It’s happened plenty of times in science fiction novels and movies. Scientists put something in a robot body — whether an AI or some seemingly innocuous creature — and it promptly uses its newfound power to annihilate humanity. Well, now they’ve gone and done it for real. A U.S.-Italian research team has placed a fungus …
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Sunny summer fun facts, whether you like summer or not because it’s here! Would you pick summer or fall if you could? How many watermelon varieties do you know of? Because there are more than 1,200 types of watermelon in the world. The Watermelon Board says the most popular kinds include seeded, seedless, and mini …
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Imagine you’re facing a difficult problem. How would you go about solving it most efficiently? The mature and sophisticated way would be to carefully analyze its root causes and address them with intricately planned measures. Or you could just bomb it until everything in a 100-mile radius around the problem is a lifeless wasteland. Look, …
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What psychological facts about humans do you know? For instance, the way you experience fear when you lose your phone? Memories are less like precise snapshots and more like pieced images. Women have only half the pain receptors on their bodies are males, with a much larger threshold for pain. When you consume chocolate, the …
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These wild facts about the summer may surprise you like did you know there is an underwater hotel and only one rather interesting way to get there? Do you know the rest of these facts about summer? There’s a midnight baseball game tradition in Alaska and it’s 100 years old. The world’s longest lazy river …
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Do you know any angry facts about dolphins? Turns out these pretty animals that people sometimes swim and play with are, well, mean and ugly! The Effect Of Air Pollution Dolphins use sound for communication and echolocation. Loud noises from ships, underwater construction, and naval exercises interfere with the acoustic signals that dolphins use. For …
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Psychology fun facts about the scientific study of the mind and behavior, also known as psychology. Did you know your eyes really do “get bigger” when you’re in love? And more. If you can speak two languages, you may unintentionally change your personality when you go from one language to another. Studies show that people …
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Sunny summer fun facts, whether you like summer or not because it’s here! Would you pick summer or fall if you could? How many watermelon varieties do you know of? Because there are more than 1,200 types of watermelon in the world. The Watermelon Board says the most popular kinds include seeded, seedless, and mini …
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There are so many fun facts about the state of Connecticut, there was enough for more articles! Like did you know that ESPN first started in Connecticut? The first American dictionary was made by Noah Webster in Connecticut. The first dictionary was published in 1806 and an expanded and comprehensive version was published in 1826. …
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Nuclear fusion is something of a Holy Grail of energy production. Harnessing fusion reactions would allow us to produce immense amounts of emissions-free power that can’t blow up in a chain reaction and only produces a small amount of low-intensity radioactive waste. However, it’s not easy to make nuclear fusion happen on Earth. It requires …
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