The good news update opens with the strange and sophisticated tricks of tiny spiders in Peru and the Philippines which show a different and especially tricky way to stay alive.
Local researchers discovered two tiny species only 2.5 millimeters long that build huge decoys in the shape of a spider in their web.
The tiny ones called Cyclosa inca and Cyclosa longicauda use silk leaves and prey remains to create an artificial creature that looks like a large and threatening spider sometimes several times their size.
Why do they do it.
Very smart survival.
The fake and frightening spider scares away birds lizards and many other predators and sometimes even serves as shelter camouflage or a safe place to lay eggs.
When a predator approaches the small spider moves its body causing the decoy to vibrate and driving the intruder away.
And now to our star the James Webb space telescope which continues to surprise and make history. This time it may have detected the first generation of stars that formed after the Big Bang more than thirteen billion years ago.
Yes maybe we finally found the first stars in the universe.
The scientists analyzing the images and data from James Webb identified a distant cluster called LAP1 B where ancient stars that researchers have searched for for decades may be hiding.
These are not ordinary stars.
These are giants whose mass may be a million times that of the sun and their brightness a billion times greater.
The James Webb space telescope is especially sensitive to infrared light which allowed it to see them from a great distance.
If the scientists’ assumption is confirmed it will be the first ever documentation of first generation stars in the universe ones that formed from the simplest materials hydrogen and helium.
Webb is not only looking back in time it is peeking at the moment when everything began and sharing it with us.
And finally in Uganda they do not throw waste into the trash but make glasses from it.
What was once waste cattle horns becomes the last thing you would expect.
Designed lightweight and very cheap eyeglass frames.
The initiative was born from a personal experience of a local entrepreneur who understood how difficult it is for people with low income to afford basic eye care.
The frames are made from processed cattle horns and sold for between nine and twenty dollars.
They are both cheap and considered a local fashion item that tells a story of innovation and African heritage.
Locals buy them as stylish glasses and tourists buy them as a local souvenir.
