Animal Eyes

In a rural area of China, authorities have begun using geese as sentries. Geese, as you might have already experienced, create a lot of noise when they are startled. Chinese law enforcement have taken advantage of this, claiming that the geese have already prevented one burglary!

Matthias Schleiden and Theodor Schwann came up with the cell theory after observing cells for many decades. They determined that all living things are made up of cells, that cells are the basic units of structure, function and physiology, and that living cells can only come from pre-existing cells.

Sandy Island, a land mass no larger than Manhattan in the Pacific Ocean, was discovered by James Cook in 1876. When a team of Australian scientists went to survey the island in 2012, they found that there was no island at all! They believe that Cook might have spotted a mass of floating volcanic stone and gas.