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How Drought Works
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What happens when the rains cease and water levels dry up precipitously? Everything from abundant grasses to apex predators suffers the consequences.
What is the link between depression and anger?
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The link between depression and anger may cause a depressed person to lash out at loved ones. Learn more about the link between depression and anger.
How Nuclear Power Works
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On the one hand, nuclear power offers a clean energy alternative that decreases fossil fuel dependence. On the other, it summons images of quake-ruptured Japanese power plants leaking radioactive water. What happens in reactors in good times and bad?
Are surgeons using video games for training?
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Surgeons and video games apparently go well together. Learn if video game play really makes a better surgeon and find out about surgeons and video games.
Are taxes socialist?
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Are taxes socialist? Read about what it means to be socialist and whether or not taxes fit the description.
How Carbon Offsets Work
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Carbon offsets are a form of trade that funds projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Learn about carbon offsets and carbon offset programs.
How do you measure happiness?
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Can you measure happiness? See how researchers are trying to figure out how to measure happiness and learn about the Satisfaction with Life Scale.
Can a TV Actor Live Off Royalties Forever?
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Can one big hit TV show provide you income for life? Find out if a TV actor can live off royalties forever.
What Is a Crossover Car?
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The evolution of the basic idea of a crossover vehicle follows relatively clear path. And it's along that path where the term crossover sees its first use in print. Do you know who said it first?
How Do You Win a Nobel Prize?
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How cool would that be to stand amongst the company of fellow laureates like Mother Teresa or Albert Einstein? We have some ideas for scoring you one.