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Science & Nature

Mind-Blowing Facts That Bring Science to Life

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Human Behavior

Your Brain Can Sync With Other People's Brains at the Same Time

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Earth

You Are Moving Through Space at Over 1 Million MPH

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INSECTS

The Tiny Settlers That Came By Ship

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Human Body

Some Cells in Your Body May Come From Another Person

They can remain for decades and may respond when the body is injured.

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Weather

The Raindrop Shape You Know Is Wrong

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Insects

A Comeback, Not a Recovery: The Monarch Butterfly’s Fragile Rebound

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Solar System

Your Water is Billions of Years Older Than You Think

Genetics

Why Pale Skin Evolved in Northern Europe

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Human Behavior

Why You Sometimes Feel Like You're Falling When You Are Asleep

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Human Behavior

Why You Forget Why You Walked Into A Room

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Origins of Life

Every Living Thing Shares A Single Ancestor

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Human Behavior

How Laughter Synchronizes the Brain

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Animals

Why Flies React Faster Than We Do

Small animals like flies process visual information faster than humans, detecting more changes per second.

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Flowers

How Sunflowers Help Restore Polluted Land

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Weather

Rainbows Are Actually Full Circles

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Animals

Why Icelandic Kids Go"Puffling Hunting" Each Fall

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Medicine

When Anatomy Students Ran Out of Bodies

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Human Body

Scientists discovered a human cell that only exists during pregnancy

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Applied Science

How Humans Engineered Strong Alcohol

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Insects

Born to Rule. Born to Die

Nature's Most Unequal Kingdom

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