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The Science of How to Survive a Bear Attack
If a bear is coming for you, what should you do? Play dead? Fight back? Climb a tree? Science has the answer
Visit the Bottom of the Ocean with this Deep-Sea Submarine’s Live Stream
A live stream video from the Endeavour Hydrothermal Vents will be a glimpse into a world of strange creatures and volcanic activity
Home-Field Advantage Is Real, and Here’s Why
Theories about home-field advantage include the crowd, travel, familiarity with the stadium and referee bias
Philippines Trying to Decide Whether to Burn, Crush or Donate $10 Million Worth of Ivory
The 5 tons of tusks are scheduled to be crushed by road rollers on June 21
Facebook Helped Kick Off a 20-Fold Registration Spike for Desperately Needed Organ Donors
Last May, Facebook began allowing users to post their organ donor status on their profile timelines
Alternative Medicine Is a $34 Billion Industry, But Only One-Third of the Treatments Have Been Tested
The traditional medicine industry is just as profit-driven as any other
Bullies are Now Using Their Victims’ Allergies Against Them
Nearly one in three kids with food allergies has been bullied because of it, often with the food they're allergic to
A New 3D Map of the Universe Covers More Than 100 Million Light-Years
The map makes infinity seem comprehensible by depicting the structures of galaxy clusters, dark matter and open patches of lonely space
Working In a Creative Field? Despite What You May Think, Coffee Is Not Your Best Friend
By focusing your mind, caffeine may actually stand in the way of your creativity
Where Did the Phrase “Hubba Hubba” Come From?
Where did this odd little set of sounds come from, and how did it become associated with pretty ladies?
That “Old Book Smell” Is a Mix of Grass and Vanilla
Smell is chemistry, and the chemistry of old books gives your cherished tomes their scent
Unless You Like Toxic Chemicals, Skip This Chinese Delicacy
Thirty Chinese preserved egg companies are being shut down for using toxic chemicals to expedite the egg-festering process
No, Legalizing Rhino Horn Probably Won’t Save Animals from Poaching
Legalizing trade didn't deter poachers from killing more tigers and elephants, and it won't help the rhinos, either
Where Would You Put a 51st Star on the U.S. Flag?
If you wanted to make a 51-star American flag, or a 76-star American flag, how would you arrange the stars?
Can We Blame Men for Menopause?
It's hard to see how a genetic predisposition to sterility would be helpful
2.5 Million Gallons of Toxic Waste Just Spilled in Alberta
Both Alberta and the company responsible, Apache Corp, held off for more than a week on publicly disclosing the information about the spill
Cyborg Cockroaches May Become New Teaching Tools in Neuroscience Classes
Roach neurons aren't that different than human neurons, making the RoboRoach a learning tool for all sorts of basic principles of neuroscience
New At-Home Test Could Tell Women If Their Pregnancy Has Terminated
Women who both do and do not want to be pregnant could benefit from the new test
When the Union Ran Out of Ironclads, They Built Timberclads
A curious photograph caught one library specialist at the Library of Congress by surprise: a wooden ironclad
On Venus It Snows Metal
To add to the list of crazy things about space, is this fact: on Venus, it snows metal
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