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  • graphic of magnifying glass with air quality alert scale
    By Elias Nash

    What It Means When There's An Air Quality Alert

    As humans continue to pump more gases into the atmosphere, you've probably seen air quality alerts more often, but what does that actually mean?

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  • EV batteries roll down a conveyor belt in a factory
    By Daniel Meagher

    What Happens To Used EV Batteries (And Can They Be Recycled)

    Electronic vehicles are becoming more common on the roads, but their popularity raises the question: what are we going to do with the used batteries?

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  • Evolution illustration with starry sky
    By Elias Nash

    Human Evolution Discovery Stuns Scientists: We Were Off By 40 Million Years

    For a long time, scientists felt confident in their understanding of the timeline of human evolution. But a recent discovery has completely changed everything.

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  • Long-exposure photo of the night sky in the mountains
    By Eric James Beyer

    Well Actually, The North Star Isn't The Brightest Star In The Sky

    Despite what you may believe, the brightest star in the night sky isn't the North Star, although it's probably the most famous one besides the sun.

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  • Labeled jar of baking soda with a spoon of baking soda in front
    By Tiffany Betts

    How Does Baking Soda Get Rid Of Odors So Well?

    It's common knowledge that placing an open box of baking soda in a stinky fridge can eliminate the smells, but why does this actually work?

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  • Tasmanian tiger museum specimen
    By Elias Nash

    What If The Tasmanian Tiger Never Went Extinct?

    The Tasmanian tiger hasn't been seen in the wild for nearly 90 years and is assumed by most scientists to be extinct, but what if it were still here?

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  • A man's hands are seen using a bottle of hand sanitizer resting on a countertop
    By Joe Roberts

    What Are The Little Beads In Hand Sanitizer For

    After living through the pandemic, everyone is familiar with hand sanitizer, but how many know what those tiny beads are in their hand wash?

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  • Sand grains are seen in extreme closeup
    By Joe Roberts

    Not All Sand Looks The Same Under A Microscope

    Not all sand is the same, and if you look at sand from different beaches around the world under a microscope, you'll see just how diverse it is.

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  • Clear glass of water with a straw that looks bent on a soft gray background
    By Tiffany Betts

    Why Your Straw Looks Like It's Broken In Water

    Rather than always traveling in a straight line, like you'd expect, light can change directions based on the medium its traveling through.

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  • group of people walking across a world map
    By Elias Nash

    What If Humans Had Only Stayed On One Continent?

    Humans have established a permanent presence on nearly every continent, but how would the world be different if we had stayed in Africa?

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  • A gloved hand holds a lithium-ion battery
    By Daniel Meagher

    What Happens If The World Runs Out Of Lithium?

    Whether you know it or not, lithium is one of the most important elements humans have made use of, but what happens if our supply dries up?

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  • male bee hummingbird in flight
    By Elias Nash

    This Is The Smallest Hummingbird In The World

    Hummingbirds are the smallest of the birds, but one member of this fast-flying family is smaller than the rest, only about as big as your pinky.

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  • A monarch butterfly rests on a purple butterfly bush, feeding on nectar
    By Joe Roberts

    Why You're Not Seeing As Many Butterflies Now As You Did When You Were A Kid

    Few creatures are as beautiful as the butterfly, but they're slowly disappearing along with other insects, and it's going to be a big problem.

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  • A human hand interacting with artificial intelligence
    By Kristeen Cherney

    What If AI Overtakes Humans?

    The future of AI is still up for debate, and no one knows what kind of world it might create. But what might the world look like if AI completely took over?

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  • black and white contour of brown bear
    By Elias Nash

    The Largest Bear Species Today Is Nothing Compared This Prehistoric Nightmare

    Bears one of the largest land predators alive right now, but today's bears are tiny compared to a massive prehistoric bear discovered in Argentina.

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  • Tourist pausing to take in the view of Mount Everest from Kala Patthar while on the way to base camp
    By Tiffany Betts

    The Only Time A Helicopter Landed On Top Of Mount Everest

    Mount Everest is not a safe place for people or flying machines, which makes the fact that a helicopter landed there kind of incredible.

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  • Glass of water with two eggs: one floating and one sunken
    By Tiffany Betts

    What It Really Means When Eggs Float In Water

    Have you ever gone to boil some eggs and found that some sink to the bottom while others float at the surface? What's causing those eggs to float?

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  • A squirrel stands on grass holding a nut
    By Joe Roberts

    If A Squirrel Is Twitching Its Tail At You, Here's What It Could Mean

    Squirrels are so ubiquitous that virtually everyone has had an interaction with one, but what does it mean when it's shaking its tail at you?

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  • Young girls laying in the grass and blowing bubbles with their gum
    By Tiffany Betts

    What Happens To Your Body When You Chew Gum (Especially Peppermint)

    Most people probably view chewing gum as a habit of little consequence, but it turns out that chewing gum can have a direct effect on your brain.

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  • Close up of a human nose with a representation of scent overlaid
    By Daniel Allen

    The Superhuman Smelling Ability That Could Actually Save Lives

    "Superhuman smell" sounds like a phrase that belongs in a world of superheroes and villains, but it's real. And it might have some major medical ramifications.

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  • A Laysan albatross looking directly into camera among leaves
    By Joe Roberts

    Which Bird Has The Longest Lifespan? It's Complicated

    If you want to know the age of a bird, you might be surprised to know that there are no good ways to figure it out, at best it's all guess work.

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  • The palmaris longus tendon in the wrist
    By Eric James Beyer

    One Missing Feature From Your Wrist Is A Clear Sign Of Evolution

    The human body abounds with vestigial features, but this one seems to be slowly disappearing, and there's an easy way to check if you still have it.

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  • row of wind turbines on a sunny day
    By Elias Nash

    What Happens To Used Windmill Blades? You Might Be Surprised

    Despite Wind turbines being a popular source of green energy, their blades are responsible for tons of landfill waste, but there may be a solution.

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  • The interior of a passenger plane is shown with lights dimmed and all the TV screens blanked out
    By Joe Roberts

    How Do Airplanes Get Fresh Air (And How Much Is Recycled)

    Airplanes fly at around 30,000 feet where the air is too thin for a human to survive, so how to they have fresh air for all of a 6-hour flight?

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  • Every color displayed in the northern lights over a snowy landscape
    By Tiffany Betts

    Why Can't All States Usually See The Northern Lights?

    Thanks to the 1859 Carrington Event, the northern lights have been seen in all 50 states (even Hawaii), but that's usually not the case, here's why.

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  • Close-up of baby staring straight ahead
    By Tiffany Betts

    Why Do Babies Stare At You? It Could Be Tied To Your Appearance

    Have you ever wondered why that baby in the restaurant won't stop staring at you? It's probably more than just the crumbs on your face.

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  • A tardigrade is shown upside down against a black background
    By Joe Roberts

    The Most Durable Organism On Earth Looks Like Moving Glass Under A Microscope

    Tardigrades have a reputation as one of the toughest animals on the planet, which is why their delicate, transparent appearance is shocking.

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