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Butterfly Applause
The fact that butterflies can fly has baffled scientists for years. Relatively speaking, their wings are short, broad and extremely large...
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Jan 24, 20212 min read
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Nature's Puppet Masters
From Christmas cheer to... parasites. If you thought our article on fig wasps was disturbing, get ready... Mother Nature has some other...
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Dec 20, 20203 min read
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Quokka-Mania
To balance out the horrors of 2020, we thought we’d introduce you to the Quokka. Some of you may have heard about these little...
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Dec 6, 20202 min read
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Cretaceous Giants
The T-Rex may be the darling of Hollywood, but there are two other dinosaurs that reign supreme when it comes to being the largest...
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Nov 22, 20202 min read
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Peculiar Platypus
Platypuses are unique badasses of the animal kingdom. Sporting duck-like bills and venomous spines on their hind-legs, they're...
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Nov 15, 20202 min read
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The Cats of Hermitage
The unsung heroes of the St. Petersburg’s Hermitage Museum are none other than a team - nay, army - of cats. The museum’s collection was...
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Nov 8, 20202 min read
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Super-Habitable Planets
Twenty-four planets that may possess conditions habitable for life (as we understand it) were recently identified. Not only do these...
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Oct 24, 20202 min read
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The Copernican Principle
At first glance, the Copernican Principle may seem rather depressing. Proposed by Polish astronomer, Nicolaus Copernicus in the 16th...
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Oct 17, 20202 min read
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Little Swimmers
Turns out - we’ve been wrong about how sperm move for over 350 years. Yep, we’re talking sperm this week - saddle up. In the late 1600s,...
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Oct 3, 20202 min read
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The New Hygge
Move over, hygge - there’s a new Nordic concept in town: friluftsliv. But before we get into the new hygge, here’s a quick rundown of the...
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Sep 26, 20202 min read
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Nightmare on fig street
So… we found out how figs are pollinated and it’s a goddamn horror show. Each species of fig tree (of which there are hundreds) has a...
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Sep 19, 20202 min read
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Beware the Shrimp
Buckle up because you’re about to meet the coolest crustacean to roam the seven seas. Lobsters, crabs and krill have nothing on…. (cue...
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Aug 29, 20202 min read
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Skeleton Lake
In 1942, a local forest ranger named Hari Kishan Madhwal was hiking through the Himalayas when he stumbled upon a frozen lake. As he got...
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Aug 29, 20202 min read
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Woolly...Rhinos?
You’ve likely heard of the woolly mammoth, but did you know that there was also a woolly rhinoceros that graced our planet? The woolly...
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Aug 22, 20202 min read
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Fake Reefs
Wondering what to do with all of your old military vessels? Look no further than the Environmental Protection Agency's vessel-to-reef...
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Aug 22, 20202 min read
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The Golden Ratio
The natural world can appear beautifully spontaneous and unpredictable, but there's often method to the madness. The Golden Ratio...
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Aug 15, 20202 min read
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Ghost DNA
The evolution of modern homo sapiens may be even more complicated than originally thought. During recent studies of our genome,...
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Aug 8, 20202 min read
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Corn Sex
Corn may not have the same style as broccolini or swagger as an eggplant, but its sex life is far from boring. In fact, experts have been...
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Aug 1, 20201 min read
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Farming Furniture
We’ve always been told that money doesn’t grow on trees, but could furniture? One couple in the UK is testing this adage by doing just...
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Jul 25, 20201 min read
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The Queen's Swan
The Queen of England 'technically' owns all of the country's unmarked mute swans found on open waters (such an unnecessary flex). What's...
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Jul 18, 20202 min read
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