You probably don’t think of your pee as something particularly valuable. And why would you — it’s a gross waste product. Yet, it can also be your body’s liquid gold. For example, you probably know that urine can be a precious fertilizer. But there are other uses for pee, as well. Throughout human history, we’ve …
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Here’s a science fiction plotline you’ve probably seen a thousand times. Scientists take two animals, mash their genes together, and create some kind of a horrifying hybrid creature that goes on to wreak destruction. Well, what used to be yesterday’s science fiction is today’s reality. At least the part about combining genes from different animals. …
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It’s a very slow shift, but our Moon is drifting further away from the Earth every year. It’s hard to think of the Moon as different than we know in the night sky but it looks like it’s edging farther and it’s not stopping. Who hasn’t looked up into the night sky and wondered what …
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Have you read Is This 21-Year-Old Girl Madeleine McCann?: Part One? Because this is part two. “I had not heard of this case until I started asking my parents questions about my childhood as I have little to no memory of it. The memories are all very blurry and when I have had conversations with …
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Did you read, Man Shares Effects After 11 Days, or 266 Hours, Awake: Part One? Because this is part two. Wright may be an advocate of sleeplessness but the Guinness Book of World Records no longer keeps a record of the most hours unslept because of the health risks associated with sleep deprivation. In an …
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Tony Wright, from Cornwall in the UK, attempted to set a new world record in 2007. And he was awake for 266 hours straight. He thought he set the record, as his long period of sleeplessness, beating 264 hours awake. This record was held by teenager Randy Gardner in 1964. But his time was broken …
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Did you know there as a place with the oldest ancient water? Because there is, and it’s in Canada. For comparison, it’s estimated that deep Pacific water is about 1,000 years old. This is the same time it takes for deep ocean water to make it’s way around the world. In 2018, mine researchers happened …
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National Almond Day is February 16th, so here’s a bunch of almond fun facts to help kick off this day! Cultivating almonds first happened on land that ran along the Mediterranean Sea, about 4000 B.C. In 2003, a health claim by the FDA stated a serving of 1.5 ounces of almonds every day reduces the …
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An expensive, fancy ride has stood as a sign of masculinity for ages. But it’s just as common to hear somebody snicker when a guy climbs out of a big sports car. Is he compensating for something? Well… Yes. Yes, he is. At least, that’s what a new study suggests. A group of psychologists decided …
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It’s been a bit rainy in Australia recently. So much so, in fact, that some areas of the country are seeing “once in a century” floods. The rushing waters have caused plenty of damage to both infrastructure and people. But there’s also another unpleasant side effect. They’re leaving huge hordes of fish dead and rotting …
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