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The Most Dangerous Insect (and 13 Others to Avoid)

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When you think of the most dangerous creatures on Earth, you might picture big animals like sharks or lions, but the insect world is filled with tiny critters capable of causing serious harm. The most dangerous insect can kill by spreading deadly diseases, and others achieve the same end with toxic venom.

10 Most Common Letters in English That Every Wordle Player Should Know

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Ever wondered why certain letters in the English language seem to pop up everywhere? Why your word game strategy revolves around the mighty letter E — or why some letters, like Z, feel like they belong in a letter witness protection program?

What 'An Inconvenient Truth' Got Right (And Wrong) About Climate Change

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Now that its sequel is out, where did Al Gore's landmark environmental documentary hit the mark? What did it get wrong?

How Do Tardigrades Reproduce? Several Ways, It Turns Out

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The toughest animal in the world has just released its first sex tape, and as with all things water bear, things get pretty freaky.

The Hognose Snake Plays Dead in Dramatic Fashion

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These snakes are some of the best reptilian actors you'll ever meet, but don't let the act fool you.

Who Owns the Rights to a Dinosaur Skeleton?

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Who owns the rights to irreplaceable fossils? HowStuffWorks looks at the controversy.

A Helium Shortage! What If We Ran Out of Helium?

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A helium shortage threatens more than just the balloon industry. Way more. Here's what at stake should we run out of this gas - which is a real possibility.

Even the Smartest Mathematicians Can't Solve the Collatz Conjecture

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The Collatz conjecture can be worked on by 9-year-old math whizzes, but it's flummoxed some of the greatest minds of the past century. Will it ever be solved?

Moissanite vs. Diamond: Which Is the Best Engagement Ring?

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What's the difference between moissanite and diamonds? And which of these brilliant stones wins out when it comes to the engagement ring competition?

After the Attack on Salman Rushdie: What a Fatwa Is — and Isn't

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The recent attack on author Salman Rushdie led many to conclude that it was the result of the fatwa issued against him in 1989 by the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. But what exactly is a fatwa?

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