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I recently read that a team of international scientists has decoded and published the entire genome of the naked mole rat. Why would anyone want to do this?
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If you suffered from the neurological disorder called "facial agnosia," you might not recognize the faces of close friends and family. How could this happen?
It's no surprise that guys are more into video games than girls, it's science!
Ever notice how angered you get when you’re waiting for someone to leave a parking spot that you want? Learn why on this Moment of Science.
In the middle of the last century, British mathematician Alan Turing proposed the following test for determining whether a computer could think...on its own!
Have you ever been lying in bed, about to fall fast asleep when your leg jerks suddenly, snapping you awake?
Have you ever bought coffee for someone to butter them up? A group of scientists set out of discover if this angle really works.
Say you're about to take a test or give an important presentation at work, would you rather be calm and collected or angry and agitated?
No sooner are they blown out, then they re-light and can be blown out again. How can a candle light itself?
Laughter research has found that less than 20% of laughter is a sincere response to someone's humor. In fact, it's primarily a social signal.
Some people believe that a dog's mouth is cleaner than a human's. While this may be true, which mouth is more dangerous to people?
For many animals, camouflage is an important part of survival. But a zebra's bold stripes can't help to disguise it in its natural habitat, the open plains.
It was one of the Earth's momentous times. Continents collided. Volcanoes erupted. Ocean currents shifted. Species ran amok.
How much more does an older runner have to run in order burn as many calories as a teenager?
Small, targeted electric shocks to the brain have been shown to sharpen cognitive faculties. Would you plug yourself in?
New calculations suggest the rending of neutron star crusts may allow astrophysicists a glimpse inside these bizarre celestial bodies.
When the drugs we use to heal us create unintended monsters.
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