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Wildlife
Worm towers are all around us
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Health
Can humans spontaneously combust? The baffling cases explained.
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Lauren Leffer
Climate Change
Are we in a sixth mass extinction?
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Lauren Leffer
Wildlife
Capuchin monkeys kidnap baby howler monkeys, shocking scientists
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Lauren Leffer
Wildlife
It’s raining tiny toxic frogs
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Lauren Leffer
Biology
Scientists discover how some flowers mimic the smell of death
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Lauren Leffer
Evolution
South Korea’s ‘sea women’ are genetically adapted for their tough trade
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Lauren Leffer
Food Safety
What was food like before the FDA?
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Lauren Leffer
Insects
‘Bone collector’ caterpillar wears the body parts of dead bugs
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Lauren Leffer
Deep Space
Is the universe really infinite? Astrophysicists explain.
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Lauren Leffer
Health
Five people view a never-before-seen color called ‘olo’
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Pollution
Pollution-eating microbes are thriving in infamous NYC canal
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Archaeology
Chew on this: The 10,000-year history of gum
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Nutrition
Why is fluoride in water so controversial? The science of fluoridation, explained.
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Lauren Leffer
Diseases
When you were conceived could impact your weight
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Lauren Leffer
Climate Change
Stop stirring up the seafloor
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Wildlife
Scientists discover why horses are such exceptional athletes
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Lauren Leffer
Birds
We finally know how parrots ‘talk’
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Lauren Leffer
Evolution
Early mammals were all one color, study suggests
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Lauren Leffer
Diseases
How to protect your pets from bird flu
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Lauren Leffer
Health
Should the International Space Station be dirtier?
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Lauren Leffer
Wildlife
Morning lark or night owl? Prevailing ideas of mammal activity are outdated
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Lauren Leffer
Agriculture
In the driest place on Earth, water hides in plain sight
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Lauren Leffer
Evolution
New theory ups the odds that intelligent aliens exist
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Lauren Leffer
Dogs
A visit to dog college
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Lauren Leffer
Health
The most dangerous misconceptions about public health
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Lauren Leffer
Ask Us Anything
Why don’t you remember all your dreams?
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Lauren Leffer
Environment
Greenland’s lakes are getting uglier—and fast
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Lauren Leffer
Health
How to keep track of your fitness without the scale
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Lauren Leffer
AI
Scientists use AI to create completely new anti-venom proteins
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Lauren Leffer
Science
Is drinking alcohol ever good for you? Here’s what the science says.
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Lauren Leffer
Archaeology
Ancient lead pollution may have lowered IQs across the Roman Empire
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Lauren Leffer
Deep Space
Hibernation scientists studying squirrels could get humans to deep space
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Lauren Leffer
Diseases
The first confirmed, severe human case of bird flu is here
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Lauren Leffer
Dogs
Dogs really are communicating via button boards, new research suggests
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Lauren Leffer
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What would happen to the human body moving at near lightspeed?
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Lauren Leffer
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Why do dogs lick humans? It could be a sign of affection.
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Lauren Leffer
Mental Health
Childhood leaded gasoline exposure damaged Americans’ mental health
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Lauren Leffer
Animals
How hibernating squirrels go more than six months without water—and don’t get thirsty
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Are ‘heavy metals’ dangerous? Yes, but not everything you’ve heard is true.
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Health
How to talk to your ‘skeptic’ family about science misinformation
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Lauren Leffer
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Why do humans have toenails? Because we’re evolutionary ‘weirdos.’
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Science
For octopuses, changing colors is hard work
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Health
Is raw milk safe? Science has a clear answer.
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Lauren Leffer
Fish
The ‘wild’ salmon on your menu might not be wild
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Pollution
6 of the weirdest things to ever wash up on the beach
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Lauren Leffer
Ask Us Anything
Without humans, what would happen to Earth?
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Lauren Leffer
Nutrition
Studying WWII-era rationing shows that sugar is dangerous even in utero
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Lauren Leffer
Animals
Are any animals truly ‘immortal’? These creatures defy biological time.
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Pollution
Chicago’s dirty water may be keeping invasive species at bay
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Health
People who can’t smell breathe differently
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Animals
How animals react to death: From vigils to cannibalism
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What causes positive drug tests? It’s not just drugs… or poppy seeds.
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Lauren Leffer
Birds
Why do birds migrate? Scientists have a few major theories.
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Lauren Leffer
Archaeology
World’s oldest cheese found in necklaces on mummies in China
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Lauren Leffer
Science
Octopus and fish join forces to hunt together
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Lauren Leffer
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Seriously, stop microwaving your food in plastic
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Lauren Leffer
Health
Why do we have fevers? It’s more complicated than ‘heat kills bugs.’
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Lauren Leffer
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Why airplanes leave white streaks in the sky
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Lauren Leffer
Diseases
The sky is full of germs
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Lauren Leffer
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Does fidgeting really help you focus?
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Why do we have earlobes? They make no evolutionary sense.
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Lauren Leffer
Science
The dye in Doritos can make mice transparent
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Lauren Leffer
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Why are we ticklish? The science of the silly response.
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Lauren Leffer
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