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Happy birthday, NFL!
The NFL turns 100 this month and to celebrate we’re going to explore the origins of America’s favorite pastime... wait, that’s baseball....
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Sep 20, 20202 min read
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 20, 20202 min read
Hubble's Specs
Since its launch in 1990, the Hubble Telescope has been taking awe-inspiring pictures of our solar system, distance galaxies, and...
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Sep 13, 20202 min read
Word corner
If you don’t have a favorite word, sort it out. Not only does language allow us to communicate, it shapes our perspective on life and...
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Sep 13, 20201 min read
Got Milk?
Humans are the only mammals on the planet that consume milk from other species. But why? Lucky for you, we took an udder-ly close look at...
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Sep 13, 20202 min read
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 30, 20202 min read
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 30, 20202 min read
Wine Windows
There are some things Italy just does better... delicious food, scenic piazzas, painted chapel ceilings and wine windows to name a few....
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Aug 30, 20202 min read
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 23, 20202 min read
The Acoustic Equation
When it's safe to visit large indoor spaces again, we encourage you to pay attention to the acoustics. Like us, you probably take it for...
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Aug 23, 20202 min read
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 23, 20202 min read
Project Stargate
The CIA studied psychics. No, we didn’t misspell physics, and this isn’t the plot of Stranger Things. Between 1972 and 1995 the CIA, the...
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Aug 16, 20202 min read
Hypatia
Hypatia was considered one of the greatest philosophers and academics in ancient Alexandria, but you’ve likely never heard of her. An OG...
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Aug 16, 20202 min read
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 16, 20202 min read
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 9, 20202 min read
The Simulation Hypothesis
In 2003, philosopher Nick Bostrom published a paper in the Philosophical Quarterly titled “Are you living in a simulation?” As you can...
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Aug 9, 20202 min read
The F*cking Fork
The common table fork got off to a rocky start. It wasn’t always the beloved utensil that many parts of the world use today. As timeless...
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Aug 9, 20202 min read
Potty Talk
The toilet. The loo. The commode. Whatever you call it - chances are you’ve used a few different types or styles over the years and...
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Aug 2, 20202 min read
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 2, 20201 min read
Poet's corner
Two things are certain - history repeats itself and humans love a good poem. So you can imagine our delight when we stumbled upon these...
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Aug 2, 20202 min read
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