How does a scientist honor a president who happens to be a distant relative? By naming a turtle parasite after him. That hasn’t happened with this type of turtle parasite in 21 years, experts say. B. obamai is a flatworm that infects black marsh turtles and southeast Asian box turtles in Malaysia. Caption New Planet Proxima b Scientists have found an Earth-sized planet orbiting the closest star to our solar system and are calling it Proxima b.

Source: Los Angeles Times September 08, 2016 20:59 UTC