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About 66 million years ago, something terrible happened to life on our planet. Ecosystems were hit with a double blow as massive volcanic eruptions filled the atmosphere with carbon dioxide...
Symmetry is everywhere in nature, and we usually associate it with beauty: a perfectly shaped leaf, or a butterfly with intricate patterns mirrored on each wing. But it turns out...
Would you like to know what’s in our future? What’s going to happen tomorrow, next year, or even a millennium from now? Well, you’re not alone. Everyone from governments to...
There was a time before our ancestors smashed flint and steel together, when they felt the cold lack of fire in their lives. But anthropologists theorize that early hominids relied...
After the French Revolution erupted in 1789, Europe was thrown into chaos. Neighboring countries’ monarchs feared they would share the fate of Louis XVI, and attacked the New Republic, while...
Did you ever notice how many jokes start with, “Did you ever notice?” And what’s the deal with, “What’s the deal?” There’s a lot of funny to be found by...
When ultraviolet sunlight hits our skin, it affects each of us a little differently. Depending on skin color, it will take only minutes of exposure to turn one person beetroot-pink,...
Denis Diderot left a dungeon outside Paris on November 3, 1749. He’d had his writing burned in public before, but this time, he’d gotten locked up under royal order for...
Have you ever talked with a friend about a problem only to realize that he just doesn’t seem to grasp why the issue is so important to you? Have you...
Way before the first selfie, the ancient Greeks and Romans had a myth about someone a little too obsessed with his own image. In one telling, Narcissus was a handsome...
