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Study Finds that Halal Meat in Iran is Contaminated With Pork
Halal meat is supposed to adhere to strict religious rules, but a new study suggests it isn’t quite so spotless
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How Much Do You Actually Know About What You’re Putting in Your Mouth?
A little background in food science can turn you into a next-level foodie
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Two Pints of Water Can Contain the DNA of Thousands of Fish
Two pints of water from a 1.2 million gallon tank were all that was needed to identify 13,000 fish
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It’s So Hot They Had to Suspend the Australian Open Because Players Were Passing Out
Australia is getting hotter, creating dangerous conditions for everyone
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A New Way to Find Out If Your Chocolate Is Legit
You no longer have to be expert chocolate-taster to tell whether your cacao beans are as fancy as advertised
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We’ve Got 1.5 Billion Years Left With a Habitable Earth
And then we need to get off this rock
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No One Trusts Geoengineering—But Pretty Soon It’s Not Going To Be a Choice
We’re very quickly running out of time to deal with rising carbon emissions
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How Scientists Recorded the Music Inside One Woman’s Head
A patient was hallucinating musical scores, and researchers have managed to record it
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Grasshopper Gut Parasites Could Stop Ruinous Locust Swarms
The microbes confuse the chemical signals that tell pestilent locusts: swarm!
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We Burn Just Half the Calories Other Mammals Do
Our slow metabolism helps explain why it takes us so long to grow up—and why we live such long lives
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Ancient Walking Fish May Have Walked on All Fours
A fossilized pelvis shows the fish had functioning rear “legs”
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One More Point for Coffee: It Might Boost Memory-Making Abilities
Research indicates that two cups of caffeine-laced coffee might enhance your ability to remember certain details
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A Permit to Hunt a Critically Endangered Black Rhino Just Sold for $350,000
Proceeds will supposedly go toward conservation of the species
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Kids Start Forgetting Early Childhood Around Age 7
Memories of that awesome zoo trip? Those first few birthday cakes? All gone
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What’s the Real Effect of “16 and Pregnant”?
Don’t make major life choices based on something you saw on TV
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The Cold Snap Wasn’t Actually That Extreme, Global Warming Has Just Made Us Wimpy
The recent cold snap wouldn’t have been so unusual in the past
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These Slave-Making Ants Use Stealth, Not Force, to Take Prisoners
Chemical camouflage allow these tiny ants to sneak past enemies’ defenses and steal their babies
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