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November 8, 2011

 

Dog growling at attacking cat

Do Cats Rule While Dogs Just Drool?

In the contest of pet superiority - dogs versus cats - who knew that drinking method was even a topic?

November 8, 2011

 

Inside a hard disk drive

Behind The Scenes Of Saving

We click 'Save' constantly, but what's actually going on when we do?

November 8, 2011

 

An artist's rendering of the Earth in glass

Earth’s Close Encounter

An asteroid will whiz by Earth at 29,000 miles per hour. That could cause a big impact, but do we really have anything to worry about?

November 8, 2011

 

Marmoset

The Fluffy Science Of Cute

It's a fact, we love adorable things, but we still don't really know why.

October 31, 2011

 

Caterpillar on leaf with wasp larvae erupting from body

Eaten Alive

Nature can sometimes be a scary place, particularly if you are the sort of insect that parasitic wasp larvae enjoy eating - alive!

October 29, 2011

 

Dry ice sublimating from a glass with blue liquid

Get Your (Mad) Science On This Halloween!

Fill your weekend with family-friendly, Halloween-inspired science and math activities!

October 29, 2011

 

Naked Mole Rat

Top Ten Lesser-Known Phobias

Who needs metaphysical ghouls when everyday phenomena can scare you just as well?

October 28, 2011

 

Sea Urchin

The Surreal World of Sea Urchins

French filmmaker, Jean Painlevé, ushers us into the disconcerting realm of echinoderms.

October 24, 2011

 

F-15

Pteromerhanophobia: When The Sky Attacks

There are some things the human body hasn't evolved to do. Supersonic ejection is one of them.

October 24, 2011

 

Ötzi, Say ‘Cheese’

No doubt about it, photographs of mummies are tasteless and terrifying. Then again, isn't that kind of the point of Halloween?

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