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Zombie Corals Can Come Back From the Dead

Killed by bleaching, this weird kind of coral can regrow from cryptic tissue

These Scientists Are Trying to Take the Internet Underwater

Have you ever been underwater and thought, "man I really wish I could watch some YouTube videos right now?"

Hungry Animals Would Take Down a Zombie Invasion

If large creatures were overwhelmed by the bounty of food available, the microbes and insects would not be

Oarfish model in a museum

A Giant Oarfish Just Washed Up in California

Every time an oarfish washes up on the beach, the world freaks out. Here's the most recent one

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Ridley Scott Reused Footage From The Shining at the End of Blade Runner

From sets to props to entire sequences, Hollywood is actually really good at recycling

This Late-Night Reading Group Zipped Through Finnegans Wake in Seven Short Months

A Los Angles-based Finnegans Wake reading group recently buckled down and decided to spare themselves the dozen-year cliff hanger

Ritual Attacks on People Living With Albinism Go Largely Uninvestigated

Around one in 1,000 people in some African ethnic groups are born with albinism

The Queen Mary Psalter, c 1310-1320

Why Were Medieval Knights Always Fighting Snails?

It's a common scene in medieval marginalia. But what does it mean?

Newer Movies Are Less Creative

The most creative time in film history was probably the 1960's

All Those Pink Products Make Women Take Breast Cancer Less Seriously

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, which means that everywhere you go things are painted pink - which might be a bad thing

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Watch Kids From 1962 Try to Build a Flying Bicycle

What kid hasn't wanted to make their bicycle fly?

Even Babies Can Be Depressed

For a long time, people didn't believe that children could become depressed, but they certainly can

The Earliest Libraries-on-Wheels Looked Way Cooler Than Today’s Bookmobiles

These traveling libraries used to travel around bringing books to the people

China’s 3,000 Cemeteries Will Run Out of Space in Just Six Years

China may have the world's largest population, but the country is not alone in its burial woes

Where Did the Word Asteroid Really Come From?

It wasn't until the 1850's that the word was accepted by scientists. Today, we use the word all the time. We just credit the wrong guy for its invention

The Nobel Prize medal

Blame Sloppy Journalism for the Nobel Prizes

Sloppy journalism and a early obituary may have prompted Nobel to try to rewrite his legacy

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Times of Famine Linked to Disproportionate Number of Female Births

Cultural factors like selective abortions de not explain the trend, rather it seems evolutionary biology does

Want Your Mugshot Off the Internet? You’ll Have to Pay Up

Some companies are profiting off of mugshots - posting them on the internet for sale

Cockroaches Stick to Different Neighborhoods Just Like New Yorkers Do

Cockroaches from the Upper East Side, the Upper West Side and nearby Roosevelt Island all have a distinctly different genetic makeup from one another

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Watch How Money Is Made With LeVar Burton

How is our money made? It's an often answered question, but here is LeVar Burton, of Reading Rainbow fame, answering it

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