Heels
Men help women in high heels faster than women in flat shoes, says a French study. They are also quicker to chat up a woman in high heels in a bar or to pick up a glove she dropped on the floor. The next question is why do men get a kick out of high heels? And is there a one-to-one correlation? Whatever the case, make the most of it, ladies.
Eighty millon
Eighty million. An eight and seven zeros. Yes, that is how many bacteria you exchange during one French kiss lasting 10 seconds. So an article in Microbiome assures us. Remember that as you tipsily survey the talent at the next open party and are led into temptation again.
Potter
First a wasp (Ampulex dementor), then a spider (Aname aragog) and a dinosaur (Dracorex howartsia), and now a shield bug have been named after a creature in the Harry Potter series. The insect has been named Thestral incognitus, after the thestral. A flying, equestrian being from the Potter series which can only be seen by the dead.