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Crying triggers changes in how a newborn baby gets their oxygen. But not all new babies cry, and it’s not always a problem.
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Black holes are known for pulling in all kinds of stuff – including light. Here’s how that actually works.
For decades, what lay at the end of this road was a mysterious secret.
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You’re not allowed to visit the part of Nevada known as Area 51. That’s because it’s a top-secret government facility. But the secrecy has to do with spy planes, not space aliens.
Between 2012 and 2021, funding to U.S. tech startups jumped to $344 billion.
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Traditional businesses operate with an established solution to a known problem. Startups focus on a product or service no one else provides.
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To find out what is beyond space, a good place to start would be to figure out where space – our universe – ends.
An artist’s depiction of two astronauts on Mars.
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If an astronaut were to die on Mars, neither cremation nor burial would be good options.
In addition to explaining natural phenomena, math can help strengthen your brain.
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Math is more than memorizing times tables and doing homework problems. It is woven into more aspects of your life than you might think.
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin planted the U.S. flag on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
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Some people incorrectly say the Moon landings didn’t happen. But the evidence – and logic – isn’t on their side.
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Your brains can perceive some electromagnetic waves – but not without your body’s help.
Voters often believe they only have two choices in American elections, even when multiple candidates appear on a ballot.
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The United States has a two-party political system because of single-winner plurality voting.
From limited editions to spelling errors, only the rarest Beanie Babies are worth money.
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An expert in high-end collectibles explains why certain items can become valuable – and also how they can lose worth.
You don’t need to watch where you step when it comes to bacteria.
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You can squash small bugs by stepping on them, but can you crush even tinier microorganisms like viruses and bacteria? It turns out that you’d need to apply a lot of pressure.
Without spices, our meals would have less color and flavor.
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Humans have figured out how to season their food with virtually every part of plants.
A glimpse of a post-apocalyptic world.
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Maybe it was a nuclear war, devastating climate change, or a killer virus. But if something caused people to disappear, imagine what would happen afterward.
The Rose-veiled fairy wrasse, a small reef fish discovered in 2022.
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From fluffy crabs that wear sea sponge hats to worms that glow in the dark, scientists are constantly finding amazing new life forms in the ocean.
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Rubbish can be reused or recycled – or it may end up in a dumpsite.
More than 600,000 soldiers died during the American Civil War.
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There was one central reason the Civil War happened.
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To answer this question, we’ll need to look at some different parts of the brain and what they do.
Anglo-Saxon village re-enactment event in Wirksworth, Derbyshire, 2008.
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Hundreds of years ago, people spoke Old English – but it is very different to English today.
The best place to study is in a space with no distractions and plenty of light.
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A researcher who studies ways to help students become better readers and writers describes how to create a homework habit using a loop: cue, routine, reward.