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You Need It Like a Hole in the Head: The Ancient Medical Art of Trepanation

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If You Hear a Scream in a Movie, It's Probably the Wilhelm Scream

If You Hear a Scream in a Movie, It's Probably the Wilhelm Scream

Ed Gein Was the Real-life 'Psycho'

Ed Gein Was the Real-life 'Psycho'

Why Do People Find Leaf Blowers So Irritating?

Why Do People Find Leaf Blowers So Irritating?

How 'Pretty Boy' Floyd Became the FBI's Public Enemy No. 1

How 'Pretty Boy' Floyd Became the FBI's Public Enemy No. 1

Happy Halloween!

How Halloween Works

How Halloween Works

5 Halloween Myths That Will Not Die

5 Halloween Myths That Will Not Die

Before Halloween, There Was Samhain

Before Halloween, There Was Samhain

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Ivory Poaching Led Only Female Elephants to Evolve Tuskless

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The Truth Behind the Rogue Planet Nibiru

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Should We Sequence the Genome of Every Baby?

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Remembering Colin Powell's American Journey

Remembering Colin Powell's American Journey

Our Brains Have 'Fingerprints' — And We Can Find Them Fast

Our Brains Have 'Fingerprints' — And We Can Find Them Fast

Did You Hear?

Do Unbiased Jurors Exist in the Age of Social Media?

Do Unbiased Jurors Exist in the Age of Social Media?

Car Safety Systems Don't Always 'See' in Bad Weather, AAA Says

Car Safety Systems Don't Always 'See' in Bad Weather, AAA Says

Putting Planes in Hibernation Is Complicated; Waking Them Up Is Even Harder

Putting Planes in Hibernation Is Complicated; Waking Them Up Is Even Harder

Audubon Mural Project Artists Paint Birds on the Brink

Audubon Mural Project Artists Paint Birds on the Brink

Self-navigating Cane Could Better Lives for Visually Impaired

Self-navigating Cane Could Better Lives for Visually Impaired

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Tuscan Wine Windows: Charming Remnants of Ancient Social Distancing

Tuscan Wine Windows: Charming Remnants of Ancient Social Distancing

How Time Works

How Time Works

Opus 40: Harvey Fite's Bluestone Sculpture Park in Upstate NY

Opus 40: Harvey Fite's Bluestone Sculpture Park in Upstate NY

Bridging the Gaps

How San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge Was Built, and Why It's Not Actually Red

How San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge Was Built, and Why It's Not Actually Red

Back in the 1930s, folks realized they needed a better way to cross the Golden Gate Strait between San Francisco and the Marin Headlands than by boat. Over eighty years later, the Golden Gate Bridge is the city's most prominent landmark.

London Bridge Has Never Fallen Down, But It Keeps Getting Rebuilt

London Bridge Has Never Fallen Down, But It Keeps Getting Rebuilt

Vietnam's Rong Dragon Bridge Actually Breathes Fire

Vietnam's Rong Dragon Bridge Actually Breathes Fire

Meet the World's Longest Sea-Crossing Bridge

Meet the World's Longest Sea-Crossing Bridge

What's Really Going on at the 'Dog Suicide Bridge'?

What's Really Going on at the 'Dog Suicide Bridge'?

What If?

What if There Were No Cockroaches?

What if There Were No Cockroaches?

What if You Ate Uranium?

What if You Ate Uranium?

What if My Parachute Fails?

What if My Parachute Fails?

What if You Eat Moldy Bread?

What if You Eat Moldy Bread?

What if the Yellowstone Supervolcano Erupted?

What if the Yellowstone Supervolcano Erupted?

Welcome to Yellowstone, a natural wonderland that's home to stunning vistas, vibrant plant and animal life ... and a massive and potentially devastating supervolcano.

Fear Is All Too Real

Conquering the Fear of Public Speaking

Conquering the Fear of Public Speaking

Public speaking can be debilitating for many people. What is it that causes so many of us to freeze up like a deer in headlights when it's time to talk in public?

Fear of Dogs Is Real but Treatable

Fear of Dogs Is Real but Treatable

Do You Have Coffee Bubble Phobia? Scientists Now Know Why

Do You Have Coffee Bubble Phobia? Scientists Now Know Why

Trypanophobia: When the Fear of Needles Has You Stuck

Trypanophobia: When the Fear of Needles Has You Stuck

Why Are People With Trypophobia Horrified By Holes?

Why Are People With Trypophobia Horrified By Holes?

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