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In 1910, Earth passed so close to Halley's Comet that people feared the two would collide. They clearly never did, and humanity avoided potential catastrophe.
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Older astronauts have been setting records of late, but space itself can also cause accelerated aging in ways that scientists are hoping to better understand.
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When scientists kicked off the two-year Biosphere 2 experiment in 1991, they had high hopes for its success, but things quickly started to go awry.
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Education has changed a lot since the 1980s, with digital tools becoming ever more prominent. However, this old-school item might have been even more helpful.
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Vinyl records are in the middle of a major comeback, but despite their resurging popularity, most people have no idea how they store music.
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Animals like dinosaurs might come to mind when it comes to ancient species, but scientists found that this surprising species is even older than they thought.
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If you want to make gasoline, you're going to have to take oil out of the earth, which is very dirty, so why not make your gas out of thin air?
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When it comes to the geology of Mars, scientists think they understand what's going on, that's why the presence of this mineral was such a surprise.
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TV and movies have made us think that quicksand is a deadly mixture of sand and water that will swallow you whole. That's not true — at least most of the time.
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This dark energy project was meant to map just a portion of the skies over a five-year period, but it performed even better and faster than expected.
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For many countries, tourism is a vital industry propping up their prosperity, so when Portugal's tourism was under threat, they took drastic action.
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We have been systematically searching for life in the cosmos for decades, and even though Mars and Europa are prime candidates, there are others.
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Some science careers seem like they would have a rocky time providing jobs, but that's not the case here, which is surprisingly relevant to current issues.
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Coal mining operations clearly cause heavy pollution, but they're far more disruptive than that, harming wildlife and ecosystems that they touch.
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You might have noticed that you experience a sudden burst of energy late in the day — a convenient rush that also happens to be perfectly natural.
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NASA lost track of an asteroid back in 2007, and in 2024, that same asteroid could have hit Earth. It passed by harmlessly, but what if it hadn't?
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Body odor is a normal thing, but it's also a surprising indicator of your well-being, whether short-term stress or serious, long-term health conditions.
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Air travel is a question of physics, but aerodynamic processes can still get messy. In fact, this very common problem is surprisingly hard to fully understand.
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There are a number of ways to keep up your mental health, but just a bit of reflection makes this particular activity among the most helpful.
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Nuclear science isn't an easy thing, particularly building a working reactor, but there are a small handful of adolescents who have pulled it off.
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Volcanoes are one of the most impressive geological features around, but the biggest of them all isn't here on Earth, but it's not too far away.
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Gabapentin, or Neurontin, is a widely prescribed drug used for its effects on the nervous system, though it can possibly cause some rare side effects.
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It's popularly said that bed bugs bite, but the feeding that they do in the process isn't exactly pleasant. Nor are their overall eating habits.
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If you've ever found yourself in a stressful situation and were overcome by the urge to poop, it turns out there's a body part responsible for that.
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Have you ever noticed that your parents have a really hard time getting rid of stuff? It turns out that there's a reason why Boomers tend to hoard.
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For a long time, we thought we understood the history of bed bugs, but recent research has completely overturned our understanding of their origins.
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Scientists typically test new procedures on animals before moving to humans, as was the case with this surprisingly successful experiment on dogs.
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