Scientists finally discovered the snake clitoris, and they're 'very excited'

4,000-year-old 'shaman' burial near Stonehenge has a golden secret | Stunning 'ice pancakes' swirl on the surface of Scottish river | What will NASA's Artemis I mission teach us? Created for {EMAIL} | [Web Version]( December 16, 2022 CONNECT WITH LIVESCIENCE  [Facebook]( [Twitter](  [LIVESCIENCE]( Amazing science every day [SIGN UP]( ⋅ [WEBSITE](  [] Top Science News [] [Scientists finally discovered the snake clitoris, and they're 'very excited']( [Scientists finally discovered the snake clitoris, and they're 'very excited']( (David A. Northcott via Getty Images) Megan Folwell stood over a female Australian death adder (Acanthophis antarcticus), armed with a scalpel. The snake was dead, donated by a venom supply company. Very carefully, Folwell, an evolutionary biologist at the University of Adelaide in Australia, made an incision near the animal's tail. She was about to go where no scientists had gone before. "I went into it not knowing what I was going to see," Folwell told Live Science. Full Story: [Live Science]( (12/16) [] History & Archaeology [] [4,000-year-old 'shaman' burial near Stonehenge has a golden secret]( [4,000-year-old 'shaman' burial near Stonehenge has a golden secret]( (Crellin et al./Antiquity) About 4,000 years ago, two people were buried near Stonehenge with grave goods described as a "shaman's costume" when they were discovered in the 19th century. But a new analysis of stone tools also found in the grave reveals they have traces of gold on their surfaces, indicating they were used to craft the precious metal. Full Story: [Live Science]( (12/15) [] Amazing Earth [] [Stunning 'ice pancakes' swirl on the surface of Scottish river]( [Stunning 'ice pancakes' swirl on the surface of Scottish river]( (Callum Sinclair/Scottish Invasive Species Initiative) Dozens of eerily perfect circles of slushy ice, known as "ice pancakes," have been floating on the surface of a Scottish river after temperatures in the U.K. unexpectedly plummeted. Callum Sinclair, project manager for the Scottish Invasive Species Initiative (SISI), spotted the stunning circular sheets of ice Dec. 9 on the River Bladnoch in Wigtownshire, Scotland. Full Story: [Live Science]( (12/16) Featured Content Sponsored Content from Pfizer [Pfizer's using Artificial Intelligence to change medication development]( Artificial intelligence is set to play a massive role in how medication is developed going forward. Pfizer is using it to uncover how diseases develop in the body, screen for the best molecules for new medications, and even create individualized treatment plans. [Learn more here.]( [] Space Exploration [] [What will NASA's Artemis I mission teach us?]( [What will NASA's Artemis I mission teach us?]( (NASA) On Nov. 16, 2022, NASA launched the most powerful rocket ever built on a 26-day trip around the moon. On Dec. 11, an empty crew capsule blazed through Earth's atmosphere and splashed down into the Pacific Ocean. The first phase of NASA's ambitious, three-part Artemis mission was a success. But whether the mission achieved all its goals remains to be seen. Full Story: [Live Science]( (12/16) [] [Uncontrollable coolant leak on Russian ISS capsule puts future missions in jeopardy]( [Uncontrollable coolant leak on Russian ISS capsule puts future missions in jeopardy]( (NASA) FROM SPACE.COM: An uncontrolled coolant leak on a Russian-built Soyuz spacecraft docked at the International Space Station had damaged the crew capsule, Russia's space agency Roscosmos has said in a statement. On Wednesday (Dec. 14) at 7:45 p.m. EST (0045 GMT on Dec. 15), a violent coolant leak on Russia's Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft currently docked to the International Space Station (ISS) was detected while Expedition 68 cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin were preparing for a nearly seven-hour spacewalk outside the ISS. Full Story: [Live Science]( (12/15) [] Curious Creatures [] [Likeness of Cambrian critter finally revealed, and it looks like a taco]( [Likeness of Cambrian critter finally revealed, and it looks like a taco]( (Brittany Cheung) Since its discovery more than 100 years ago, Tuzoia — a weird little arthropod that swam close to the seafloor during the Cambrian period (541 million to 485.4 million years ago) — has befuddled paleontologists. Now, a new look at nearly a dozen remarkable fossils reveals details about this enigmatic creature and its uncanny resemblance to a taco, a new study finds. Full Story: [Live Science]( (12/15)   [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