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Only 20% of Adults Can Pass This 8th-Grade Math Test. Can You?
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Calling all adults! It’s probably been decades since you sat behind the desk in your 8th-grade math class, but we’re willing to bet that some of that material is still in your brain! Do you remember slope intercept form? Does the name Pythagoras ring a bell? If it does, you’re in the right place! Only 20% of adults can pass this 8th grade math test! Can you? Let’s find out!
10 Things We Thought Were True Before the Scientific Method
Before the scientific method came along, science dabbled in some pretty far-out ideas in its youth. Remember miasmas? And spontaneous generation? And the four elements?
How Sliding Puzzles Work
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Sliding puzzles involve moving pieces around a board to reveal an image or achieve a goal. Learn how sliding puzzles work at HowStuffWorks.
How Reincarnation Works
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Reincarnation is the concept that the soul, or some aspect of the soul, is reborn into new lives. Learn about the concept of reincarnation in Eastern religion.
10 Scientific Words You're Probably Using Wrong
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If you have a theory that potato chips are making you fat (with the proof being your expanding waistline), you've just used two scientific terms in a very unscientific way.
How the First Olympics Worked
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The first Olympics took place in the sixth century in order to build diplomacy across the Greek world. Learn more about the history of the first Olympics.
How Light Works
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Some of the brightest minds in history have focused their intellects on the subject of light. Einstein even tried to imagine riding on a beam of light. We won't get that crazy, but we will shine a light on everything scientists have found so far.