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Get Up to Speed on the Latest Climate Science in Nine Minutes

This new IPCC video boils down the physical science behind climate change in language anyone can understand

Shale gas in America

Most Americans Don’t Know What Fracking Is

You know what fracking is, right? If not, we're here to help

A bed bug killed by Beauveria bassiana

This Fungus Is the Ultimate Bedbug Killer

This insect-killing fungus could be the bane of bed bugs

Even If It Hurts More, People Rather Just Get A Painful Experience Over With

People can sometimes seem eager to get physically painful experiences out of the way, likely in avoidance of having to dread that impending pain

How Stores Fool Us By Listing the “Original Price” During Sales

From half off deals, to the music they play in the store, marketers are getting ready to release their arsenal of tricks on you

The Mauna Loa Observatory where Keeling’s observations are made.

Budget Cuts Could Shut Down the Carbon Dioxide Monitors That First Warned of Global Warming

The monitoring program that gave us Keeling's Curve is facing the axe as budgets are cut

To Dodge a Bullet, You’d Have to See It From Three Football Fields Away

Even the slowest handguns shoot a bullet at 340 meters per seconds

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Hermit Crabs Avoid Conflict By Developing a Taste for Specific Types of Shells

As the crabs got older, their tolerance for shell diversity decreased, and they honed in on a single shell type they liked best

For some people, like Staff Sgt. Dana Fernkas, having access to crucial information depends, in some part, on the typography and design of checklists and manuals.

Here Are NASA’s Top 19 Typography Tips

For some, the choice of font is actually a matter of life and death

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Fresh Brains Are Way Squishier Than You Thought

Brains are so soft that you can deform them with a touch

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Why Men Tend To Have Bigger Noses Than Women

This also speaks to differences between modern humans and our ancient ancestors, since ancient humans had more muscle mass than we soft creatures of today

Some Kids Outgrow Their Synesthesia

It might be possible to be synesthetic as a kid, but then grow out of it

Women Can Act Aggressively, Too

Competition goes beyond feeling threatened by another woman's looks and encompasses judgements about behaviors, too

Is Vodka Gluten Free?

The search for gluten free alcohol can be tricky - and now a debate over spirits labeling might make it even trickier

Reptiles Are Really Intelligent; We Were Just Giving Them the Wrong Tests

Now that scientists are coming up with new experiments and methods, they're realizing that there's a lot more to the reptile brain than they once thought

The launch of the LADEE probe from Wallops on September 18 as seen from Atlantic City.

Look Up Tomorrow Night To See 29 Satellites Blast Into Orbit

After dusk, on the second day, look to the east

Alberta’s Oil Sands Account for 9 Percent of Canada’s Carbon Dioxide Emissions

The oil sands are a bigger source of greenhouse gases than all of Canada's agriculture or manufacturing

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This Peer-Reviewed Scientific Journal Has Editors Who Are Still in Elementary School

Like grown-up scientific journals, Frontiers' young editors must review manuscripts, complete with figures and citations, for clarity and topic value

The tip of Antarctica’s Mount Sidley, part of the Executive Committee Range.

There’s Boiling Magma Beneath the Antarctic Ice, And It Could Burst Out at Any Time

Swarms of earthquakes beneath the Antarctic ice could be signs of an impending volcanic eruption

Water vortices surrounding a moving stingray’s body

Future Submarines May Glide Through the Water Like Stingrays

Cracking the underlying principles behind stingray movements is the first step to building future submarines

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