Those monkeys are up to something. There have been strangely many stories popping up lately about macaques. In Japan, the authorities recently executed a macaque that had been attacking people. But in Indonesia, the macaques are… Well, doing something completely different. There’s no tactful way to put this so we’ll just be blunt. The macaques …
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Not to be dramatic, but death is always lurking behind the corner. Wherever you are, you’re always at a risk of ending up dead. And if you happen to kick a bucket, it’s often because of something you never would’ve expected. Your everyday life can be far deadlier than you’d ever imagine. Here are just …
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Do spiders even sleep? Does everyone remember hearing that people swallow like 7 spiders a year or something like that? Or just me? In a study by Daniela Roessler and her colleagues, baby jumping spiders were watched by cameras at night. Footage caught showed sleep cycle-like patterns. During this time, the spiders’ legs twitched and …
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You should never blindly trust anyone, no matter what kind of an authority figure they are. We just got an important reminder of that. Étienne Klein is a respected physicist, with particular expertise in the behavior of time. He’s received a whole slew of awards for his academic work, participated in designing the Large Hadron …
There are children in the world right now who’ve never had a chance to know their father. And it’s not because they had a deadbeat dad. It’s because their father died before the child was ever conceived. Thanks to modern medical technology, it’s possible for dead men to become fathers after they’ve left this mortal …
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Most people don’t spend their time thinking about animals mating. And that’s a smart move — some animals are into some downright horrifying stuff. We’ve already written about some strange courtship rituals that animals engage in. But once the partner is wooed and it’s time to get dirty, things don’t often get any less bizarre. …
When you want to do the horizontal mambo without offspring, it’s a simple solution — use a contraceptive. But try telling that to animals. More specifically, gray squirrels. Environmentalists in the U.K. are struggling to deal with an overwhelming onslaught of the tree-climbing rodents. The traditional method of dealing with the squirrels is a rather …
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Have you ever felt desperately lonely? Well, don’t — there’s always someone there with you. That’s not a religious statement or anything. There are literally dozens of creatures who are with you at all hours of the day, wherever you go. Meet Demodex folliculorum, otherwise known as the skin mite. It’s a microscopic mite that …
Did you read The History of Nuclear Power in Fun Facts: Part One? Because this is part two. A tea kettle is a good analogy for nuclear power. By the end of the 1950’s, 300 atomic bombs had been exploded in tests by multiple countries By the 1970’s, the buzz of nuclear energy fades as …
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Fossil fuels are killing us, when it comes to our pocketbooks especially. But is nuclear power the answer? Here’s the history, so you tell me. 10% of the world’s electricity comes from nuclear power. The leading country being France, getting 70% of their power from nuclear. Radioactive waste is a huge problem resulting from nuclear …
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