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Paints Weren’t Always So Safe
Historical paints like lead white, cinnabar red, and minimum orange were vibrant but dangerous. Lead-based pigments caused severe…
Do Essential Oils Work?
Some essential oils, like peppermint oil, have proven benefits for managing IBS. Its menthol component relaxes smooth muscles…
Our Quest to Save Wheat
Wheat rust, a fast-spreading fungal disease, threatens the world’s most widely grown crop, which provides 20% of the…
Where Did All This Water Come From?
During its formation in the protoplanetary disk, Earth was located too close to the Sun for ice to…
Our Real-Life “Hobbit” Cousins
Found in 2003 in Liang Bua Cave, Indonesia, Homo floresiensis (“hobbits”) were a diminutive hominin species standing about…
Ways How Identical Twins are Actually Distinct
While identical twins share the same genetic material, their DNA can diverge due to mutations during cell division…
Why Ships Keep Sinking in These Treacherous Seas
The world’s oceans have notorious shipwreck graveyards like North Carolina’s “Graveyard of the Atlantic,” Canada’s Sable Island, and…
Beyond the Roots: The Wild World of Tree Adaptations
“Trees” aren’t a scientific category; they’re plant shapes adapted to maximize sunlight, resulting in varied and unusual forms…
This Black Hole Is Close (But Not Too Close)
The closest confirmed black hole, Gaia BH1, is located about 1,500 light-years away. It was independently discovered by…
Unique Trees
Scientifically, there is no distinct category for “tree” in plant taxonomy. A tree is a growth strategy in…