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No More Tears? Scientists Take a Keen Eye to Onion Slicing
New research sheds light on a familiar problem, with important implications for food safety -
Meet the Real Dr. Frankenstein
The Italian scientist who sparked an electric revolution that led to the beloved horror story—and the battery -
You Might Be Loving Fluffy to Death
Overexuberant pet care could be killing our fur babies -
Does This Gene Determine How You Handle Your Booze?
Zebrafish with a particular mutation drink like, well … fish -
Hurricane Melissa Could Threaten Some Species with Extinction
As the super strong storm lashes the Caribbean, vulnerable species and habitats lie in its path -
A Crisper Look at a Cosmic Creepy Crawler
Illuminating new details of the Red Spider Nebula have emerged -
Rats Grab Lunch on the Wing
An unexpected behavior captured on film -
The Science of Unrequited Love
Researchers are learning more about limerence, the term for obsessive, involuntary love that is often unreturned -
What Happens in Space Matters on Earth
Dagomar Degroot’s three greatest revelations while writing Ripples on a Cosmic Ocean -
How This Haunting Hurricane Illusion Forms
Powerful storms like Hurricane Melissa foment an odd phenomenon called the “stadium effect” at their centers -
Naked Clams and Sunken Ships
A brazen plan to grow an animal that has been the bane of sailors for centuries—to feed the world -
Can We Beam Away Our Space Junk Problem?
A plan to use ions to clear out the crowded low Earth orbit
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This Spiritual Eclipse Calendar Might Still Work
The remarkable accuracy behind the Maya people’s eclipse forecasts may have emerged from an astrological calendar system that could still hold true
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Witness the Rare Birth of a Water Bear
A vulnerable moment for one of Earth’s most resilient creatures
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How “Plant Math” Can Help Predict the Climate’s Future
Researchers are building equations for vegetation processes that might improve climate models
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The World’s Tiniest Wave Tank
This ocean on a chip unlocks the mysteries of rogue waves, tsunamis, and other aquatic oddities
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This Inca Building was the Original Boom Box
A 600-year-old temple was likely designed to amplify drum beats and music
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Pink Boulders Reveal a Hidden Antarctic Giant
Inside the massive, granite slab slumbering beneath the frozen continent -
The Secrets of Deadly Snake Bites
Slow-motion video reveals how these strikes could kill you, in surprisingly different ways -
We Might Not Be So Strange
Perhaps intelligent life wasn’t so unlikely after all -
The Dark Side of Putting Mirrors in Space
On-demand sunlight could be a shady undertaking -
How Scavenging Made Us Human
Our early ancestors were more like vultures than we might like to think
