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Can Jet Hand Dryers Really Blast Out a Germ Cloud? Well, Yes and No

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Are jet air hand dryers the safest way to dry your hands after using the bathroom or are they blasting invisible microbes through the air with every use?

England Attempts to Clamp Down on Exclamation Points!

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Anyone who has received a text or an email has seen the wild proliferation of the once rarely used exclamation point.

Want to Define Poverty? Consider More Than Just Income, Study Says

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A new study suggests poverty's more than just a number on a paycheck. Learn more in this HowStuffWorks Now article.

Moths Are Mother Nature's Secret Pollinators

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Bees get a lot of credit for pollinating important food crops, but they get a lot of secret help from their nocturnal friends, the moths.

Spider Monkeys Are the Trapeze Artists of the Treetops

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Spider monkeys, an endangered species, are the largest monkeys in the Americas and live in the forest canopy, where they swing through the trees with the greatest of ease.

Commensalism: I Benefit, You Don't, but It's All Good

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Commensalism is a form of cooperation among species in which one species benefits from another without the first one suffering any harm from the relationship.

When Bad Watermelons Explode on Good People

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It's fairly rare, but a potentially catastrophic rind failure lurks under the green-striped shell of every seemingly innocent watermelon in the produce aisle.

Corresponding Angles: A Fundamental Geometry Concept

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Corresponding angles are what you get when two parallel lines are crossed by a third line, creating angles that have the same relative position at each intersection. They're easy to find once you know what to look for.

Pikas Are the Pikachus of the Wild

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Pikas are little mammals that, though they may look like rodents, are more closely related to rabbits.

Embracing Ennui: How Boredom Can Be Good for You

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Everyone experiences boredom at some point and maybe even ennui, a chronic type of boredom. But surprisingly, ennui does have some benefits.

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