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Stories from Colin Schultz

There’s a Scientific Reason Why Self-Harm Makes Some People Feel Better

The same part of the brain that handles physical distress also deals with emotions

Wind Power is Actually Cheaper Than Coal, Nuclear and Gas

Once you consider the downstream consequences, coal becomes a lot more expensive

“Arming the Rebels” Has Pretty Much Never Worked

Guns and training, but no on-the-ground support, doesn’t amount to much

Liberian nurses carry a dead body suspected of dying from the Ebola virus at the Roberts field highway on the outskirts of Monrovia, Liberia, 25 September 2014.

Now We’re Crowdfunding Ebola Research?

One leading Ebola researcher is turning to the crowd for more funding

Twitter Payments Will Put Hashtag Activists on the Spot

Maybe it’s time to actually #DoSomething

The Science of Why Toothpaste Makes Food Taste Funny

Blame toothpaste’s foaming action

X-ray technology was invented in 1985 by Wilhelm Röntgen. This early image, along with others set to be on the block, were taken just a year later.

Amazing Artifacts From the History of Science Are Going Up for Auction

Now if only we all had infinite money

An artist's conception depicts WASP-43b's orbit around its star.

Exoplanet Has Winds That Blow at the Speed of Sound

WASP-43b wouldn’t be a great place to live

Why Is Antarctic Sea Ice at a 35-Year High?

Nobody really knows, but they have some thoughts

Google Maps an Oasis in the Desert From the Back of a Camel

The desert is not the best place for a Street View car

CDC director Tom Frieden during a press conference last week announcing Duncan's diagnosis with Ebola.

Thomas Duncan, Dallas’ Ebola Patient, Has Died

The total cost of fighting Ebola could push $32 billion

People Will Give Away Their Personal Information for an Actual Cookie

I’ll take two oatmeal raisin and a high risk of identity theft

Some Surgery Is No Better Than Sham “Placebo” Surgery

The placebo effect isn’t just for pills

ISIS briefly controlled the Mosul Dam in Iraq over the summer.

ISIS Is Cutting Off Water to Uncooperative Villages

In parched Syria and Iraq, water is a weapon

The Park Service Wants to Cull 900 of Yellowstone’s 4,900 Buffalo

The Park Service will be killing bison that stray from the park

Your Cheat Sheet to the 2014 Nobel Prizes

Just enough to catch up

A new gravity map shows the details of the sea floor

Satellite Observations Revealed Thousands of New Mountains Right Here on Earth

There are thousands of mountains dotting the sea floor

Don't do this.

What Actually Happens to People Who Are Hit by Lightning?

A lifetime of chronic health issues

As many as 240,000 children were infected with HIV last year.

A Second Baby Thought Cured of HIV Relapsed When Taken Off Antiviral Drugs

Antiretroviral drugs can control, but not cure, HIV in children

A protester holds the cut off nose of the statue of former Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin after it was toppled during a rally on the central square of eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, 28 September 2014.

Ukrainian Protesters Are Auctioning Off the Nose of a Massive Lenin Statue

Lenin’s ears are also, reportedly, up for grabs

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