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Paleontologists Solve the Mystery of a Twisted Jawbone With Sideways Teeth
The Tanyka was a little like a platypus -
World’s Largest Acid Geyser Erupts, Right in Our Backyard
Yellowstone National Park is home to the world’s most impressive geysers -
Watch How Water Bears Can Survive in Martian Dirt
There’s a way for the tiny resilient creatures to thrive even on the red planet -
When Scientists Are Dinosaurs
At the paleontology conference, her new theory was shouted down -
The Urge to Snack Is Built Into Our Brains
“It’s a recipe for overeating”
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Laughing Off Your Mistakes Makes You Seem More Competent
“People often overestimate how harshly others judge their minor social mistakes”
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New Jellyfish Species Gets Its Michelin Star Moment
The newly described species went mislabeled for years
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The Surprising Reason Female Caribou Grow Antlers
Shed antlers offer a valuable mineral supplement for moms
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60,000-Year-Old Ostrich Eggshells Depict Ancient Human Thoughts
Homo sapiens were grooving on geometry in the Stone Age
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Doing Science and Philosophy On Drugs
Justin Smith-Ruiu takes a philosophical and first-person look at psychedelics
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Astronomers Capture Largest Image of Milky Way Ever
“It’s a place of extremes, invisible to our eyes, but now revealed in extraordinary detail” -
Early Exposure to Junk Food Has Brain-Altering Effects
That first hit of burger and fries can leave quite the impression -
Bedbugs Fear Water
Because their ancestors evolved in dry places -
Here’s Why Locusts Swarm
The insects undergo a Jekyll-and-Hyde transformation -
Physicists Crack the Question of Why Basketball Shoes Squeak
It’s all about the ridges