Thousands of sheep died one night in 1968 in Skull Valley, Utah. Army officials got busy drafting a denial. They had been testing Cold War chemical and biological weapons, one of which was called VX.
Top 10 Badass Female Warriors. What? You’ve never heard of Fu Hao, Gudit, or Tri Tha Trinh? Now you have.
The biggest of the big cats is one that exists, but not in the natural world. The artificially-bred liger can grow up to 900 pounds, twice the size of a lion or tiger.
The story of the fig tree, the fig wasp, and the parasite wasp illustrates the delicate balance of nature. It also shows how parasites can be beneficial in ways we could never guess.
How to tip like a gentleman. Or a lady, since there’s no advice here that is gender-specific.
Some number crunching on the NCAA brackets. And some betting advice.
Salamanders can regrow limbs after they are torn off; why can’t humans do the same? The April issue of Scientific American looks at research that may one day lead to self-regeration of human body parts.
50% of College Students Think We See Like Superman. Increasingly obvious clues to the real process show that ingrained ideas are very hard to change.
Geeks are making the world a better place by doing what they do best. Engineers Without Borders equips off-the-grid villages with wind-generated electricity.
In the early 1800s, medical schools found corpses difficult to obtain, illegal to dissect, and hard to preserve. A student named Louis Auzoux developed and produced anatomical models made of papier-mache, some of which are still around today.
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