How Specific Stars Can Help Sea Travelers Navigate The Ocean
Early Polynesian explorers had an intimate knowledge of the stars — a skill modern mariners would rely on from the Age of Exploration to the rise of GPS.
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The Truth Behind Lucid Dreaming And How It Works
How does lucid dreaming work? Scientists studied techniques to help us understand how to have lucidity in our dreams and the truth behind lucid dreaming.
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Why Researchers Think Some Mushrooms Make Their Own Wind
Mushrooms are ancient and full of various remedies useful to humans. But, how they get their spores to fly was a mystery to scientists until recently.
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How One Jellyfish Is Capable Of Near-Immortality
No creature is capable of immortality, but one species of jellyfish comes pretty close. Here's how one jellyfish is capable of near-immortality.
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The Science Behind How The Human Body Can Grow Back Fingertips
The human body is an astounding piece of work with many complex systems working in synchronicity. It can even regrow certain limbs, but there are some caveats.
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The Most Incredible Things Discovered In Sinkholes
Exploring a sinkhole can mean stepping back thousands or even millions of years to where ancient layers of the earth and age-old artifacts are exposed.
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This Is The Only Spacecraft That's Ever Flown By Neptune
Neptune is one of the gas giants that orbit the sun. This enormous planet received a visit from only one spacecraft in the history of human space exploration.
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Here's How Many Years It Would Take To Travel To Uranus
Uranus is one of the furthest planets from Earth in the solar system, over 2 billion miles from the sun. Here's how long it would take to travel there.
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How Large An Asteroid Must Be To Destroy The Earth
We often hear about asteroids heading toward Earth, but could one actually destroy it? Here's how large an asteroid would have to be to destroy Earth.
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The Hidden Secret Uranus And Neptune Might Be Holding
Our solar system's two coldest, darkest, murkiest planets — Uranus and Neptune — hide a glittering secret.
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The Truth About The Pollution Making Up The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
No matter its name, the enormous clusters of plastic debris floating in the Pacific Ocean are threats to marine life and contributors to climate change.
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The Six Strangest Sharks You've Probably Never Heard Of
Think shark, and you're probably imagining the classic great white, and the theme music from "Jaws." But there are more than 500 species of shark out there.
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Why The Moon Is Upside Down In Australia
The song says "it's amore" when the moon hits your eye in a certain way. How the moon appears, however, changes, depending where you're standing at the time.
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Why Cats Have Vertical Pupils
Cats are known for having vertical pupils, which makes them rather distinct in the animal kingdom. Here's the specific evolutionary reason for this.
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The Real Reason Why The Sky Is Blue
We often take it for granted that the sky is blue, but there's a complex reason behind why the sky appears to be this particular color. Here's why.
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What We Know About The Mysterious Brain Tumor Outbreak At A NJ High School
Once is an accident, twice is a coincidence. After that? When patterns of illness emerge, linked to one area, scientific investigation is urgent.
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This Is How Much Money Elon Musk Is Actually Worth
Elon Musk is an entrepreneur who founded or co-founded various innovative businesses including PayPal, SpaceX, and Tesla. SO how much is he really worth?
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Can You Enjoy A Beer After A Nuclear Explosion?
In the event of a nuclear explosion, things within the range of the blast become radioactive, but researchers found you can still enjoy a beer, mostly.
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The Scientific Reason Oceans Appear To Be Different Colors
If you've ever looked at areal images of the Earth, you've no doubt noticed that the ocean isn't a single color, but a range of colors. Why is that?
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Strange Moons Of The Solar System
With more than 200 moons in our solar system, there are bound to be some strange, yet interesting, facts you didn't know about them.
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The Biggest Theories Behind Why We Do Our Best Thinking In The Shower
Showers are a luxury for a lot of reasons, but they are also a place where we do a lot of our best thinking. Here are the biggest theories behind why that is.
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What To Do If You're Attacked By A Shark
Many species of shark are apex predators, traversing their domain and eating what they will. Suppose one decides to have you for dinner -- what then?
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The Scientific Reason Car Spoilers Were Invented
Spoiler alert: not all "spoilers" are of the pop-culture kind. For decades, the auto industry has been putting them on cars. Here's why they were invented.
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How Waffle House Became The Barometer For FEMA Disaster Relief
Some people claim their bodies can predict weather -- maybe a knee starts to ache before it rains. Are Waffle Houses predictors of storm severity?
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The Science Behind How Whales Can Stay Underwater For So Long
On the list of "how do they do that?" questions for the animal world, no doubt "If whales are mammals, how do they stay underwater so long?" is toward the top.
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Do Bats Ever Get Confused By Each Other's Sonar?
There are so many kinds of bats. They often navigate using echolocation -- making a noise, reading its bounce back -- so do they get in each other's way?
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Whale Sharks Have Teeth Where You Might Not Expect Them
The ocean is full of the strange, wonderful, and the downright weird. The whale shark is the largest fish in the sea and also boasts this odd place for teeth.
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