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How Many Muscles Does It Take to Smile?
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The authors of chain emails often tell you to smile more, with the added claim that it takes more muscles to frown. Ever questioned this piece of wisdom? We have an answer for you.
Food Fermentation: How Microorganisms Make Food Delicious
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Our ancestors survived long winters because of fermented foods, but what health benefits do they have for modern humans?
Biophilic Design: How Bringing the Outside Inside Makes You Happy
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Biophilia is the idea that humans possess an innate tendency to seek connections with nature and it can help us to transform the way we live.
What Do Laughing Kookaburras Find So Funny?
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There's more to Australia's kookaburra than the cheery song you learned as a kid, but what is it that makes the kookaburra laugh?
Should Everyone Get a Monkeypox Vaccine?
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We talked to a virologist, who answers six questions about how the monkeypox vaccines work, who can get them and how well they prevent infection.
Top 30 Smartest Animals in the World
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Humans aren't the only animals that can count, use logic, make tools or form lasting bonds with others. Meet 10 of the smartest creatures in the animal kingdom.
Where exactly do they store pets on a plane?
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Traveling with pets on a plane might not be as bad as you think. Learn where airlines put pets on a plane and what your cuddly baggage's options are.
Baby Bats Babble With Moms, Hinting at Human Language Development
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Scientists have found striking parallels between the babbling produced by these bat pups and that by human infants.
River-bottom Bones: The Strange World of Underwater Fossil Hunting
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Winding through the South Carolina low country, the Cooper River is a reed-lined haven for sportfish and shorebirds. The waterway originates in Berkeley County's Lake Moultrie. From there, it proceeds all the way down to Charleston, where it merges with the Ashley and the Wando to form that city's world-famous harbor. (Ever hear of Fort Sumter?)
What If Humans Could Breathe Underwater?
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Remove that pesky drowning risk, and the world formerly under the sea opens with possibility - despite our inefficient limbs and tendency toward hypothermia.