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17 Noisy Facts About 17-Year Cicadas

The cicadas are coming!!!

17 Noisy Facts About 17-Year Cicadas

Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Recycle Your Giant CVS Receipts

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Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Recycle Your Giant CVS Receipts

11 Animals You Wouldn't Expect to Glow

J. Martin and E. Olson, Northland College; from Olson et al. 2021, Scientific Reports

11 Animals You Wouldn't Expect to Glow

Why Does Our Hair Grow Darker as We Get Older?

Get ready to be a brunette, kid.

Why Does Our Hair Grow Darker as We Get Older?

8 Historical Methods of Detecting Pregnancy

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Remembering Sudan, the World's Last Male Northern White Rhino

Tony Karumba, AFP/Getty Images

The Great Tryptophan Lie: Eating Turkey Does Not Make You Tired

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Scientists Come Closer to Understanding COVID-19 'Cytokine Storms'

Science is closer to understanding what prompts severe COVID-19 illness.

Why Do Some People Have Dimples?

There's a good chance his parents have dimples, too.

Tasmanian Devils Have Been Reintroduced to Australia’s Mainland After 3000 Years

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100 Fascinating Facts About Earth

The best Spaceball.

62-Year-Old Ball Python at St. Louis Zoo Lays Eggs After Decades of Isolation

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Craving Nature? Your Gut Microbiome Might Be Responsible

These hikers's gut microbes are running the show.

A Stroke of Genius: New Research Shows That Sperm Don’t Slither—They Corkscrew

Sperm have been duping us for nearly 350 years.

Beavers on Devon's River Otter to Become England's First Permanent Population in Centuries

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Why Researchers Believe a 'Crappy' Coronavirus Test Can Help Fight the Pandemic

Cheap tests may be the key to fighting coronavirus.