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How Mayor Bloomberg Plans To Strengthen NYC Against Rising Seas

By Shaunacy Ferro

Only 5 Percent Of People Wash Their Hands Correctly
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Only 5 Percent Of People Wash Their Hands Correctly

By Rose Pastore

Are Angry Legos Harming Our Children?
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Are Angry Legos Harming Our Children?

By Shaunacy Ferro

FYI: Are Beer Bellies A Myth?
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FYI: Are Beer Bellies A Myth?

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Astronaut Chris Hadfield Retires From The Canadian Space Agency
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Astronaut Chris Hadfield Retires From The Canadian Space Agency

By Dan Nosowitz

Saturn’s Moon Dione May Have An Underground Ocean
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Saturn’s Moon Dione May Have An Underground Ocean

By Rose Pastore

FYI: Are People Born With A Tolerance For Spicy Food?
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FYI: Are People Born With A Tolerance For Spicy Food?

By Agneeta Thacker

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What Would Antarctica Look Like If All The Ice Melted?

By Dan Nosowitz

NASA Is Building An Intergalactic GPS
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NASA Is Building An Intergalactic GPS

By Francie Diep

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8 Awesome Things We Learned About Bill Nye From His Reddit AMA

By Rose Pastore

World’s Oldest Primate Fossil Discovered
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World’s Oldest Primate Fossil Discovered

By Lindsey Kratochwill

FYI: How Do Mosquitoes Survive Rainstorms?
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FYI: How Do Mosquitoes Survive Rainstorms?

By Meghan Cetera

FYI: Why Do You Lose Your Tan In The Winter?
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FYI: Why Do You Lose Your Tan In The Winter?

By Keaton Thomas

FYI: Do We Really Get Cold Feet When We Have The Jitters?
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FYI: Do We Really Get Cold Feet When We Have The Jitters?

By Suzee Skwiot

How The Turtle Got Its Shell
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How The Turtle Got Its Shell

By Dan Nosowitz

Where Is The Next Carl Sagan?
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Where Is The Next Carl Sagan?

By Erin Biba

How People Die On Mount Everest [Infographic]
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How People Die On Mount Everest [Infographic]

By Colin Lecher

Want MLB Players To Suck Less And Stay In The League Longer? Give Them Naps
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Want MLB Players To Suck Less And Stay In The League Longer? Give Them Naps

By Colin Lecher

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Can The Expansion Of Cell Phone Coverage Lead To Violent Conflict?

By Kelsey D. Atherton

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1 In 13 Humans Walk On Bendy Chimp Feet, Study Finds

By Shaunacy Ferro

This Bacterium-Sized Bunny Could Be The Future Of Bionic Brains
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This Bacterium-Sized Bunny Could Be The Future Of Bionic Brains

By Rose Pastore

10 Improvised Weapons Made By Syrian Rebels
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10 Improvised Weapons Made By Syrian Rebels

By Kelsey D. Atherton

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Who Was H.M.? Inside The Mind Of The Amnesiac Who Revolutionized Neuroscience

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Scientists Discover Massive Methane-Based Ecosystem
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Scientists Discover Massive Methane-Based Ecosystem

By Shaunacy Ferro

Did Rock Climbing Help Us Start Walking Upright?
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Did Rock Climbing Help Us Start Walking Upright?

By Shaunacy Ferro

400-Year-Old Mosses Revived In Lab
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400-Year-Old Mosses Revived In Lab

By Francie Diep

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FYI: What Is The Limit To How Fast A Human Can Run?

By Jia You

FYI: When Did People Start Inventing Things In The Garage?
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FYI: When Did People Start Inventing Things In The Garage?

By Daniel Engber

Your Complete Guide To White Wine [Infographic]
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Your Complete Guide To White Wine [Infographic]

By Colin Lecher

Will ‘Libido In A Pill’ Help Women Get It On?
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Will ‘Libido In A Pill’ Help Women Get It On?

By Shaunacy Ferro

Discovered: Molecule That Triggers Itchiness
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Discovered: Molecule That Triggers Itchiness

By Lindsey Kratochwill

Scientists Find One Gene Responsible For All White Tigers
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Scientists Find One Gene Responsible For All White Tigers

By Francie Diep

Cloned Human Embryo Study Comes Under Fire
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Cloned Human Embryo Study Comes Under Fire

By Shaunacy Ferro

FYI: How Does Chewing Gum Freshen Breath?
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FYI: How Does Chewing Gum Freshen Breath?

By Brianna Keefe

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FYI: Could Climate Change Cause More (And Bigger) Tornadoes?

By Shaunacy Ferro

FYI: Are Unvaccinated Kids Really Causing The Whooping Cough Resurgence?
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FYI: Are Unvaccinated Kids Really Causing The Whooping Cough Resurgence?

By Francie Diep

Scientists Reveal The Cause Of The Irish Potato Famine
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Scientists Reveal The Cause Of The Irish Potato Famine

By Dan Nosowitz

NASA Invests In 3-D Food Printer For Mars Missions
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NASA Invests In 3-D Food Printer For Mars Missions

By Colin Lecher

FYI: Can A Bionic Eye See As Well As A Human Eye?
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FYI: Can A Bionic Eye See As Well As A Human Eye?

By Alyssa Brewer

FYI: Do Parasites Get Parasites?
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FYI: Do Parasites Get Parasites?

By Daniel Engber

FYI: Do Wind Farms Make It Less Windy?
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FYI: Do Wind Farms Make It Less Windy?

By Daniel Engber

Study Finds Correlation Between Fiscal Conservatism And Big Biceps
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Study Finds Correlation Between Fiscal Conservatism And Big Biceps

By Dan Nosowitz

The Week In Numbers: Fire In Space, The First Cloned Human Embryo, And More
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The Week In Numbers: Fire In Space, The First Cloned Human Embryo, And More

By Rose Pastore

A Zombie Worm And Other Amazing Images From This Week
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A Zombie Worm And Other Amazing Images From This Week

By Dan Nosowitz and Rose Pastore

State Drops Charges Against High School Student Arrested For Science Experiment
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State Drops Charges Against High School Student Arrested For Science Experiment

By Clay Dillow

Electrical Brain Stimulation Can Help You Learn Math
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Electrical Brain Stimulation Can Help You Learn Math

By Francie Diep

FYI: Which Emotion Is The Hardest To Fake?
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FYI: Which Emotion Is The Hardest To Fake?

By Emily Ferber

Space Tourism’s Black Carbon Problem
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Space Tourism’s Black Carbon Problem

By Andrew Rosenblum

What Modern Humans Can Learn From The Neanderthals’ Extinction
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What Modern Humans Can Learn From The Neanderthals’ Extinction

By Annalee Newitz

FYI: Do I Really Need My Pinky Toe?
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FYI: Do I Really Need My Pinky Toe?

By Sally Zhang

Shipping A 50-Foot Magnet Across The U.S., For Physics
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Shipping A 50-Foot Magnet Across The U.S., For Physics

By Rebecca Boyle

Freaky Carnivorous Flower Has Super-Efficient Genome
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Freaky Carnivorous Flower Has Super-Efficient Genome

By Francie Diep

Cornstarch Replaces Cyanide In Clean New Gold Extraction Method
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Cornstarch Replaces Cyanide In Clean New Gold Extraction Method

By Rebecca Boyle

FYI: Why Do We Hate The Sound Of Nails On A Chalkboard?
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FYI: Why Do We Hate The Sound Of Nails On A Chalkboard?

By Sari Soffer

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How To Puke In Space And Other Important Things We Learned From ISS Commander Chris Hadfield

By Rebecca Boyle

Astronomers Spot A Planet Using Einstein’s Theory Of Relativity
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Astronomers Spot A Planet Using Einstein’s Theory Of Relativity

By Francie Diep

How To MacGyver A Million-Pound Orbiting Space Laboratory
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How To MacGyver A Million-Pound Orbiting Space Laboratory

By Rebecca Boyle

Watch Astronaut Chris Hadfield Cover David Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’… In Space
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Watch Astronaut Chris Hadfield Cover David Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’… In Space

By Clay Dillow

Making New Elements
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Making New Elements

By Brooke Borel

FYI: Why Do Old People Get So Hairy?
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FYI: Why Do Old People Get So Hairy?

By Alissa Zhu

What Cannibals Could Teach Us About Evolution
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What Cannibals Could Teach Us About Evolution

By Lindsey Kratochwill

Did Earth And The Moon Get Their Water From The Same Place?
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Did Earth And The Moon Get Their Water From The Same Place?

By Rebecca Boyle

FYI: Why Are There No Native Monkeys In North America?
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FYI: Why Are There No Native Monkeys In North America?

By Dan Nosowitz

7 Amazing Images Of The Future, From 1947
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7 Amazing Images Of The Future, From 1947

By Rose Pastore

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