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How Long Do Elephants Take to Poop? Same Time As You
April 27, 2017 | ArticleNew parenthood got our fluid dynamics experts thinking about what ends up in the diaper. They headed to the zoo and the lab to come up with a cohesive physics story for how defecation works.
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The Possibility of Silicon-Based Life Grows
April 18, 2017 | ArticleScience fiction has long imagined silicon-based life on alien worlds, such as the rock-eating Horta from Star Trek. Now, scientists have shown that nature can evolve to incorporate silicon into carbon-based molecules, the building blocks of life on Earth.
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Blanket of Spiderwebs Covers Entire Field
April 18, 2017 | ArticleThousands of spiders spun a web "blanket" that covered a field in New Zealand.
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Bizarre Superfluid with Negative Mass Created in a Lab
April 18, 2017 | ArticleA mysterious superfluid has demonstrated a negative mass, meaning that if it's pushed to the right, it will move to the left.
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Ghost in the Machine? Mysterious 'Sterile' Neutrinos May Not Exist
April 13, 2017 | ArticleAn anomaly in the number of antineutrinos produced by nuclear power plants was a result of a modeling error, not a hint of new physics.
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The Science of 'S-Town': What Is Fire-Gilding?
April 12, 2017 | ArticleHow does fire-gilding work? And why is it so dangerous?
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Why Do Shoelaces Come Untied? Science Explains
April 11, 2017 | ArticleScientists have unraveled a knotty problem: the forces behind the accidental untying of your shoelaces.
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Unraveled! Solving the Knotty Problem of Untied Shoelaces | Video
April 11, 2017 | VideoWhy do your shoelaces keep getting untied, no matter how tightly you knot them? Scientists have found the answer.
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Fireball Photobomb! Streaking Meteor Makes Surprise Appearance | Video
April 11, 2017 | VideoThe American Meteor Society received over 260 reported sightings of a fireball on April 10, 2017. One sighting was during a live stream between friends.
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Worst Ways to Die Are Pretty Weird (and Gruesome)
April 10, 2017 | ArticleA physicist and a writer wrote a book about the most outlandish and gruesome ways to die, and then fielded questions about it on Reddit.
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