• Woman fans herself
    By Karen Corday

    Why Some People Cannot Sweat

    The inability to sweat might (at first) sound almost ideal. People who can't perspire, however, have their own very specific challenges, including heatstroke.

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  • Mackerel on ice
    By Karen Corday

    Why Some People Can't Smell Fish

    Everyone is familiar with the smell of rotting fish, right? Wrong; it turns out the experience of getting a noseful of spoiled seafood is not quite universal.

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  • A photograph of a boat in the frozen Arctic waters near the North Pole.
    By Daniel Leonard

    How Cold Does It Really Get At The North Pole?

    If you know one thing about the North Pole, it's that Santa lives there. But if you know two things about the North Pole, then you know that it's extremely cold. The North Pole is the northernmost point on the Earth, lying in the middle of the frozen Arctic Ocean, but not as cold as you imagine it.

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  • Mountain peak Everest. Highest mountain in the world. National Park, Nepal.
    By Karen Corday

    Mount Everest Is Higher Than You Thought

    Nepal announced in 2012 that they would perform their own mission to check Everest's height; they were spurred to take action after a destructive 7.8 magnitude earthquake in 2015, after which scientists disagreed whether or not the quake had affected the mountain's size.

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  • Close up of a lock of blonde hair being cut by a pair of scissors
    By Karen Corday

    The Genetic Quirk Linked To Blond Hair

    Part of the intrigue surrounding blonde hair has to do with its rarity. According to author Christie Davis, just 5 percent of adult European and North American women have naturally blond hair, while Fact Retriever reports that just 2 percent of the world's population can claim natural blondness.

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  • A blue-eyed lady peers out from genetically mutated eyes
    By Richard Milner

    The Genetic Mutation That Could Be Responsible For Blue Eyes

    It's taken quite some time to go from Gregor Mendel's 1860s original work to these current results. After all, people used to believe that children's eye color sort of blended from their parents, like paint on a palette. It took quite some time, however, for the first blue-eyed human to even exist.

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  • Rotten pumpkin with mold spores
    By Karen Corday

    What Happens To Your Body When You Eat Mold?

    Finding mold on a piece of fruit or a loaf of bread is always a disappointing and gross experience, but what happens to your body if you eat the mold growing on your food? It really depends on the type. To begin with, there are over 100,000 varieties of mold. Some are healthful; some are not.

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  • Potatoes
    By Emilia David

    This Is How Scientists Solved The Mystery Of The Irish Famine

    Back in 1845, a disease swept across Ireland. It didn't directly affect humans; instead, it hit their crops, and hard. According to History, an organism spread around the country, killing half the potato crop that year and about three-quarters of the produce of the next seven years.

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  • Homo erectus skull
    By Nick Vrchoticky

    The Truth About The Earliest Known Humans In Asia

    Homo erectus looked a bit different from Neanderthals and modern humans, but you probably wouldn't notice they're a different species if you ran into one on the street. They grew to nearly average modern human height and had similar proportions.

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  • DNA
    By Nick Vrchoticky

    Here Are The Neanderthal Traits You Could Be Carrying

    For the longest time, it was believed that we killed off Neanderthals, since they seem to have disappeared shortly after we traveled out of Africa. The takeover was thought to be a gradual one. All the evidence suggested we were smarter, with more advanced weapons, hunting techniques, and language.

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  • Aromatherapy and a woman's nose
    By Richard Milner

    What You Probably Didn't Know About Humans' Sense Of Smell

    While we know that humans are led by senses such as sight and sound, a recent study has found that humans are also led by their noses and their senses of smell. Here's what you probably didn't know about humans' sense of smell according to science.

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  • Dinosaur bones
    By Nick Vrchoticky

    The Extinct Feathered Creature That Was Named After A Demon

    The creature is part of the Oviraptoridae family that roamed the Asian and American continents over 60 million years ago. With the discovery of Anzu, scientists have been able to fill in evolutionary gaps within the Oviraptorid evolutionary tree. In the world of paleontology, this is a big deal.

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  • Generic image representing research and genes
    By Boshika Gupta

    Rare Genetic Quirks You May Have Thought Were Normal

    Genes are complex and responsible for such things as health and susceptibility to certain diseases, body type, height, eye color, intelligence, and more. Genes can also cause quirks among us. Here's a look at some of the genetic quirks that are perceived to be normal occurrences but aren't.

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