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Obvious But True: Full Moons Do Not Drive People Crazy

Another study debunks the idea that the lunar cycle triggers mental instability

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What’s the Secret of Hadrosaur Skin?

Were extra-thick hides the secret to why paleontologists have found so much fossilized hadrosaur skin?

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The Science of Cooking a Turkey, and Other Thanksgiving Dishes

In a new book, the editors of Cook’s Illustrated share some secrets to preparing the perfect holiday feast

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Paleontologists Puzzle Over Possible Dinosaur Bones

When did dinosaurs start to become giants? Enigmatic bone fragments found in England complicate the debate

Scientists say the hormone ghrelin can drive us to eat high-calorie foods like desserts, even on a full stomach.

Why You’ll Still Have Room for Pie After Turkey and Stuffing

Scientists say the hormone ghrelin can drive us to eat high-calorie foods like desserts, even on a full stomach

Are you ready for some travel?

10 Ways Travel Is Getting Better

Sure, it can get aggravating, but here are some innovations that are making it easier and more enjoyable to take a trip

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The History of Boredom

You’ve never been so interested in being bored

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Scientists Say Chimps and Orangutans Have Mid-Life Crises

A new study indicates that, like humans, these great apes go through a nadir of happiness in middle age

The giant sauropod Futalognkosaurus (at left) with some of its Cretaceous neighbors.

F is for Futalognkosaurus

Though not as famous as other huge dinosaurs, Futalognkosaurus is the most complete giant sauropod ever found

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The Top Seven Human Evolution Discoveries From Tanzania

Fossil finds from Tanzania in the mid-20th century kicked off East African hominid hunting

A dark Manhattan after Superstorm Sandy

Can We Ever Stop Worrying About Blackouts?

Only if utility companies are able to make their power grids smart enough to spot outages and “heal” themselves

Only hindlimb elements of Alnashetri are known so far, but, based on the dinosaur’s relationships, the tiny theropod probably looked something like this Alvarezsaurus.

Cretaceous Legs Give Away New Dinosaur

Slender limb bones found in Argentina give away a new species of tiny dinosaur

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Trash as Treasure: Crocheting Plastic Coral Reefs

With yarn made from discarded plastic bags, Australian artist Helle Jorgensen stitches delicate sculptures of corals

An artist’s rendering of CFBDSIR2149, as viewed through an infrared filter.

A Wandering “Homeless” Planet is Spotted in Deep Space

Astronomers have spotted an object roughly 100 light-years away that appears to be a planet not associated with any star

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Are We Headed for Another Dust Bowl?

The devastating drought of the 1930s forever changed American agriculture. Could those conditions return?

A male Eastern wild turkey

14 Fun Facts About Turkeys

#8: A turkey’s gender can be determined from its droppings

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Video: This 750-Leg Millipede is the Leggiest Creature in the World

Illacme plenipes, an extremely rare species endemic to just a few wooded areas in Northern California, is fully described for the first time

A reconstruction of an Einiosaurus skull in a ceratopsid gallery at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles.

Lessons from Einiosaurus

New dinosaurs are always cause for excitement, but the real joy of paleontology is investigating dinosaur lives

Research shows that the FDA’s proposed graphic warning labels would be more effective than the current text-only ones.

Images on Cigarette Packs Are Scarier to Smokers Than Text Warnings

A new study shows that nothing scares a smoker away from taking another puff more than a picture of how a body will look like after a lifetime of doing so

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Peering Inside Dinosaur Skin

Dinosaur skin impressions aren’t as rare as you might think, but how they form is a mystery

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