Something a lot of people don’t realise about modern smartphones is that many of them have fully-featured USB interfaces. Perhaps the best of all is the Pinephone, which is a fully open-source ...

1. Teeth: The enamel of teeth is remarkably durable over geologic time. The proteins in the dentine darken with heat but the mineral of the teeth - apatite - remains unchanged Compare the very young ...

The curves this rubber formed, coupled with its bright white interior, earned this computer the nickname of “Clamshell.” The first iBook came in Blueberry and Tangerine, like two of the iMacs of the ...

It’s the texture of the shells that make for the easiest identification between them. Clam shells are exfoliated by the sand they bury themselves in, so they are smooth. Oyster shells are rough ...

Fernando Silva of 9to5Mac came up with a clever workaround to have ‘clamshell mode’ in iPadOS 17 when an iPad is connected to an external display. The catch: it doesn’t really turn off the iPad’s ...

Giant clams can grow larger than one metre across, and weigh up to 250 kg Around 200 tonnes of illegally harvested giant clam shells worth nearly $25 million (£18 million) have been seized in the ...

This washes off the salt, and helps remove the loose sand from the shells' exterior. Using a stiff brush or a clean scouring ...

Popular species of clam include: American hard shell clams – large clams with a thick, heavy shell Palourdes (also known as Manilla clams) – clams with a pretty, marbled shell that are ...

We’re still seeing large numbers of shells on certain beaches due to the storm surge from several weeks ago. The Atlantic cockle clam, a saltwater species commonly found in the Gulf of Mexico ...

These crustaceans have been misnamed for two reasons: First, they’re not true crabs, like blue crabs, in that they don’t have a uniformly hard exoskeleton and can’t grow their own shells.

Discard any with cracked or damaged shells and those that don’t close ... clams and discard any that haven’t opened. Season the clam mixture well with salt and freshly ground black pepper.