The Science Behind America's Cleanest Lake
The United States has more than 100,000 lakes, so figuring out which one of them is the cleanest takes more than guesswork; you need science.
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Stories By Robin Oliverio
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This Bizarre Phenomenon Explains Why You Suddenly See The Same Thing Everywhere
Have you ever learned a new word only to start hearing that word used everywhere? Science has a name for this, and it's more common than you think.
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Noise Has An Unexpected Effect On A Spider Web
Each of us is a product of our environments, including spiders which modify how they construct their webs to compensate for their sonic environment.
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Scientists Explain The Mystery Behind Why 50% Of People Have No Inner Monologue
Many people have a little voice that narrates through their day, but just as many don't -- or simply process their thoughts in a different manner.
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Your Eyes Start Aging Faster When You Reach This Age
Worsening vision is something that all of us have to look forward to if we live long enough, and there's a common age where it tends to start.
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Twenty-Four Students Sealed Themselves In A Fake Prison, Then Something Went Very Wrong
One of the most infamous psychological experiments occurred at Stanford University over 50 years ago, but the truth isn't what you may have heard.
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The Pregnant Endangered Sea Creature That Was Killed By A Cruise Ship In Alaska
The second-largest mammal on earth was killed by a Royal Caribbean cruise ship.
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Scientists Didn't Expect This Lab-Made Cell To Start Evolving On Its Own
Researchers at the University of Minnesota created the cell from chemical compounds and were shocked by how it behaved.
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The Concerning Data Center Side Effect That Might Affect Millions
Thanks to their outsized noise, power consumption, and water usage, data centers have earned a bad reputation lately, but there may be worse to come.
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The Strange Phenomenon That Can Turn Humans Into Soap After Death
Death and decomposition come for us all, but for a rare few of us, that decomposition will be interrupted by a brief interval of soap making.
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'I Have Never Seen Any Other Animal Like It': 'Mutant' Raccoon Goes Viral After Stalking Seattle
An endearingly round raccoon has taken social media by storm, with scientists weighing in as to what rare condition might have given him his unique shape.
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Why Some Ants Carry Other Dead Ants
If you stop and watch for a while, the behavior of ants is endlessly fascinating, they even have death rituals, and science can tell us why.
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Scientists Found This Unusual Prehistoric Creature In The '50s – They're Still Confused
There are some really strange animals in the fossil record, but there's one that was found 70 years ago that continues to baffle paleontologists.
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Does Creatine Actually Affect Your Brain? Scientists Say That It's Pretty Complicated
As creatine use becomes more popular, some are saying that it's just as good for the brain as it is for the muscles, but the science is still out.
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These Are The First Organs In The Human Body To Shut Down Before Death
Death comes for us all, but before it does, it tends to propagate throughout the body, and these organs are usually the first ones to go at the end.
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Why Deadly Tornadoes Are So Rare In China
China has recently been hit by two massive tornadoes, and despite the country having some of the right conditions for such storms, they are actually quite rare.
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Scientists Say A Long-Standing Alzheimer's Mystery May Finally Be Solved
Alzheimer's has long been mysterious to researchers, particularly how tau proteins travel between neurons, but we may have found some answers.
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Scientists May Have Found A Vaccine That Can Protect Against Fentanyl Overdoses
Fentanyl addiction has been a scourge on the world for years now, but we may have finally developed a vaccine that can protect against this drug.
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Mystery Or Myth: Are Myers-Briggs Personality Types Backed By Science?
Self-administered personality tests suffer from certain biases, as people can lie or trust too deeply in their results. But is the MBTI test any different?
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Long-Term Side Effects Of Aspirin Use That Aren't Widely Discussed
Among all the over-the-counter medicines out there, few are better known than aspirin, but taking this medicine too often can come at a cost.
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Scientists Found A 23 Million-Year-Old Species In Canada In The '80s – Now It's Rewriting History
Deep in the Canadian wilds, far above the Arctic Circle, a scientist found fossilized bones that shouldn't be there and changed our understanding.
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These Antarctic Animals Are Considered Endangered As Of 2026 – Here's When They Could Go Extinct
With climate change melting ice and altering Earth's oceans, these Antarctic species are losing their ways of life, and very soon, they might be gone forever.
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Drinking Alcohol Has A Disturbing Long-Term Effect On Your Brain Health
Alcohol is one of the most popular recreational drugs globally, but its long-term use can have some particularly unhealthy effects on your brain.
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Why Historians Say This Was The Worst Year To Be Alive
Recent years have been rough, but this one year might have been worse, starting with a natural disaster that led to months of darkness and economic fallout.
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Why Plague Doctors Wore Those Creepy Long-Beaked Masks
The long-beaked masks of plague doctors are associated with death, but really, they helped keep physicians safe. And they might have smelled surprisingly nice.
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The 'Brain Rot' Phenomenon Is Easily Explained By Science
Most people understand at some level that brain rot isn't exactly good for their brains, but science can tell us exactly why it's mostly bad news.
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A Study Revealed This Apex Predator Can Swim Much Further Than Scientists Expected
For years it was believed that the ocean's top apex predator wasn't keen on traveling long distances, but recent research reveals the truth.
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