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Mystery of Mercury Levels in Arctic Animals Gets Solved

October 20, 2018 | Article

In the Canadian Arctic, a mystery has troubled scientists and local communities for decades: Why do marine animals in the western Arctic have higher mercury levels than those in the east?
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Why Is it Fun to Be Frightened?

October 17, 2018 | Article

Visiting an extreme haunted house can be delightfully terrifying.
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NASA Wants to Send Humans to Venus, to Live in Airships Floating on Clouds

October 16, 2018 | Article

But how is such a mission even possible?
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How Did Christopher Columbus Become a National Symbol?

October 07, 2018 | Article

An anthropologist tells the story of how Columbus actually came close to falling into historical obscurity, until American hubris got in the way.
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Physicist Who Coined 'God Particle' Dies. And a Great Voice for Science Is Stilled.

October 04, 2018 | Article

It is a sad "day" in science. Dr. Leon Lederman has passed away at the age of 96.
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Profiling a Conspiracy Theorist: Why Some People Believe

September 26, 2018 | Article

Some people are habitual conspiracy thinkers – there's a plan behind everything, and it's usually malevolent. One scientist set out to understand who is likely to ascribe to these theories.
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150 Years Ago, Mobius Discovered Weird One-Sided Objects. Here's Why They're So Cool.

September 25, 2018 | Article

The inventor of the brain-teasing Möbius strip died 150 years ago, but his creation continues to spawn new ideas in mathematics.
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Should All Nobel Prizes Be Canceled for a Year?

September 22, 2018 | Article

This year's Nobel Prize for literature was nixed because of a sex scandal. Other Nobels have neglected key contributors. Should all prizes be cancelled while criteria for winning is reassessed?
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Why Women Are Still Attracted to 'Benevolently Sexist' Men

September 20, 2018 | Article

But researchers have also revealed a paradox: Women prefer men who behave in ways that could be described as benevolently sexist over those who don't.
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This Experiment Will Shoot Ghostly Particles Through Earth, Answer Why We Exist

September 18, 2018 | Article

An international group of physicists has announced that they have seen the first signals in a cube-shaped detector called ProtoDUNE.
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