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Forget about pastels. These are the trendiest nail colors everyone is wearing in April.

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Manicure with different shades of pink nail polish on the fingers.

Spring nail colors are mostly cute pastels, but this month we’re going to take the saturation up a notch. Think brighter, happier hues that feel like a personal expression of the sunny days ahead. These shades pack a little more punch than the traditionally muted hues for spring. Let’s just say we were heavily inspired … Read more

A 500-million-year-old spider relative grows claws where they shouldn’t.

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Illustration of prehistoric spider relatives. It hunts under the sea with its two front claws.

The fossils were not noticeable at all. This first occurred to Harvard paleontologist Rudy LeRochy-Aubril while examining arthropod fossils dating back to the Cambrian period (538.8 million to 485.4 million years ago). “But when I prepared it, it unexpectedly revealed exquisitely preserved limbs, including a pair of frontal claws protruding from the head,” says Lillocy-Aubril. … Read more