smart & curious
List of intriguing things
A lioness-sized mystery: So we first stumbled on this story about a lioness nursing a little leopard cub in Tanzania back in 2017—which was considered an astonishing first-ever known instance (see lovely photos here). But the Google rabbit hole uncovered a far more recent miracle—right here in Gir forest. Sadly, neither story has a happy ending: both cubs died of congenital diseases. But the Gir India video below is still worth your time:)
A v. curious face mask: This Chennai photo studio is getting international attention for its very inventive face masks. Attention startups: This is called pivoting!
Speaking of masks: This is for real and on sale for 92 euros.
A space cleaner: A Russian startup is raising money to clean up space—using its patented ‘Foam Debris Catcher’ satellite. It will “spray threads of the foam to create 150 meter-diameter sticky spheres around the satellite—creating something of a spiderweb or fly-trap for space junk.” Sounds cool? The vid of how it might work is even cooler! (Though if you don’t speak Russian, you may want to watch it on mute) Forbes has a longer story.