OCK,SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY, EYEVINE ILLUSTRATION: CHRIS PHILPOTWHAT CONNECTS......X-MEN AND ELEPHANTS?
1.
IntheMarvel
Universe,oneofthe
founding members
oftheX-Menisthe
superhero Cyclops,
who can shoot
powerful beams of
energy from his eyes.2.
Although
Cyclopshastwo
eyes, he is
namedaftera
race of giants in
Greek
mythology that
hadasingle
largeeyeinthe
middleoftheir
forehead.3.
Cyclops means
‘circle-eyed’ and
the monster may
havebeen inspired
by largefossil
skullsfoundon
Crete, Cyprus,
Malta and Sicily,
whichdohavea
large central hole
intheforehead.4.
These are actually
skulls ofthe
dwarf elephant,
whichbecame
extinct around
8 , 000 years ago.
The central‘eye
socket’ is really the
nasalcavity,wher
trunkconnects tot
skull! Thisfeature
present in modern
elephant skulls.ePHOTOS: NASA,ISTOe
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the
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Space agencies like NASA often make
use of the gravitational fields of planets
to give probes a boost to their final
destination. In the late 1970s, mission
designers began plotting out the paths
between the planets and their satellitesthat could exploit this fuel-saving effect.
The resulting ribbon-like network of
celestial routes is known as the
Interplanetary Superhighway, and
it’s now regularly exploited on missions
to deep space. RMWhat is the Interplanetary
Superhighway?
TOM NICHOLSON, DERBY