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Shopping Carts Are Way More Dangerous Than You Might Expect

There are a lot of things to fear in this world. Allow us to add another thing to that list: shopping carts

February 4, 2014

The web was already 15 years old. What else were we up to when The Facebook was born?

February 4, 2014

A nurse training program at the Central State Hospital.

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Psychiatric Records for African American Patients Are Rare, And This Hospital Has a Century’s Worth

Researchers are attempting to digitize and preserve the tens of thousands of patient records from the Central State Hospital

February 4, 2014

New Research

Third-Hand Smoke Is Dangerous, Too

Like a Virus, Nicotine Can Stick to Clothes And Surfaces for Days

February 4, 2014

The Hetch Hetchy reservoir is one of California's crucial reservoirs.

An ongoing drought has drained California dry

February 3, 2014

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It Takes Just Five Seconds to Find Out If You’re a Good Liar

But maybe don’t read too much into this test

February 3, 2014

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No One Knows Why Ancient Egyptians Built This 4,600-Year-Old Pyramid

The new pyramid joins the list of other mysterious step pyramids built before the Great Pyramid at Giza

February 3, 2014

These people's ears are probably not happy right now.

Major sports games are loud enough to cause permanent hearing loss

February 3, 2014

New Research

You’re Probably Not Working Out Hard Enough to Actually Need that Gatorade

Water is all you need to replenish after a workout

February 3, 2014

New Research

No Two Savannas Are Exactly Alike

Which means climate change will impact them differently

January 31, 2014

The Grand Fleet, 1916. This sketch was made by Muirhead Bone, who, according to the U.K. Ministry of Defence "became the first official war artist in 1916"

World War I: 100 Years Later

The British Employed Official War Painters in Both World Wars

Between 1939 and 1945 the War Artists Advisory Committee purchased about 6,000 pieces of art from over 400 artists

January 31, 2014

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The Great Debate Over Whether 1+2+3+4..+ ∞ = -1/12

Can the sum of all positive integers = -1/12? It can, sort of…

January 31, 2014

Modern humans get back to their (partial) roots at the Neanderthal Museum in Germany.

New Research

Neanderthals Went Extinct 30,000 Years Ago, But Their DNA Is Still in the Human Genome

Some of the Neanderthal genes made important contributions while others made us more susceptible to disease

January 31, 2014

A vintage postcard presents a deceptively sunny view of the school

That’s more than twice as many as they expected to find

January 31, 2014

New Research

In the Animal Kingdom, Deadbeat Dads Breed Bigger Babies

Female reproductive strategies vary with paternal investment

January 31, 2014

Not Eli, but probably looks a lot like him.

The Seahawks can take the field knowing that at least one hairy mammal is rooting for them

January 31, 2014

Cool Finds

Making Paint Out of Goat’s Milk Is an Ancient Idea

And, actually, it works pretty well

January 31, 2014

New Research

Some People Can Train Away Their Peanut Allergy

Being exposed to small doses of peanut protein can help allergic people build a tolerance

January 31, 2014

Googling your symptoms is probably a bad idea.

Cool Finds

Medical Students Are Fixing Wikipedia Entries

Wikipedia is still the leading source of information for patients and providers. Which is a problem, since Wikipedia entries have mistakes

January 30, 2014

Judit Polgar is currently the only woman in the top 100 chess players in the world. Here, she is playing about a dozen other kids at chess. At the same time. She beat them all.

New Research

This Does Really Happen: Stereotypes Undermine Performance

Stereotype threat can be hard to prove in real life situation, but here’s a really good example of how it works

January 30, 2014