During the Cold War, scientists had some strange ideas about what to do with radiation, but sending a nuke into the atmosphere didn't have the expected effect.
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There's more than one kind of neurodegenerative disease, and this form of dementia, often comorbid with Alzheimer's, is one scientists are trying to research.
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When you go fossil hunting, there's the chance that you'll uncover something that's never been seen before, at least not for over 100 million years.
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Type 2 diabetes can be a debilitating condition, and in addition to genetic and lifestyle factors, your blood type can actually influence your risk.
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Archaeology isn't always about bones and dinosaurs, sometimes it's about ancient turds and the unsettling discoveries that you find within them.
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The military was the origin of a number of different technologies that are now common in everyday life, including this life-saving medical device.
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Many of us have made do without food for a while, but few of us have done so for 7 days. If we had we might have noticed some changes in our body.
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In the 1940s, we didn't know a lot about nuclear weapons, so in order to study them we would just detonate them and record what happened. Science!
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ABO blood types have some relation to medical conditions, but they've also been tied to this health fad, which might not be as helpful as it's made out to be.
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Nuclear tests have had dramatic and devastating effects on the world, as well as some long-term ones, with radioactive materials lasting in this food.
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When COVID showed up on the scene back in 2020, it robbed us of more than just our time, it also robbed many of their taste, and we may know why.
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There's no shortage of strange historical experiments, and this one belongs on that list, showing scientists what starvation can do to the psyche.
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In the history of science, accidental discoveries often change the world in profound ways, such as the discovery of this radio technology in the '20s.
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There's no doubt that paying attention to your weight or body mass index is important, but there's one source of health info you're overlooking.
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Fossils can give scientists a look into the past, but this one might have provided the first evidence of a rather specific ability.
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Diarrhea is the worst, but don't believe everything you hear about about this stomach illness, because there are a lot of myths out there.
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To discover why so many Germans participated in atrocities during WWII, a Yale scientist looked close to home, and was shocked by what he found.
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The body is full of vestigial organs that are seemingly 'useless,' but this often removed organ can have more unforeseen consequences than expected.
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When you explore the inky depths of deep water, you never know what surprises you may find, which is just as true of Lake Baikal as it is the ocean.
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Working as a military contractor exposes you to cutting edge science, but that doesn't always mean you know the importance of what you've found.
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For many people, there's no better way to improve their beverage than to make it ice cold, but science says that you may want to rethink that habit.
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It's hard to argue that there's a good way to die, but there's no question that death by lethal injection might be one of the worst ways to go.
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Back in 2018, a global array of telescopes spotted something extraordinary in the night sky, and scientists are still trying to explain it today.
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The history of medicine is riddled with bizarre conditions and questionable medical treatments, many of which have been documented with photography.
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There's little worse than a cavity, especially the part where the dentist puts a drill in your mouth, but not all you hear about cavities is true.
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Scientists studying how isolation affects the brain, studied the brains of test subjects after a year of isolation and found something surprising.
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The years after WWII were a wild time for science, like that time they strapped a guy to a rocket sled just to see if he could survive the trip.
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This popular snack has a reputation for being healthy, but if you look at things more closely, those benefits are often accompanied by surprising drawbacks.
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Even though your heart and brain are important indicators of your overall wellness, there are other organs you should be paying attention to as well.
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Many people throughout history have claimed to be able to bring rainfall, but very few of them have had such dramatic results from their work.
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The ocean is a mysterious place, and much of it is both unknown and terrifying. These creatures are perhaps the most frightening of them all.
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