The density of babies in one’s general proximity fluctuates throughout life. There are a lot of babies around when someone is themself a baby. There may be a lot of babies for the first few years of a person’s life if they have younger siblings....
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It’s 2017. Two years after Marty McFly was supposed to hoverboard across Hill Valley in his self-tying Nikes, and the environmental protection agency is about to be headed up by a guy who doesn’t believe in climate change. It would actually be better to have the...
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The holidays are upon us, and they bring up big scientific questions. For example, what is the physical nature of the Holy Trinity? How did Moses split the Red Sea? What is Kwanzaa? These questions and more are hard ones for scientists. Luckily, I’m going...
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A few weeks ago, I wrote about a new study on how people believe different things about sexual compatibility. Some people are “sexual growth” believers, and think that sexual compatibility is a thing that can be worked on and improved. Others are “sexual destiny” believers,...
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The American election was tough on a lot of people. No matter how you lean politically, it’s been hard to watch anger and hate divide people in the US and beyond. Even Trump is still upset So let’s lighten things up a bit. Let’s take a look...
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Halloween is here, and as you may have noticed, we got pretty into the spirit this year. Let’s take a look at some of the scientists who ensured “mad scientist” isn’t just a clichéd Halloween costume....
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Paranormal ghost encounters are actually quite explicable. We think the biggest mystery of all is how ghost hunting shows still produce enough material to fill a season....
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Did you see that creepy, distasteful clown in the news recently? No, the other one There are actual clowns in the news these days, not just morons with wacky hair. “Creepy clowns” have started showing up all over the United States, and they’re quite obviously not the...
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Pandas are adorable, sexless, lazy slobs. Human effort has removed them from the endangered species list, but how and why should we continue to help these vulnerable bears? ...
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How does time, which passes linearly, feel like it’s speeding up? Does our perception of time change as we age with each passing year?...
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