The World's Tiniest Owl Can Fit In Your Lunchbox
Owls are iconic in pop culture and a source of fascination for many. While larger owl species are more familiar, the world's smallest can fit in your lunchbox.
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How Crickets Can Be Used To Predict The Temperature
There are plenty of folk tales out there, no matter where you live -- ancient wisdom handed down about how to do or understand this, that, or the other thing.
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Why Birds Don't Fart
Animals of all sorts, whether mammals, reptiles, or birds, share certain behaviors in common, and others that are unique to one group or the other, like farts.
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Weather Folklore That Is Said To Predict Your Winter Forecast
For centuries, humans have been pointing to natural occurrences, such as the number of acorns that fall, that supposedly portend the severity of winter.
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The Evolution Of Fingerprint Technology Through The Years
Fingerprints as identification goes back to ancient times, and as the technology has evolved, so has the level of information.
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Why The World's Largest Iceberg Is In Danger Of Melting
The world's largest iceberg, A-76A — a truly massive sight to behold at 84 miles long and 16 miles wide — may not hold that title for much longer.
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The First Wild Bison Born In The UK In 6,000 Years Was A Complete Surprise
The North American bison -- often called a buffalo -- was nearly hunted to extinction, So, too, was its European cousin, the wisent -- but there's new hope.
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Can Planets Die?
While many of us are worried about climate change and its effects on Earth's habitability, other planets are also being affected by forces beyond their surface.
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How Different Natural Disasters Change The Environment
Natural disasters are extremely powerful, but their aftermath is just as difficult. Here's how different natural disasters change the environment.
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Amazing Astronomical Events Happening In The Next 200 Years
Often fascinating and sometimes spectacular, there are some rare treats in store for skywatchers over the next two centuries.
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A Hole In The Planet's Magnetic Field Caused A Rare Pink Aurora Over Norway
The northern lights are beloved by both scientists and casual viewers alike. Here's how a hole in the planet's magnetic field caused a rare pink aurora.
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What Is A Subtropical Storm?
To the uninitiated, severe offshore weather simply means trouble, but there are distinctions to be made in the types of storms that threaten coastlines.
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What Is Black Hairy Tongue?
Shortly before she died, Julie Powell tweeted she experienced something she called black hairy tongue. What exactly is that?
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Why A Hospital Cleaner's Nervous System Is Still Displayed At Drexel University
A woman who reportedly worked as a cleaner at the university donated her body for medical science.
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What We Know About The Virus That Turns Pigeons Into 'Zombies'
An illness causes such bizarre and severe symptoms in afflicted pigeons that many people have said it's like the pigeons have become "zombies."
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The True Story Of How An Amateur Climatologist's Failed Earthquake Prediction Got School Canceled
An amateur climatologist with a degree in zoology once got school canceled over his failed prediction of an earthquake that never materialized.
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How WWI Had A Profound Effect On The Science Of Plastic Surgery
World War I resulted in millions of people wounded, many of whom needed facial reconstructive surgeries.
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This Possible Climate-Saving Solution Was Pulled From The Pages Of A Sci-Fi Novel
Global warming is one of the most pressing issues of modern times. This possible climate-saving solution was pulled from the pages of a sci-fi novel.
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How Long Would It Take To Fall Through Planet Earth?
Many a child has determined to dig a really, really deep hole, as deep as they can. What if someone dug all the way through to the other side of Earth?
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The Science Behind Why Rotten Eggs Float
With some foods, it's pretty easy and obvious to determine whether or not they're still safe to eat, but eggs are self-contained and enclosed and a mystery.
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Pieces Of A Crashed Space Station In The 1970s Were Worth A Pretty Penny To Treasure Hunters
What goes up is quite likely to come down once again, sometimes predictably, sometimes chaotically, and sometimes profitably for a lucky few.
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Here's What Caused The Famous Golden Gate Bridge Arches To Flatten In 1987
Major modern roadways, including bridges, are designed to bear extraordinary amounts of traffic and, therefore, weight -- but even so, there are limits.
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Mars Opportunity Rover's Final Words Before Scientists Lost Contact
Opportunity -- "Oppy," the Mars rover that completed its mission, and then some -- finally stopped communicating with Earth after a massive Mars dust storm.
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The Mars Opportunity Rover Functioned Over A Decade Longer Than Its Mission
Despite decades of research, space exploration is still a tricky, almost delicate proposition -- so it's that much cooler when it succeeds beyond expectations.
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How Much Space Debris Actually Falls Back To Earth?
You might be wondering, "Could any of space trash plummet down to Earth and bonk me on the head on my way to work?" Well, let's take a look.
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Where Do Deer Sleep In The Winter?
Come the cold winter months, some animals ride out the storms by hibernating, others by becoming dormant, and others head for warmer climates. And deer?
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What Happens To Bugs In The Winter?
Bugs are known to mainly proliferate in the summer, but what happens to them in the summer? This is where bugs disappear to in the winter.
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