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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

Buzz Aldrin Wants To Send People On A One-Way Trip To Mars
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Buzz Aldrin Wants To Send People On A One-Way Trip To Mars

By Rebecca Boyle

What Snooty Beer Should I Drink? [Infographic]
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What Snooty Beer Should I Drink? [Infographic]

By Martha Harbison

Dear Congress: Why Are You So Anti-Science?
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Dear Congress: Why Are You So Anti-Science?

By Rebecca Boyle

Your Paleofads Are Paleo-B.S.
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Your Paleofads Are Paleo-B.S.

By Marlene Zuk

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Whoa: Early American Settlers Ate Each Other

By Martha Harbison

Why Your Beer Gets So Warm On Humid Days
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Why Your Beer Gets So Warm On Humid Days

By Rebecca Boyle

If Antimatter Is The Opposite Of Matter, Does It Fall Up?
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If Antimatter Is The Opposite Of Matter, Does It Fall Up?

By Rebecca Boyle

World’s Tiniest Movie Uses Atoms As Actors
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World’s Tiniest Movie Uses Atoms As Actors

By Rose Pastore

Honeybees May Be Dying Off Because They’re Eating Inferior Honey Substitutes
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Honeybees May Be Dying Off Because They’re Eating Inferior Honey Substitutes

By Rebecca Boyle

The Scientific Reason You Won’t Throw Your Stuff Away
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The Scientific Reason You Won’t Throw Your Stuff Away

By Shaunacy Ferro

BeerSci: How Do We Measure The Bitterness Of Beer?
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BeerSci: How Do We Measure The Bitterness Of Beer?

By Martha Harbison

Where The World Lives, By Latitude [Infographic]
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Where The World Lives, By Latitude [Infographic]

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Medication Protects Men From Seduction By Dangerous Women
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Medication Protects Men From Seduction By Dangerous Women

By Dan Nosowitz

Particle Accelerator Will Examine The Color Of Dinosaur Skin
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Particle Accelerator Will Examine The Color Of Dinosaur Skin

By Francie Diep

Virgin Galactic’s Spaceship Flies On Rocket Power For First Time [Updated With Video]
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Virgin Galactic’s Spaceship Flies On Rocket Power For First Time [Updated With Video]

By Dave Mosher

Maclyn McCarty with Francis Crick and James D. Watson
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How four nerds discovered the DNA helix

By Rose Pastore

Humpback Whales Learn New Tricks By Watching Their Friends
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Humpback Whales Learn New Tricks By Watching Their Friends

By Rebecca Boyle

Oxford Institute Forecasts The Possible Doom Of Humanity
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Oxford Institute Forecasts The Possible Doom Of Humanity

By Martha Harbison

Million-Neuron Artificial Brain Works In Real Time
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Million-Neuron Artificial Brain Works In Real Time

By Francie Diep

Why I Let My Students Cheat On Their Game Theory Exam
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Why I Let My Students Cheat On Their Game Theory Exam

By Peter Nonacs/ Zócalo Public Square

Big Pic: There’s A Penis Drawing On Mars, You Guys
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Big Pic: There’s A Penis Drawing On Mars, You Guys

By Colin Lecher

FYI: Why Aren’t Hovercraft More Useful?
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FYI: Why Aren’t Hovercraft More Useful?

By Daniel Engber

We’ve Finally Figured Out What Makes LED Bulbs So Inefficient
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We’ve Finally Figured Out What Makes LED Bulbs So Inefficient

By Shaunacy Ferro

Conscientious Galaxy Uses All Its Fuel To Make New Stars, Leaving No Waste Behind
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Conscientious Galaxy Uses All Its Fuel To Make New Stars, Leaving No Waste Behind

By Rebecca Boyle

The Math: What Life On Kepler-62e Would Be Like
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The Math: What Life On Kepler-62e Would Be Like

By Kyle Hill

FYI: How Does A Drug Get Its Name?
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FYI: How Does A Drug Get Its Name?

By Rebecca Boyle

Dear President Obama: When Will You Stop Talking About Climate Change And Actually Do Something?
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Dear President Obama: When Will You Stop Talking About Climate Change And Actually Do Something?

By Rebecca Boyle

FYI: How Much Cocaine Can You Fit In Your, Ahem, Body?
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FYI: How Much Cocaine Can You Fit In Your, Ahem, Body?

By Dan Nosowitz

FYI: Is Ecstasy Safer When It’s Purer?
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FYI: Is Ecstasy Safer When It’s Purer?

By Shaunacy Ferro

How Physics Can Help Solve Crimes
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How Physics Can Help Solve Crimes

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Life Inside The Most Densely Populated Place On Earth [Infographic]
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Life Inside The Most Densely Populated Place On Earth [Infographic]

By Dan Nosowitz

Super-Fast New Telescope Solves Star Birth Mystery
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Super-Fast New Telescope Solves Star Birth Mystery

By Rebecca Boyle

West, Texas Explosion
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What Is Anhydrous Ammonia, The Chemical At The Site Of The West, Texas, Explosion?

By Colin Lecher

Hospitals Earn More For Mistakes Than For Flawless Surgeries
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Hospitals Earn More For Mistakes Than For Flawless Surgeries

By Francie Diep

FYI: Can humans get high on catnip?
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FYI: Can humans get high on catnip?

By Francie Diep

Wearing A Kilt Could Make Your Sperm Stronger
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Wearing A Kilt Could Make Your Sperm Stronger

By Colin Lecher

We Could Eat Trees: Scientists Turn Inedible Plant Cellulose Into Starchy Snack
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We Could Eat Trees: Scientists Turn Inedible Plant Cellulose Into Starchy Snack

By Rebecca Boyle

Why We Stand Where We Do In An Elevator
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Why We Stand Where We Do In An Elevator

By Shaunacy Ferro

Ale Yeast Running For Official State Microbe Of Oregon
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Ale Yeast Running For Official State Microbe Of Oregon

By Martha Harbison

Q&A: Hardware Guru Limor Fried
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Q&A: Hardware Guru Limor Fried

By Dave Mosher

The Science Of PSAs: Do Anti-Drug Ads Keep Kids Off Drugs?
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The Science Of PSAs: Do Anti-Drug Ads Keep Kids Off Drugs?

By Shaunacy Ferro

What If Darwin Had Never Existed?
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What If Darwin Had Never Existed?

By Peter J. Bowler

Did You Pay To Name A Planet? You Got Scammed
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Did You Pay To Name A Planet? You Got Scammed

By Susan E. Matthews

Every Single Person In The World On One Chart
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Every Single Person In The World On One Chart

By Colin Lecher

Human Ancestor Reconstructed, Halfway Between Chimp And Human
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Human Ancestor Reconstructed, Halfway Between Chimp And Human

By Dan Nosowitz

Long-Necked Giant Was Fastest-Growing Dinosaur
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Long-Necked Giant Was Fastest-Growing Dinosaur

By Shaunacy Ferro

Experiment Gives Phantom Limb Syndrome To People Who Have All Of Their Limbs
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Experiment Gives Phantom Limb Syndrome To People Who Have All Of Their Limbs

By Colin Lecher

Who Or What Left This 60,000-Ton Ancient Artifact Under The Sea?
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Who Or What Left This 60,000-Ton Ancient Artifact Under The Sea?

By Martha Harbison

An Illustrated Tour Of Australia’s Museum of Copulatory Organs
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An Illustrated Tour Of Australia’s Museum of Copulatory Organs

By Andy Warner/ Symbolia

Brain Scans Offer Precise Measurement Of Human Pain
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Brain Scans Offer Precise Measurement Of Human Pain

By Francie Diep

Holy Crap, Saturn’s Rings Are Raining Water
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Holy Crap, Saturn’s Rings Are Raining Water

By Rose Pastore

photos of a mouse brain before and after CLARITY treatment
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New Stanford Technique To Make Brains Transparent

By Francie Diep

New Exoplanet-Hunting Mission To Launch In 2017
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New Exoplanet-Hunting Mission To Launch In 2017

By David Dickinson/ Universe Today

How It Works: Honeybee Society
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How It Works: Honeybee Society

By Corey Binns

Scientists Discover Evidence Of Dark Lightning
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Scientists Discover Evidence Of Dark Lightning

By Francie Diep

How To Crowdsource Astronomy Without People Messing It Up
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How To Crowdsource Astronomy Without People Messing It Up

By Elizabeth Howell/ Universe Today

Bogus Academic Conferences Lure Scientists
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Bogus Academic Conferences Lure Scientists

By Martha Harbison

How It Works: The Star-Mapping Spacecraft
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How It Works: The Star-Mapping Spacecraft

By Brooke Borel

Climate Change May Lead To Bumpier Airplane Rides, Study Finds
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Climate Change May Lead To Bumpier Airplane Rides, Study Finds

By Francie Diep

Penis Size Matters, Study Says
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Penis Size Matters, Study Says

By Francie Diep

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