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Richard Feynman Said a Pinhead Could Hold All Human Knowledge — And He Was Right
What if the entire contents of an encyclopedia — every entry, every map, every illustration…
Articles by Dr. Lauren Mitchell
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A 150-Million-Year-Old Fossil Just Settled How Bird Flight Began
For more than 160 years, scientists have argued about one of the most fundamental questions…
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One Nasal Vaccine Could Soon Replace Every Seasonal Virus Shot You Take
What if a single nasal spray could protect you from the flu, a bacterial chest…
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Giant Structures Deep Inside Earth May Be Shielding the Magnetic Field
About 1,800 miles beneath your feet, two continent-sized blobs of unusually hot rock are quietly…
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China Deployed Humanoid Robots at the Vietnam Border and Timing Raised Eyebrows
A Chinese robotics company just raised nearly $394 million USD in a single share placement…
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Neanderthal DNA Is Everywhere in Humans — Except One Crucial Place
Most people with non-African ancestry carry a small percentage of Neanderthal DNA — but a…
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Scientists Expected a Crack Under the Pacific — They Found Something Far Larger
Something remarkable is happening about three miles beneath the ocean floor off the coast of…
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Scientists Found a Giant Tarantula Claimed by a Rare Parasite in the Amazon
Deep in the Amazon rainforest, a research team stumbled across something that looks almost too…
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The ‘1 in 200’ Rule About Genghis Khan’s DNA May Be Wrong
For more than two decades, one of the most striking statistics in all of human…
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China’s 2-Watt Satellite Laser Just Sent Gigabit Data From 36,000 km Away
A laser no more powerful than a small LED bulb has just transmitted data from…