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The Mystery of Zabargad Island
Discover how the mysterious island of Zabargad, in the Red Sea, came to be, its significance in ancient…
Do Animals Procrastinate Like Us?
While the fable of the ant and the grasshopper suggests that only humans procrastinate, it turns out that…
Shouldn’t We Need Anti-Tick Pills Too?
You may regularly administer some pills and supplements to your dog to prevent them from getting dreaded ticks.…
How Do We See All the Way Back In Time?
Physicists have managed to think of several theoretical ways to approach nearly every extreme we can think of…
Can Science Help You Make Your Coffee?
Food is, after all, just edible chemistry—surely we can use it to perfect the world’s favorite morning perk-up?
How Old Are Saturn’s Rings?
The Earth is roughly 4.5 billion years old, and researchers seem to agree that the planets of the…
Searching for a Green Source of Helium
Helium as a gas may seem innocuous at first, but it sits at the center of several advanced…
How Did Sauropods Carry All That Neck?
Sauropods, or the long-necked dinosaurs, have long been the subject of intense research and imagining—and the mysteries surrounding…
The Earth May Be Losing Its Roots
Since their appearance hundreds of millions of years ago, trees have been changing the entirety of Earth’s landscape…
Rickets Changed How We Understood Medicine. Here’s How.
Few diseases claim to have left their mark on medicine the same way rickets does. A severe vitamin…