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Jesslyn Shields is a freelance science writer working out of Athens, Georgia. She writes about brand new research for HowStuffWorks. Since 2010, Jesslyn's written science news and content for educational videos, because she loves to always have something new to yammer on about at parties. You can find her online at www.jesslynshields.com
How do we consider a Thing with no edge? Ecosystem ecologists are always trying.
Zinc plays several crucial roles in the male body. It helps fight off cold symptoms, fixes skin problems and even boosts sexual function.
Research shows no two brains are put together quite the same way. And we can find out the patterns in under two minutes.
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The biggest land-dwelling arthropod can crack into everything from coconuts to carcasses, but they're also really vulnerable.
These arachnids are aggressive, unbelievably fast and love to murder ants for no reason, but don't worry — they're harmless.
Thorium is in many ways safer than uranium for nuclear power production. But is it safe enough to bet on for our energy future?
The boxing kangaroo as a symbol of the Australian fighting spirit dates back to the 1890s, but what's the truth? Do kangaroos actually box?
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Is the "banana spider" you're looking at the one that sits around harmlessly catching flies, or could its bite kill a small child? If we rely solely on common names, this question is complicated.
You have to be at least 35 years old to be President of the United States. So, has anyone come close to that?
Our ancestors survived long winters because of fermented foods, but what health benefits do they have for modern humans?
They love your lawn and, in 2021, they're everywhere. Here's what to do about armyworms and how to spot the little critters.
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Real numbers are the opposite of imaginary numbers and include every number you can think of.
Even if you've never seen a saguaro in person, when you think "cactus," you're probably thinking "saguaro."
Is there a magic equation to the universe? Probably not. But thanks to one man's obsession with rabbits, we have a sequence of numbers that reflect various patterns found in nature.
The U.S. population became much more diverse, gave birth to way fewer kids and watched its white population get older during the decade of the 2010s, among other key takeaways.
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A perfect square is a number, but it can also be explained using an actual square.
Dividing fractions is easy once you learn a couple of rules and remember three words — keep, change and flip.
Multiplying fractions is easy — it just takes three simple steps!
Sometimes organisms, thought to be long gone from the world, rise from extinction like Lazarus from the dead, though it is a rare occurrence.
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Birding is a lot easier with the Merlin app, which can coach you though your first bird identification adventure. From there, it's simple.
The Olympic flame is supposed to never go out until the games have ended. But hey, accidents happen. So how is the torch relit?
A TikTok trend is pretty harmless, but can lettuce leaves steeped in water really help your insomnia?
Leucistic squirrels are rare, but Brevard, North Carolina has a thriving population.
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Most of us think all bees live in colonies, or hives, but there are far more species that don't produce honey, don't sting and live mostly solitary lives underground.
Dark mode makes Googling at bedtime easier on the eyes, among other things. Here's how to enable it on all your devices.
