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May the force be with them: Deep sea acorn worms named after Yoda Posted: 07 Oct 2012 11:07 AM PDT They may not be green but they do live in an ocean far, far away, and now they share the same moniker as the diminutive Jedi master in the Star Wars blockbusters. Yoda purpurata -- to be exact -- is the name now given to one of three new species of deep sea acorn worms or Enteropneusts discovered 2,500m or around 1.5 miles below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean. |
Posted: 05 Oct 2012 01:27 PM PDT Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis are inviting the world to take part in an online experiment that will allow participants to see how their individual scores on a face-name memory test compare with those of other test takers. |
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