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Stop That Foot Massage! Feet Are Not an Erogenous Zone
If you've been begrudgingly giving foot massages, you might want to check with your partner to see if they actually like them
The Gold Rush Left Behind Mercury That’s Still Contaminating California
Leftover mercury will continue to flush through the environment, eventually making its way into the San Francisco bay, for the next 10,000 years
Reindeer Eyes Change Color to Match the Season
Reindeers' wintery blue eyes are about 1,000 times more sensitive to light than their summery gold ones
Our Brains Evolved to Recoil at the Sight of Snakes
Around 60 million years ago, our primate ancestors figured out that the sight of a snake meant trouble
A Family Tree of You And Your 13 Million Closest Relatives
A big data project to connect all the people
These Scientists Are Using Bees to Spread Pesticides
Since they're already going to the flowers anyway, why not give them some pesticides to carry?
Animals Trapped in the La Brea Tar Pits Would Take Months to Sink
New research shows that animals trapped in the tar would linger for months on end
The Arctic Hasn’t Been This Hot for 44,000 Years
The average temperature in the Arctic, says new research, is hotter than at any time in the past 44,000 years, and maybe more
In the Wake of the Boston Marathon Bombing, Twitter Was Full of Lies
Of the 8 million tweets sent in the days following the Boston bombing, just 20% were accurate pieces of factual information
What Percent of the Population is Gay? More Than You Think
There may never be a time when people will accurately answer surveys, but at least survey givers are getting better at tricking us into being honest
There are 37.2 Trillion Cells in Your Body
You know that your body is made of cells - but just how many? Turns out that question isn't all that easy to answer
The First Venomous Crustacean We’ve Ever Found Liquefies Its Prey
Whether or not the remipede venom would have any effect on a curious diver poking at the tiny creature, however, remains unknown
Fire Is a Quickly Growing Threat to the Amazon Rainforest
If the Amazon continues to dry at just half the pace as it has over the past 30 years, yearly drought will become the new norm by the end of this century
Female Killer Whales Go Through Menopause
This life history pattern likely evolved as a way for the female whales to ensure their genetic mark in the world does indeed get passed on
Female Breast Tissue Ages Three Years Faster Than the Rest of the Body
Not all your tissue ages at the same rate, according to new research on systems to identify and age human cells
Homo Sapiens’ Family Tree May Be Less Complicated Than We Thought
If this new research holds, we're about to lose a whole pile of evolutionary ancestors
There’s a Universal Law of Urination in Mammals
They all take an average of about 21 seconds to empty their bladders, nearly regardless of how big they are
Some Seemingly Harmless Snakes Possess a Secret Venom Gland
These attacks are extremely rare, however, and victims were probably doing things they should not have been doing
Advances in Prosthetic Limbs Brings Back a Sense of Touch
This new prosthetic mimicked rhesus macaques' sense of touch
Music Makes Working Out Hurt Less
Music doesn't solely work by distracting us or syncing our motions up with its encouraging beat
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