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FYI: What Is The Evolutionary Purpose Of Tickling?
Evolution

FYI: What Is The Evolutionary Purpose Of Tickling?

A Size Comparison Of Sci-Fi’s Greatest Machines And Monsters [Infographic]
Science Fiction

A Size Comparison Of Sci-Fi’s Greatest Machines And Monsters [Infographic]

How does Godzilla compare to an AT-AT walker? Plus, how they stack up to real stuff, like the Sydney Opera House.

Does CTE, The Brain Disease Found In NFL Players, Really Exist?
Diseases

Does CTE, The Brain Disease Found In NFL Players, Really Exist?

A new study found cognitively impaired former football players aren't much different from non-players with cognitive impairments.

Sanjay Gupta: Only 6 Percent Of Marijuana Research Considers Medical Benefits
Health

Sanjay Gupta: Only 6 Percent Of Marijuana Research Considers Medical Benefits

It's impressive researchers have managed to conduct even that many studies.

Secure Email Options for Message Privacy
Security

Secure Email Options for Message Privacy

It's shockingly, disturbingly easy for the government to snoop on your emails. Here are your weapons in the fight for secure email.

Watch A Homemade Coilgun Destroy A Laptop
Weapons

Watch A Homemade Coilgun Destroy A Laptop

It's an electric gun, boogie woogie woogie.

8 Cool Civil War Artifacts
Technology

8 Cool Civil War Artifacts

Rare photographs, casts of Lincoln's (giant) hands and more

Can ‘Brain Freeze’ Cause Long-Term Brain Damage?
Ask Us Anything

Can ‘Brain Freeze’ Cause Long-Term Brain Damage?

And is it already too late?!

5 Sneaky Ways The NSA Spies On Americans
Security

5 Sneaky Ways The NSA Spies On Americans

The U.S. government needs only three degrees of separation to look at Kevin Bacon's phone records.

Is Kickstarter Hostile To Science?
Science

Is Kickstarter Hostile To Science?

By discouraging a promising science project, Kickstarter could be encouraging corporate monopolies, enabling sloppy legislation, and keeping cool glow-in-the-dark plants out of our houses.

International Space Station

FYI: How Often Do Astronauts Do Laundry?

What Twins Reveal About The Science Of Faith
Science

What Twins Reveal About The Science Of Faith

Studies of twins suggest that faith is influenced by genes.

Chipped Corn
Engineering

What Elle Magazine Got Wrong In Its Shoddy Takedown Of Genetically Modified Corn

A Slate investigation finds no merit in one writer's claim that she's allergic to genetically modified corn.

FYI: Just How Old is Dirt?
Ask Us Anything

FYI: Just How Old is Dirt?

Really, really old

What Pangaea Would Look Like With Today’s Political Boundaries [Infographic]
Science

What Pangaea Would Look Like With Today’s Political Boundaries [Infographic]

Goodbye, East Coast.

Photograph Your House Key With This App, Then Print A Copy Anywhere
Security

Photograph Your House Key With This App, Then Print A Copy Anywhere

The app's creators think of it as "lockout insurance."

English Speakers Increasingly Use Self-Centered Words Like ‘Get’ And ‘Choose’
Science

English Speakers Increasingly Use Self-Centered Words Like ‘Get’ And ‘Choose’

What changes in language use can tell us about society

Satellite Photos Map The Destruction In Syria
Technology

Satellite Photos Map The Destruction In Syria

A new report on the city of Aleppo shows where the damage has hit--and it's anything but evenly distributed.

Technology

Super Simple 3-D-Printed Robot Can Inspect Power Lines For Cheap

Don't be surprised to see a few of these inching their way along cables above your head soon.

Fetal Pain Is A Lie: How Phony Science Took Over The Abortion Debate
Health

Fetal Pain Is A Lie: How Phony Science Took Over The Abortion Debate

New laws banning abortion after 20 weeks are based on pseudoscience -- and real research proves it conclusively.