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The Mars One project has narrowed down its list of applicants to 100 people, who will now go through further training before the final team is selected.

More than 200,000 people applied to Mars One in 2013, hoping to be chosen to colonize Mars. Applicants had to be at least 18 years old, healthy and between 5'2" and 6'3" tall, as well as fulfilling various personality requirements such as exhibiting adaptability, resiliency, and resourcefulness. During the next round of the selection process, the number was whittled down to 660 during a series of interviews and tests, while the next round will give the remaining 100 people a chance to train in teams in an earthbound copy of the future Mars outpost.

Female snapping shrimps are more aggressive than males, frequently snapping their deadly claws at each other, a study has shown.

Researchers in the US had expected male shrimps - which brandish a larger snapping claw - to behave more aggressively.

But despite their smaller claw size, females snapped more often when defending their territory.