Much of its body is covered in prickly sensory hair-like structures called setae, researchers said.
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Lauren Liebhaber
September 8,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
Revenge wears a wry smile in this prickly comedy from Paul Weitz (the director of American Pie and About a Boy), as Fonda and Tomlin inhabit former best friends who reunite for a funeral.
Most of the surface is made up of a fine dust with jagged edges because it hasn’t been weathered by wind or water.
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Jeremy Bogaisky,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Against all of this allegedly heady stuff, the score—by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross—intentionally jars us from encroaching drowsiness with chortling woodwinds and shardlike piano chords that are the aural equivalent of jagged Plexiglass off-cuts.
Even though modern machines and detergents have taken most of the workload out of the task, there are still some outdated laundry habits that may leave your clothes and linens looking dingy, smelling less than fresh, and feeling scratchy.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
8 Aug. 2025
The cups are removable, which is nice, depending on my mood, and the lace isn’t itchy or scratchy on my sensitive skin.
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