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How Impossible Colors (Like Stygian Blue) Work
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What if there are colors within the visible spectrum that our brains can't perceive? In fact, there are. They're called impossible colors. But some researchers think they've discovered a way to see the impossible.
10 Pregnancy Superstitions That Are Old Wives' Tales
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It seems like every town has that one restaurant whose eggplant parmesan can kick-start contractions. But is a labor-inducing recipe an old wives' tale?
Top 5 Crazy Government Experiments
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The occasional oddball research premise slips past the people who review government grant applications. What are some of the craziest instances of your tax dollars at work?
What is pyrokinesis?
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We humans have no problem dreaming up superpowers we wish we had. There's flight, invincibility and super strength. But what about pyrokinesis or starting fires with our minds? Is that a real-life thing or comic-book fantasy?
5 Gay Parenting Myths
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What myths can scientific evidence dispel about same-sex parents? Read about 5 gay parenting myths at HowStuffWorks.
What are emotions, and why do we have them?
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What are emotions? What is their purpose? Read this article to learn about emotions and the reasons why we have them.
Did the Bicameral Mind Evolve to Create Modern Human Consciousness?
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The question of exactly what is human consciousness and how it came to be in the human mind has raged forever between philosophers, religious scholars and scientists, but does the theory of the bicameral mind explain it?
Was Lyme Disease Created as a Bioweapon?
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Maybe it's mistrust of the U.S. government and health-related industries, as well as Lyme's insidious nature, that makes this idea catnip for conspiracy theories. But what's the truth?
10 Cool Things You Didn't Know About Stephen Hawking
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He was born exactly 300 years after Galileo died. He never won a Nobel Prize, although he was awarded a guest spot on "The Simpsons." What else do you know (or not know) about this acclaimed physicist?
If There's No Fat Lady Singing, Is the Opera Over?
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The stereotype that female opera singers are overweight is as old as opera itself. But is weight necessary to be great? HowStuffWorks investigates.