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Paper Cuts Hurt so Much Because Our Fingers Are Really Sensitive

30 Aug 2018

You鈥檙e reading the morning paper, or turning the page on your recipe, when suddenly you notice a little line of blood, and feel a disproportionate amount of pain....

Dragonflies Experience as Much G-Force as Fighter Pilots

23 Aug 2018

Gravity and the human body have a finicky relationship. Too little gravity and humans lose bone density, experience extreme nausea and become anemic. Too much gravity and humans lose consciousness...

Little Dogs Raise Their Legs High to Pee, Thinking It Makes Them Look Tough

8 Aug 2018

Female dogs opt for less yoga-like squatting postures than their male companions, who can sometimes be seen with their leg so far in the air they seem about ready to topple over. It turns out that...

Queen Ants Don鈥檛 Have a Divine Right to Their Thrones, Just the Right Genetics

2 Aug 2018

Humans have classified more than 12,500 species of ants, and there are an estimated 10,000 more waiting to be discovered. Besides their incredible strength, almost all of these species have...

Can Nike's New Shoes Really Make You Run Faster?

26 Jul 2018

A New York Times鈥 study of 500,000 race times, set wearing聽Vaporflys and other shoes, confirmed Nike鈥檚 claims. They found that Vaporflys allowed a runner to run 1% faster than the next-fastest shoe...

The Luminescent Chemistry of Lava Lamps

19 Jul 2018

If you think back to the 60鈥檚 and 70鈥檚 your memories are probably illuminated by a lamp filled with swirling globs of colourful goop that really didn鈥檛 shed much light at all....

It鈥檚 Not the Smoke from a Joint That Makes Your Eyes Red

12 Jul 2018

The familiar red and glassy-eyed stare of someone who鈥檚 high was previously thought to be due to the irritation of eyes by pot smoke. But, now we know that weed makes your eyes red for the same...

Fake Snake News: How Not to Identify a Poisonous Snake

10 Jul 2018

There are almost no poisonous snakes. That鈥檚 because for something to be poisonous means it鈥檚 toxic if ingested. Like hemlock.

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