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In the Egyptian Book of the Dead, there’s a banishment spell that declares, “Be far from me, O vile cockroach.” More than 3,000 years later, we’re still trying to oust...
Your heart beats more than 100,000 times a day. In just a minute, it pumps over five liters of blood throughout your body. But unlike skin and bones, the heart...
“It’s the 4th century BCE, and Aristotle has just written a critique of arguments that take the truth of their conclusion for granted.” “It’s still the 4th century BCE, and...
Every color you see in front of you can be found in nature. Some plant, animal, or mineral bears almost every hue imaginable. But which of these colors are you...
Take a good look at this slug. No, not that— that’s a leaf. This slug. There we go. Elysia chlorotica may not look like much— okay, it looks like a...
In 2010, a parrot that spoke with the same British accent as his owner went missing. They were reunited four years later, but the intervening time left a conspicuous mark:...
If someone teleported from sea level to the top of Mt. Everest, things would go bad fast. At an altitude of 8,848 meters, barometric pressure is approximately 33% of what...
At this very moment, almost everything around you is being eaten. Invisible to the naked eye, organisms called microbes swarm every surface. Hordes of bacteria, archaea, and fungi have evolved...
As the truck screeched to a halt, one of its containers slid off, hit an approaching Prius and spilled its contents. Those contents happened to be thousands of kilograms of...
In January of 1995, Russia detected a nuclear missile headed its way. The alert went all the way to the president, who was deciding whether to strike back when another...
