Based on their ability to discharge 鈥渃hemical bombs鈥� when threatened, bombardier beetles are aptly named.聽 Beetles are different from other insects in that while they can fly, they cannot do so...
The news these days is all about 鈥渇ake news.鈥� For U.S. President Donald Trump, it seems any news he doesn鈥檛 like is 鈥渇ake.鈥� For me, 鈥渇ake news鈥� is information that seems authentic, but is just...
The hundred or so eminent scientists and diplomats who had assembled for the ceremony had no trouble recognizing the visitor as she walked into the East Room of the White House on the arm of...
In 1858 in Bradford, England, 200 people became ill from eating peppermint lozenges.聽聽Unfortunately, 18 of them died within a week.聽聽The cause?聽聽Arsenic poisoning!聽聽At the time calcium sulfate ...
What makes us exchange saliva, sebum, bits of food and millions of bacteria with each other?聽In other words, why do we kiss?聽This is not an innate activity.聽South Pacific islanders, for example,...
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