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Advanced Mathematics With Legos In A Washing Machine

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How A Gene For Fair Skin Spread Across India

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How Waffle House Became A Disaster Indicator For FEMA

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Fascinating Hypothesis: The Whole Idea Of Species Doesn’t Apply To Certain Organisms
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Fascinating Hypothesis: The Whole Idea Of Species Doesn’t Apply To Certain Organisms

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Just Liking A Cause Doesn’t Help: Internet Slacktivism Harms Charities

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Drones: Alien Invaders or Governmental Cover-up of Alien Invaders?

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What does that cute baby video actually show?

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Ex-Rhino

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A Rare New Bacterium Thrives In Spacecraft Cleanrooms

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FYI: How Did English Get To Be The International Language Of Science?
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FYI: How Did English Get To Be The International Language Of Science?

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Whisky Aging and its Angels [SPONSORED ARTICLE]

By Glenfiddich Ambassador, Mitch Bechard

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Get Lost In These Extremely Detailed Maps Of A Fictional Continent

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Why The Moon Should Be An International Park
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Why The Moon Should Be An International Park

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One In Five Sun-Like Stars Have Earth-Like Planets

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Friction Physics Reveals Details Of How People Hauled 100-Plus-Ton Stones To China’s Forbidden City

By Francie Diep

I Have Detected a Ghost with Science
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I Have Detected a Ghost with Science

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How Biological Patents Promote Research And Save Lives

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Crawling: A New Evolutionary Trick?
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Crawling: A New Evolutionary Trick?

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Historic Space Images From The Arecibo Observatory
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Historic Space Images From The Arecibo Observatory

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FYI: Can You Overdose On Halloween Candy?

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How Long Could You Survive In A Coffin If You Were Buried Alive?

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Inside The Hunt For Dark Matter
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Inside The Hunt For Dark Matter

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Things That Go Beep-Boop In the Night

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7 Gorgeous Space Images From The NASA Archive
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7 Gorgeous Space Images From The NASA Archive

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What Happened to Apollos 2 and 3?

By Amy Shira Teitel

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Archaeologists Pull 5 Of Blackbeard’s Cannons From The Sea

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Why Babies In Arabic-Speaking Households Learn Some Numbers Faster

By Francie Diep

The Mathematics Of Throwing A Curveball
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The Mathematics Of Throwing A Curveball

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WHISK(E)Y MAP [SPONSORED ARTICLE]

By Glenfiddich Ambassador, Mitch Bechard

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FYI: Why Do Leaves Turn Different Colors?

By Daniel Engber

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What’s Going On With the Sun This Week?

By Lindsey Kratochwill

The “Science” of Wind Turbine Syndrome
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The “Science” of Wind Turbine Syndrome

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How Arjun Raj Reveals The Inner Workings Of Cells

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Wally Schirra, Engineering Precision, and a Disastrous Head Cold
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Wally Schirra, Engineering Precision, and a Disastrous Head Cold

By Amy Shira Teitel

Science Confirms The Obvious: Dudes Slow Down When Walking With Their Girlfriends
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Science Confirms The Obvious: Dudes Slow Down When Walking With Their Girlfriends

By Shaunacy Ferro

Farthest-Ever Confirmed Galaxy Offers Glimpse Of Early Universe
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Farthest-Ever Confirmed Galaxy Offers Glimpse Of Early Universe

By Francie Diep

The Moon And NASA Now Communicate Via Lasers
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The Moon And NASA Now Communicate Via Lasers

By Lindsey Kratochwill

The Worst Jobs in Science and Three Awesome Ones
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The Worst Jobs in Science and Three Awesome Ones

By Doug Cantor

Women’s Breasts Age Way Faster Than The Rest Of Their Bodies
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Women’s Breasts Age Way Faster Than The Rest Of Their Bodies

By Shaunacy Ferro

Big Pic: Pillownauts Rest For Science
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Big Pic: Pillownauts Rest For Science

By Shaunacy Ferro

An Interactive Map Of The Brain
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An Interactive Map Of The Brain

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How Heather Knutson Reads The Weather On Exoplanets

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OTP Part 2
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OTP Part 2

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How Voyager Became a Grand Tour

By Amy Shira Teitel

What Are Genetically Recoded Organisms?
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What Are Genetically Recoded Organisms?

By Francie Diep

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Regulating Fantasy: The Psychics of Salem

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How David Schmale Tracks Airborne Microbes With Drones

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Why Won’t Bullfrogs Jump For Science?
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Why Won’t Bullfrogs Jump For Science?

By Shaunacy Ferro

Did Ancient Climate Change Drive Human Evolution?
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Did Ancient Climate Change Drive Human Evolution?

By Shaunacy Ferro

Sex Positions That Won’t Break Your Artificial Hip, According To Science
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Sex Positions That Won’t Break Your Artificial Hip, According To Science

By Shaunacy Ferro

How Scott Collis Is Harnessing New Data To Improve Climate Models
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How Scott Collis Is Harnessing New Data To Improve Climate Models

By Veronique Greenwood and Valerie Ross

How Justin Cappos Created A New Way To Cloud Compute
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How Justin Cappos Created A New Way To Cloud Compute

By Veronique Greenwood and Valerie Ross

Big Pic: Testing Spacesuits For Mars
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Big Pic: Testing Spacesuits For Mars

By Francie Diep

Space-Born Jellyfish Hate Life On Earth
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Space-Born Jellyfish Hate Life On Earth

By Shaunacy Ferro

Meet Pedro Reis, The Engineer Who Finds Strength In Flaws
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Meet Pedro Reis, The Engineer Who Finds Strength In Flaws

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How Mya Breitbart Is Mapping The Genomes Of Entire Ecosystems
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How Mya Breitbart Is Mapping The Genomes Of Entire Ecosystems

By Veronique Greenwood and Valerie Ross

Which Pizza Chain Dominates Your State? [Infographic]
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Which Pizza Chain Dominates Your State? [Infographic]

By Colin Lecher

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Mercury Astronaut Scott Carpenter and the Controversy Surrounding Aurora 7

By Amy Shira Teitel

Snapple’s Bottle Cap Facts Are Often Wrong
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Snapple’s Bottle Cap Facts Are Often Wrong

By Dan Nosowitz

The Drive to Win
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The Drive to Win

By Kate Gammon

Meet The Sourpuss Gene
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Meet The Sourpuss Gene

By Shaunacy Ferro

What Will It Take To Find Life Elsewhere In The Universe?
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What Will It Take To Find Life Elsewhere In The Universe?

By Lee Billings

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Planet Made Of Diamond May Not Be So Bling After All

By Francie Diep

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