skip to main content

Spelling, Shpelling

Apologies for the mix-up in the last post's headline about vengeful vegans. Spell-checkers can really muddle our minds!

Written byCarl Zimmer
| 1 min read
Follow on GoogleGoogle News Preferred Source
Placeholder image

Newsletter

Sign up for our email newsletter for the latest science news

Sign Up

Sorry about the mistake on the last post's headline. (Vengeans? Sort of like vengeful vegans?) Spell-checkers have turned my brain to mush.

Meet the Author

Related Topics

More on Discover
The newly discovered Himalayan Happy-Face spider displaying a red smile-like marking on its pale green abdomen while resting on a leaf in Uttarakhand, India.

A New Species of Spider Was Found in the Himalayas — and it Has a Smiley Face

three red wolves

Red Wolves Went Extinct in 1980, but Their Ghost May Live on in the Coyotes of This Texas Island

African Elephant

Ghost Elephants in Angola Are a Living Genetic Mystery — DNA from Their Dung Is Now Offering Answers

A herd of elephants in Rwanda

Largest Ever Elephant Genome Study Reveals a Hidden Crisis — and a Path to Better Conservation

A school of golden sweeper fish (Parapriacanthus ransonneti) swimming underwater, known for their ability to glow using stolen bioluminescent proteins.

This Glowing Fish Steals Bioluminescence Instead of Making Its Own Light

clownfish with snowflake mutated stripes

A Mutant Clownfish Broke the Rules of Stripes and Offers Clues to How Animal Patterns Form

multiple cloud seeding planes flying through the cloudy sky

A Protein Found in Fungi Could Help Turn Water Into Ice at High Subzero Temperatures

Old Irish Goat on an Irish hill

Old Irish Goats Are Ireland’s Only Indigenous Goat Breed and Trace Back 3,000 Years

Wild boars in the woods

Pig–Boar Hybrids Are Evolving in Fukushima — and Rewriting What We Know About Hybridization

Manta ray on the reef with a diver in the background

What Gave the World’s Only Pink Manta Ray Its Rosy Hue?

Ancient sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis

What an Ancient Sea Anemone Reveals About the Origins of Animal Complexity

moss used in a Christmas wreath

The Moss in Your Christmas Decorations Could Be Storing DNA From Rare Species

Stay Curious

JoinOur List

Sign up for our weekly science updates

View our Privacy Policy

SubscribeTo The Magazine

Save up to 40% off the cover price when you subscribe to Discover magazine.

Subscribe