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Why Rodents Can’t Throw Up, In Case You Were Wondering

A combination of physiology and neurology prevents these hairy little guys from being able to upchuck

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Tylenol Fights Headaches…and Existential Angst?

Existential angst and physical pain may both be located in the same part of the brain; Tylenol may be able to help with both.

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Chronic Stress is Harmful, But Short-Term Stress Can Help

The more researchers learn about stress, the more it seems there are two distinct ways we experience it: or short-lived stess, and long-term stress.

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Your Meat is Probably Packing Antibiotic Resistant Superbugs

Antibiotic resistant bacteria is rampant in grocery store meat, and it doesn't seem to be going away

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Dark Lightning Is Just One of the Crazy Types of Lightning You’ve Never Heard Of

Dark Lightning is not the only weird form of lightning you've probably never heard of

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You’re Lying to Yourself About How Good Your Future Will Be

In a psychology experiment, people assumed that bad things would not happen to them in the future, but that those bad things could happen to their friends

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The Secret to Biofuels Might Be Hidden in Poop

A fungus that grows on manure and breaks down the leftover plant material could be a key clue for biofuel researchers

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People Search for Information About Mental Health Less Often in the Summer

As flowers start to reemerge, people seem a whole lot happier. And they might actually be happier, if Google searches are any indication

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Our Closest Ape-Like Ancestor Is Reshuffling Thinking About Human Evolution

Australopithecus sediba included a strange mix of both modern Homo and ape-like australopith features

Drought in western Kentucky

Don’t Blame the Awful U.S. Drought on Climate Change

Scientists can attribute particular natural disasters to climate change--just not the 2012 Great Plains drought

Does ‘You Look Like a Sarah’ Actually Mean Anything?

Most likely, you've been told that your name does, or doesn't suit you, or that you look like a "Rachel" or "Sarah" or "John," but what does that even mean

Animals Use Medicine, Too

From chimps to caterpillars to birds and flies, all sorts of animals use medicine

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This Woman Was Born With Three Fingers, But Her Brain Knew All Along What Having Five Would Feel Like

This woman's brain knew what having five fingers felt like, even though she herself had never in her life had five fingers

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People May Consume More Soda If Supersized Drinks Are Banned

When given a choice between buying one large drink or several smaller drinks, people went with the latter option, which adds up to more total soda consumed

Nearly Every American Has Had to Deal With Some Weather Disaster Since 2007

Around four out of five Americans live in a counties declared federal disaster areas in the past six years

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Scientists Breed Exercise-Crazy Rats

Thirty-six genes may hold the secret for why some rats preferred running on wheels ten times as much as other rats

Chins Prove There’s No Such Thing As Universal Beauty

Dartmouth researchers studied chin shapes of 180 recently deceased male and female skeletons from Australia, Africa, Asia and Europe

Climate Change Could Make Us Choose Between Wine And Pandas

According to the new models, around 70 percent of the area currently suitable or used for grape growing could be gone by 2050

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Scientists Just Found the Teeny Bones of Fossilized, Embryonic Dinosaurs

From southwestern China, baby dinosaur bones and preserved eggs

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Unhealthy Eating And Not Enough Sleep—Not Genes or Laziness—Driving Surge in Childhood Obesity

Child “obesity is not a disease of inactivity," and the fixes won't be simple

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