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Photo: tracielouise / Getty Images Scientists May Have Finally Figured Out How Pigeons Are So Good at Directions
It’s a remarkable ability that we’ve been taking advantage of for centuries, yet we’re only just beginning to understand.
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Photo: ALFRED PASIEKA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Getty Images Why This Biotech Company Is Keeping Bodiless Human Brains Alive in a Lab
It’s far less supervillain-y than it sounds.
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Photo: Maksym Belchenko / Getty Images Scientists Say the 20-5-3 Rule Could Be Exactly What You Need to Stop Feeling Stressed All the Time
You need to touch grass. Literally.
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Photo: imaginima / Getty Images Scientists Created the Optimal Robot, and You’ll Never Guess What It Looks Like
It’s not creepy at all.
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Photo: Charles O'Rear / Getty Images Scientists Finally Figured Out Why Strange Earthquakes Have Been Hitting Utah for Decades
It seemed like an impossible answer, until it didn’t.
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Photo: piranka / Getty Images Scientists Finally Figured Out Why 90% of Humans Are Right-Handed
As for why left-handedness exists at all, well, that’s still a mystery.
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Photo: Nicholas Skopal, et al. / Antiquity Archaeologists Made a Disturbing Discovery Inside These Massive Stone Jars
I’m sure they smelled great.
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Photo: magicmine / Getty Images Your Pregnancy Diet May Affect Your Baby in Unexpected Ways, Scientists Say
Your mom is the reason you hate broccoli.
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Photo by Maxar via Getty Images A Massive Volcano Erupted, Then Something Strange Happened in the Sky
It turns out that what happened in its aftermath is almost more impressive than the wildly impressive explosion itself.
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Photo: Gregory Adams / Getty Images Scientists Just Figured Out Why Neanderthals Collected Rhino Teeth
They weren’t dummies who were smashing random objects together. They were creating things that helped create other things.
