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Diabetes

Can you eat too much sugar free candy? Short answer: Yes.

But it’ll probably just send you running to the bathroom.

By Cat Rainsford

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Sun

Does summer actually make your hair grow faster?

Probably not, but it might affect beard growth.

By RJ Mackenzie

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Life Skills

How to pack a cooler (because you’re probably doing it wrong)

You may not be using your summertime companion to the best of its abilities.

By Eric Alt

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Birds

The lucrative bird-singing contests that are pushing species to the brink

Millions of songbirds in Southeast Asia are trapped and smuggled each year for keeping as pets or entering in competitions. Scientists warn that it’s fueling a crisis.

By Sandy Ong / Knowable Magazine

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Wildlife

Echidna ‘puggles’ weigh less than a mini marshmallow

The rare twin echidnas were recently born at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.

By Margherita Bassi

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Health

There are 3 types of farters. Which one are you? 

Believe it or not, how you pass gas and the type of gas you pass can say a lot about your inner workings, so pay attention. 

By Eric Alt

This artist’s concept depicts a near-Earth asteroid with an elongated orbit. A few objects such as these can exhibit significant perturbations in their motion around the Sun and, like the asteroid 1998 SH2, could turn out to be regular comets with a weak tail and coma (the gas and dust around a comet’s nucleus). NASA/JPL-Caltech
Space Telescope

Near-Earth asteroid not an asteroid at all

1998 SH2’s story is a 30-year-long cosmic identity crisis.

By Andrew Paul

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Fitness Gear

Josh Kerr wants to run the fastest mile ever. This is the shoe Brooks built to help him do it.

We spoke with Danny Orr, senior director of product development at Brooks, to find out what it takes to build a track spike that can handle running a mile at more than 16 mph.

By Stan Horaczek

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Drones

Mosquito-killing drone blasts bloodsuckers to bits

Like a bat, the drone uses sonar to detect mosquitoes before chasing them down.

By Mack DeGeurin

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Navy

Legendary WW2 submarine heads to Wisconsin for major facelift

The USS Silversides sank at least 23 ships in the Pacific theater.

By Andrew Paul

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