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In 1962, a cave explorer named Michel Siffre started a series of experiments where he isolated himself underground for months without light or clocks. He attached himself to electrodes that...
Imagine, for a second, a duck teaching a French class, a ping-pong match in orbit around a black hole, a dolphin balancing a pineapple. You probably haven’t actually seen any...
Nothing stuck to Mafia boss John Gotti who evaded justice for years by bribing and threatening jurors and witnesses. That earned him the name the Teflon Don after one of...
How high can you count on your fingers? It seems like a question with an obvious answer. After all, most of us have ten fingers, or to be more precise,...
Many generations have felt they’ve reached the pinnacle of technological advancement. Yet look back 100 years and the technologies we take for granted today would seem like impossible magic. So...
Have you ever sat in a doctor’s office for hours despite having an appointment at a specific time, has the hotel turned down your reservation because it’s full? Or have...
Perfumers can learn to distinguish individual odors in a fragrance made of hundreds of scents. Tea experts have been known to sniff out not just the location where a tea...
What’s so great about the Great Lakes? They’re known as America’s inland seas. The North American Great Lakes Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior are so massive that they border...
Imagine you’re watching a runaway trolley barreling down the tracks straight towards five workers who can’t escape. You happen to be standing next to a switch that will divert the...
Humans know the surprising prick of a needle, the searing pain of a stubbed toe and the throbbing of a toothache. We can identify many types of pain and have...
