creatures [] [Giant squid corpse with half-eaten tentacles stuns tourists on New Zealand beach]( [Giant squid corpse with half-eaten tentacles stuns tourists on New Zealand beach]( (Anton Donaldson) One of the deep sea's most elusive and spectacular creatures, the giant squid (Architeuthis dux), recently astonished a group of tourists after it washed up as a half-eaten corpse on a New Zealand beach. 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The authors claim that B. quadrangularis is now the earliest mammal known to science, given that it appears in the fossil record about 20 million years before Morganucodon, which was previously the earliest known animal that they consider to be a mammal. Full Story: [Live Science]( (9/13) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Poll Question [] POLL QUESTION: This may be a long shot but… Have any of our newsletter readers seen a giant squid corpse in person? (Read about a [recent giant squid sighting]( in New Zealand) [Vote]( [No, never]( [Vote]( [Yes, at an aquarium or museum]( [Vote]( [Yes, on a beach!](   [Sign Up]( | [Update Profile]( | [Unsubscribe]( [Privacy Policy]( | [Cookies Policy]( | [Terms and Conditions]( CONTACT US: [FEEDBACK](mailto:livescience@smartbrief.com) | [ADVERTISE]( Future US LLC © 1100 13th St. NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20005