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There's No Laundry in Space, So NASA is Trying to Make Clothes That Don't Get Smelly
Astronauts got a shipment of fresh, hopefully odor-resistant gym clothes
We Know Physics is Largely White and Male, But Exactly How White and Male is Still Striking
Most current physics students will likely never have an African American physics teacher, says a new survey
Some Ancient Assyrians Ignored the Advent of Writing for Thousands of Years
It took thousands of years for Assyrians to finally give up primitive record-keeping methods
Human Skin Can Detect Odors, Some of Which May Help Trigger Healing
Olfactory cells occur all over the body, not just in the nose
A Deadly Fungus Is Wiping Out Frogs and Toads—But Some Can Develop Resistance
Scientists hope it might be possible to develop a vaccine to the fungus, based on the frog and toad's immunity
There’s a Very Good Reason Explosives Are Being Set Off on Mount St. Helens
The explosions will let geologists peek inside the volcano's magma chamber
Forget the Fastest Route. Why Not Use Digital Maps to Plan the Most Beautiful Instead?
Yahoo is developing an algorithm that will allow you to choose the scenic route
Watch the Unnerving Gait of This 410 Million-Year-Old Arachnid
Working from well-preserved fossils, paleontologists reproduced the trigonotarbids' walk
Fat Corals Fare Best As Climate Changes
Corals with significant energy reserves that welcome all types of symbiotic algae species won’t easily die if hit with multiple bleaching events
You May Have Been Eating Mushrooms That Were Unknown to Science
Scientists just discovered three new species of mushroom… in a London shop
Gliese 581g, the First Exoplanet Found That May Have Been Able to Host Life, Doesn’t Actually Exist
So long Gliese 581g, the potentially habitable exoplanet that never was
Titan’s Ocean Might Be as Salty as the Dead Sea
New data from the Cassini mission shows that the ocean under Titan's ice shell is likely very salty
Malaria Parasites Might Make Their Infected Hosts Smell Tastier for Mosquitoes
So far, the finding has only been shown in mice
What Scientists Thought Was a Single Species Is Actually 126-Plus
One species of lichen, genetic sequencing revealed, was many, many, many species
Archeologists Find Evidence of Torture at 1,200 Year Old Massacre
An archaeological dig in Colorado was the site of a horrific massacre
High-Ranking Male Biology Professors Train Significantly Fewer Female Students
This might help explain why fewer women than men go on to hold biology professorships
Chilean Devil Rays Found to Be Among the Deepest-Diving Animals in the Ocean
The surface-dwelling marine creatures regularly dive more than one mile deep, scientists find
Here’s How You Should Actually Go About Comforting a Depressed Friend
Optimism and well-wishes are not necessarily the best way to show a suffering friend that you care
Cuckoos Don't Sneak Into Other Birds' Nests—They Barge Right In
Cuckoos don't just make other bird's raise their young, they lay their eggs while the other bird is in the nest
What If There's a Way to Explain Quantum Physics Without the Probabilistic Weirdness?
An old idea is back in vogue as physicists find support for "pilot wave theory," a competitor to quantum mechanics
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