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Over the past 100,000 years, a snail species has done what it normally takes a species millions of years to do: give live birth.
The distant past is poorly known, and paleontologists find fossil evidence for new large animals all the time.
Jabuticaba is a fruit native to Brazil. It’s the size and color of a plum, with a white pulp and several seeds
Perhaps you’ve heard that the average person dreams four to six times each night. But did you know that most of us are unable to recall 90% of our dreams?
The carefree southern sea otters of central California’s coast have had a secret mission: working to fight the devastating loss of kelp forests due to anthropogenic climate change.
Researchers used statistical tools to forecast which characteristics the animals of the future will likely have.
Research suggests there's a link between parenting styles and health effects later in life
As any aficionado will tell you, water can be just as important as the tea leaves themselves when it comes to a good brew.
If the color of the bottles was significant enough to control how they’re recycled, then surely the color was more than cosmetic. So what's the reason why wine bottles are olive-green and beer bottles are amber?
Because of the isolation, New Zealand has evolved a unique set of animals dominated by abundant bird species found nowhere else.
Exposure to music, art, and architecture can have a formative impact on our sense of self.
Fingerprints might be unique to one person, but they aren't unique to one species.
Have you ever made rice that was perfectly fluffy and then the next day, taken it out of the fridge only to find it hard and crumbly?
Normally, when tissue gets injured, cells start replicating and make new tissue. But what about the heart?
In a letter written in 1761, Benjamin Franklin tells how he collected some little squares of broadcloth. Franklin wanted to demonstrate that these colors would absorb different amounts of light from the sun and convert the light to different am
Just like Goldilocks, humans have searched for a place that's "just right" to live in. That's not the same for all species, though.
We usually think of paint as a substance that adds color to things. But, from a physical point of view, paint works by taking colors away.
Tennis players are known for the loud grunts they make during a game. Why do they do it?
In 2019 a team of Swedish and British scientists published a study claiming that whether we chose to own a dog may be influenced by our genes.
Physicists are searching for new materials with better semiconductor properties so that computers can continue to improve.
We just covered why the sky is blue, but there are a few areas without color above us.
It can't be the atmosphere, or dust, or water droplets. So what makes the sky blue?
Water temperature is a major element of quality control in making coffee. Why exactly is temperature important?
Rattlesnakes modulate their rattling frequency to trick other animals into thinking the distance between them is shorter than it really is.
Proboscis monkeys from Borneo and cows do have something in common: they both chew their cuds.
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