Meet the fish that tastes with its legs - Science and brainteaser with Dr Jonathan Webb
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The 'Aasea Robin' is a kind of fish with wing-like fins and six little legs that it can use to walk on the sea floor, or even to feel for its prey. But today in the journal Current Biology, scientists have suggested it might actually be able to taste with its legs as well. And we're about to have an additional moon for a few weeks- so what is a "mini-moon" and how do we see it? Guest: Dr Jonathan Webb, ABC Science Editor Brainteaser (answer in the audio): If I write out all the numbers from "one" to "one thousand", how many do NOT contain the letter "E"?  For more of the latest science news, look for the science section on the ABC News website and sign up to a weekly email newsletter.
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