We all know what water is supposed to look like. It’s usually depicted as blue, but in reality the color varies based on lighting and other factors. The same body of water might look anything from blue to green to pitch black. If there’s a lot of sand and mud, it might be a murky …
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Have you ever felt really, really old? This author just recently changed the first number of his age to three, and I can certainly say that on some mornings I really feel like a geezer. Of course, age is relative. For example, the oldest known living person – thought at the time of writing to …
Ah, the miracles of modern medicine. What would the world be without them? Thanks to medicinal science, we’re able to not die at the ripe age of 30 as was the tradition for thousands of years. We’ve eradicated entire diseases. We can repair limbs that have been mangled beyond recognition, and successfully treat conditions that …
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They say that in space, no one can hear you scream. There’s some truth to that as space travel can be incredibly dangerous at best, and downright lethal without a heaping pile of precautions. But astronauts might soon be getting help from an unexpected source. Namely, a radiation-slurping fungus harvested off the blown-up reactor in …
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The founding of the U.S. Space Horse… Excuse us, the U.S. Space Force last year took the world by surprise and slight amusement. Granted, it was a logical step in the global arms race to see who will end up dominating the last frontier. After all, it’s not like the U.S. is alone in shooting …
Both scientists and everyday Joes have suggested many more or less creative solutions to tackle climate change over the years. The suggestions have ranged from eating babies to keeping worms in your kitchen. Unfortunately, no silver bullet solution has been found and many people are starting to get seriously worried. Some large companies have also …
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Sharks are often considered ferocious man-eating apex predators of the sea. While their infamy is actually mostly unwarranted, stories and movies of shark attacks have cemented their reputation in our collective subconscious. At least we can all breathe a sigh of relief with the fact that sharks are confined to the seas. On hard, dry …
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From the snarling feral beasts of Aliens to a kind wrinkled raisin that just wants to phone home, some kinds of extraterrestrials have fascinated people pretty much ever since stories were a thing. Maybe we just like to think that we’re not so utterly alone in the universe. Now a U.S. ex-military boss is saying …
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People will do strange things for money, fame and recognition, from sticking toothpicks into their beard to piercing coconuts with one finger. Being pummeled in the face by the most wet sponges in one minute is definitely one of the more bizarre world records and until recently it stood at 76. Then along came a …
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In a surprise twist, a new study has discovered that diligent people with long-term planning ability and high emotional availability were responsible for hoarding toilet paper during the coronavirus epidemic. When the COVID-19 lockdown measures began to kick in last March, practically every store in the US, Europe and in many other places in the …
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