43-year-old Veronica Duque arrived at the lesson at Maria Teresa Inigo de Toro school in Valladolid wearing a white coat. When she removed the white coat, however, there were "confusion, shouts, applause and some covered their eyes" — apparently, she was wearing a bodysuit which depicted the internal organs of the human body. Her reason for doing this? To help her year four class "visualise the disposition of internal organs".

She wanted to make the class more practical, so used the outfit to pique her students' interests before turning to the traditional plastic bust the school uses to teach anatomy.

Ms Duque revealed she found the costume by pure chance after seeing an advert online and decided to buy it.

What a very passionate teacher. I hope more teachers follow her example and create inventive ways to teach students.

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Happy Hanukkah to all those who celebrate it on Earth! #HappyHanukkah pic.twitter.com/FKC2M5iXni

— Jessica Meir (@Astro_Jessica) December 23, 2019

As Hanukkah began at sundown on Sunday, NASA astronaut Jessica Meir sent a photographic greeting to earth via Twitter. She's been aboard the ISS since September, and had planned ahead well enough to take a pair of festive socks for the occasion. That may be the extent of her celebration, considering the restrictions of space.

But lighting fires in outer space can be especially challenging, considering that flames can react to the absence of gravity in an uncontrolled manner.

Perhaps for this reason, for her messageMeir opted for a picture of her feet wrapped in a pair of entertaining socks featuring pink menorahs and green stars of David on a blue background. And she did follow the tradition of placing the menorah close to the window, since behind her feet, the earth is visible thousands of kilometers away.

In case you are wondering what a lit candle looks like in space, you can see that. Also, since there are around eight "sundowns" per day on the space station, Meir began the holiday using her home coordinates. Meanwhile, a Twitter user in Jerusalem is wearing astronaut socks.

Happy Hanukkah from Jerusalem pic.twitter.com/zSLmwzZTPg

— Yiftah Curiel (@yiftahc) December 23, 2019

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Almost everyone gestures while talking, at least in some situations, some people more than others. Tom Scott explains the many different ways we use gestures, and the many reasons we do it.

Each year millions of people apply to some of the biggest and most in-demand employers out there. With so many resumes to sift through, how do these companies simplify their task of identifying promising candidates efficiently and without comprising quality? Well, some companies like Amazon and Google would look for these 3 telling words. Google calls it the XYZ formula: “Accomplished [X], as measured by [Y], by doing [Z].” 

Or in simpler terms, include the words “from,” “to,” and “by” generously and properly in your resume. 

Applicants whose resumes are filled to the brim with those three words will look more promising, compared to the resume of a hypothetical competing applicant who has the exact same background. 

The reason is that it's almost impossible to write a fluffy, blustery resume that looks good superficially but doesn't provide much useful information, if an applicant uses those words over and over.

Check out Inc. for more useful techniques on how to best improve your resume. 

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Dental implants are one solution to tooth loss among adults, though not always the most comfortable nor fastest way to recovering our pearly whites. But Dr. Jeremy Mao and his team at Columbia University have come up with an interesting technique for dental implants that could significantly alleviate this common problem.

The group believe that they've found a way to have the body’s stem cells migrate to a three-dimensional scaffold made of natural material and placed in a patient's mouth. Once the stem cells have colonized the scaffold, a tooth can grow in the socket and then merge with the surrounding tissue.

Although the results of their study were published in the Journal of the American Dental Association almost 10 years ago, Columbia University have already applied for patents for this technology, possibly making it a commercially viable reality in the near future. 

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When libraries troll their patrons. pic.twitter.com/Hn8a96f8je

— Bartre (@Metafrantic) February 4, 2018

“Do you have this book that has a red cover?” is apparently a question commonly asked by customers to librarians. Queries like this lack useful specific details, making the librarian’s job particularly challenging, especially when there are so many other books with the same description. This tweet by @metafrantic shows the frustrating reality behind it and how librarians have cleverly poked fun at people who have this annoying habit.

And here was the reply of another Twitter user who had a similar experience:

Lolz my library did this too. I took a photo because we used to get this question all the time when I worked at a bookstore. pic.twitter.com/QDeZ8hvG0W

— Karah Sutton 🇳🇿 (@Karahdactyl) February 5, 2018

For those who have worked at libraries, has this ever happened to you? 

Read the full post from Megaphone.  

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A reader asked: "Could you get in trouble legally if you murdered someone in space? Asking for a friend." The answer is yes. But from there it gets a bit complicated.

To begin with, while you might think it can’t actually be possible to commit a crime in space because no country seemingly has jurisdiction there, you’d be wrong. Much like the myth that you can do whatever you want in international waters because no country holds sway, it turns out, among other agreements and rules, International laws are a thing.

On that note, while aboard a given vessel, the ship you’re on officially hails and is registered from some nation or group of nations (like the European Union) and the laws from said entities are binding aboard it in most cases while it’s out at sea. This is outlined in the United Nations Convention for the Law of the Sea, “every State shall effectively exercise its jurisdiction and control in administrative, technical and social matters over ships flying its flag.”

While obviously there isn’t exactly a court case history to back this up, the general consensus is that the same basic idea will hold true for ships in space, and certain agreements to date concerning space ships do seem to bear that out, as well as help give a partial framework for judges to work with.

Where it gets complicated is when you mix the nationalities of missions, as in the various countries that use the International Space Station, or when NASA sends astronauts up on Russian spaceships. Murder is murder everywhere, but some countries have laws that others don't. There is a framework for space jurisdiction, but it might upend horribly the first time someone is accused of espionage. And what about an international colony on Mars? Read what rules govern space flight as of now at Today I Found Out.

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Did your child express skepticism of the existence of Santa at an early age? She or he could be on track to get a doctorate degree. The Telegraph reports that research conducted by the University of Exeter in the UK shows that educational attainment correlates with doubts about Santa or, as they call him in the UK, Father Christmas:

The data revealed that children who leave secondary school with no qualifications are more likely to have believed in Father Christmas for longer.

By contrast, those who do not pass any exams are more likely to have continued believing when they were eight years and eight months - eight months longer than average.

Meanwhile, children who went on to get a doctorate were likely to have stopped believing earlier, on average at around seven years and seven months old.

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I Tried Giving My Daughter The Worst Xmas Gift Ever & I Didn’t Expect This Reaction pic.twitter.com/44cJytI83m

— LGND (@iamlgndfrvr) December 20, 2019

YouTuber LGND in Tampa, Florida tried to pull a prank on Aria, his young daughter. He offered her a banana as a Christmas present. An older child might have been upset at such a cheap present, but Aria was delighted. She could only squeal happily as she unwrapped the best banana ever.

You can see an extended video here.

-via The Mary Sue

Among women, there is a commonly misunderstood and misdiagnosed condition known as premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD).

PMDD is much more intense than its better-known relative, PMS, with physical symptoms including fatigue and migraines, while the psychological symptoms can include the severe mood swings and anxiety [...] . The disorder can be so debilitating that 15% of those with PMDD have attempted suicide, and some young women affected are opting for hysterectomies.

While PMDD is a very serious condition that can cause aggression and impulsivity linked to violent activities, more research needs to be done in order to better identify and understand the symptoms, especially in criminal cases where an accused woman pleads “diminished responsibility due to a premenstrual condition.”

Head over to the full article from BBC.  

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When you travel "home" for the holidays, that often means visiting older relatives, who would like you to to take a look at what's wrong with their computer, phone, TV, or other tech devices. Geeks make jokes about this constantly, so when I saw the headline as written above, I thought this might be a comedy list on how you can mess those things up so they'll never ask for your expertise again. No, this is a serious list that would be seriously useful in getting things situated at Grandma's house. It would also be a great New Year's list for yourself, as you have put off some of those tech maintenance tasks for too long. Start 2020 fresh and secure with the tech tasks listed at Gizmodo. 

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Fluoride is believed to have protective effects for people’s teeth. However, there are those who are skeptical about the benefits of community water fluoridation, and in 2007, the people of Juneau, Alaska, voted to stop putting fluoride in their drinking water. 

Ultimately, it was an expensive move to take out fluoride from the population's drinking water, more costly, in fact than keeping it. For kids below 6 years old, the average number of annual procedures for treating cavities increased by a small number, according to a study published in the journal BMC Oral Health. 

Find out more about this from Science Alert. 

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Show your love for instant ramen with this footwear made by Italian brand Bottega Veneta, which will be released in 2020.

The footwear is part of a collection conceived by English designer Daniel Lee, whose name became very popular in the fashion industry after he won four awards in the British Fashion Awards this year.

Granted, Lee is probably unaware of the cultural significance of the instant ramen since he's not on social media.

"I don’t have social media. I try and use my cell phone as little as possible. I definitely prefer human interaction. That’s very important to me and to the work I do," he told Vogue.

I wonder how much this pair of sandals will cost?

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The phenomenon known as the Fata Morgana mirage causes seafarers to see things that don't exist on the horizon. It's not due to seasickness or hunger or the relentless boredom of sailing driving one mad, but those things probably didn't help. It's a real illusion caused by the way light works with the atmosphere and the sea.

In 1818, when British explorer John Ross entered Lancaster Sound while seeking the Northwest Passage, he saw a mountain blocking his ship’s course and decided to sail no further. Ross named the mountain range the Croker Mountains, but a later expedition showed that they did not exist. In 1906, American explorer Robert Peary viewed a vast land northwest of Ellesmere Island and named it Crocker Land after his patron George Crocker. A couple of years later, Donald MacMillan went in search of the island and for five days chased the frozen apparition in vain before realizing that like Peary what he was seeing was an illusion.

A conspiracy theorist might see meaning in the similarity of the names, but these are just a couple of the big mistakes caused by the mirage. Read an explanation of how the Fata Morgana mirage works at Amusing Planet.

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Artist Jenny Jinya is an illustrator who also does comics. She wrote a graphic tale about black cats that went viral, and now had added a new chapter that will tug at your heartstrings. Read the entire story on one page at Jinya's site. And if you enjoyed that one, you can also read a story about a little dog who's a good boy. Bring a hankie. -via Bored Panda