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Will the Hayflick limit keep us from living forever?
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With the discovery of the Hayflick limit, we know that cells could divide forever without dying. So can humans live forever? Explore the Hayflick limit.
Will we soon be extinct?
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A mass extinction on Earth is long overdue, according to population ecologists. Find out what Earth's fossil record may be telling us about our future.
What's the Earth's biggest threat to biodiversity?
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The biggest threat to biodiversity on Earth is explained in this article from HowStuffWorks. Learn about the biggest threat to biodiversity.
Are Daddy Longlegs Truly Spiders? Setting the Record Straight
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That's right - daddy longlegs isn't an actual kind of spider, but a colloquial name that's been applied to a wide range of spiders and non-spiders, insects and non-insects.
Meiosis vs. Mitosis: Unraveling Cell Division
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Cell division can be confusing, but it's not as difficult if you pretend chromosomes are sentences.
Three Famous Hypotheses and How They Were Tested
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From Isaac Newton to Ivan Pavlov, scientists have developed and tested hypotheses through carefully crafted experiments for centuries. Here are three groundbreaking hypotheses and the predictions they tested.
Why Does the 'Dirty Dancing' Lake Keep Draining?
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Mountain Lake in Virginia is best known for its starring role in 'Dirty Dancing.' But today, it's nothing more than a muddy pit that's all but dried up ... and geologists think they may know why.
The Seahorse Is a Romantic, Slow-swimming Fish
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Dwindling natural habitats are causing a significant decline in certain seahorse species. To bolster populations, researchers in Australia are building seahorse hotels and leaving the lights on.
10 Biggest Sharks in the World
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Sharks: They are the stuff of legend and the stuff of nightmares. But which are the biggest? Here are the top 10.
Is the Ramree Island Crocodile Massacre a Myth?
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During World War II, 1,000 Japanese soldiers retreated from fighting with the British into Ramree Island, Burma, where most were eaten by crocodiles. Or so the story goes. But what really happened?