In the 16th century, an epidemic wiped out approximately 80% of the Aztec population in when Central and South America. The horrific epidemic known as…
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Imagine a piece of rock the size of the Burj Khalifa skyscraper speeding through space 15 times faster the world's fastest manned aircraft. Now imagine…
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The East Coast of the US has been inundated with cold weather for the last few weeks. With temperatures dropping to as low as 14…
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In NASA's efforts to explore the endless expanse of space, the agency eventually came to a realization: there is simply too much data. Missions like…
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Mankind has done a remarkably efficient job of covering the Earth with garbage and clutter, so it should come as no surprise to learn that…
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When astronomers at NASA capture images of far-off galaxies, they typically appear only as tiny red dots. These distant celestial bodies are so far away…
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There's a lot of old-school pseudo-medicine that says holding in a sneeze could be bad for your health: Sneezing helps get the devil out, so…
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Jupiter is, scientifically speaking, not great for humans. The gravitational pull is about 2.4 times that of Earth, and its atmosphere is mostly hydrogen and…
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One of the real pleasures of modern living is the ability to take sightseeing trips to completely inaccessible places. Thanks to Google, you can climb…
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A video shot by a woman in Mexico has gone viral as the "first alien sighting of 2018." The video, which was shot on a smartphone…
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Listening to someone boast about their accomplishments can be a seriously draining experience. But while nobody likes a bragger, a brand new study suggests that…
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The Moon is our closest neighbor and we've learned a lot about it over the past century or so. We've studied it, mapped it, and…
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Generally speaking, it's pretty easy to tell when something is going on with a volcano. When a large volcano is about to blow its top…
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Spiders are horrific creatures. Most of them are tiny and easy to deal with, yet they're so scary. Spiders are just as afraid of you…
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Taking a trip to a beach in Southern California is supposed to be a relaxing, leisurely experience. For some beachgoers earlier this week it was…
Read MoreIt's been a generally-agreed fact for years that Mars is hiding significant ice deposits. But the size and location of the frozen water has been…
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You might not know where they actually grow, or even the fact that they landed on the endangered species list a little over a decade…
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If you have science fiction nightmares of a robot apocalypse you should probably just stop reading right now. For those of you still here, I…
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Generally speaking there are lots and lots of people who find bats to be pretty creepy little creatures. It makes sense, of course, because bats…
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In nature, bright colors are useful in a variety of ways. Some insects sport eye-catching colors that warn would-be predators that they're poisonous, and many…
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One of the biggest stories in consumer electronics right now is Apple's secret throttling of older iPhone models with aging batteries. The company misled customers…
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There are several different factors that help to determine how tall each of us stands. Genetics obviously plays a big role, but the gravitational pull…
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We live in a three-dimensional reality. Because of that, it's pretty hard to imagine what a four-dimensional reality might be like, but that isn't stopping…
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Hollywood has had a love affair with pirates for a long, long time, but no matter how many swashbuckling tales you've seen on the silver…
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As the Earth's largest chunks of ice continue to get smaller and smaller, sea levels have risen. All that melting ice has to go somewhere,…
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NASA's Juno spacecraft has been hanging around Jupiter for a while now, sending back some of the most jaw-dropping photos that mankind has ever captured,…
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Prosthetics have improved my leaps and bounds over the past century and we've reached a point where someone with an artificial limb is often just…
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