I’m a total fan and supporter of science and have made some drastic decisions in my life that would probably make my friends go pale when I tell them. Being a science buff and a blogger at the same time, I thought it would be great to add some “haunted” touch to science for this year’s Halloween. Happily, I came across an article that would just fit the idea and so I’ve compiled a summary of it here and linked to the original source with complete description at the bottom of this post. Not really paranormal but I guess the number 13 should do the trick.

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Comet enthusiasts and skywatchers, just in case you don’t know it yet, a comet suddenly appeared in the night sky in the constellation Perseus. It wasn’t there before October 24 but on said date, it suddenly shone as if Perseus is adorned with a new yellowish-white star bright enough (Magnitude 2.5 approx) to be seen with the naked eye. In fact I was able to spot it easily with no binoculars even with the bright full moon in the sky.

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If you’re ever thinking how those pair of eyes on your head got started then you’re in good luck because scientists at the University of California discovered where it all started. Believe it or not, the eyes we have today began it’s evolutionary journey about 600 million years ago in an aquatic animal called a Hydra. These lowly animal developed light-receptive genes call “opsins” which is basically the origin of animal vision.

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