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Mary Parrish/NMNH Everything We Know About Prototaxites, the Giant Organism That Came Before Trees
This thing should not exist, and that’s exactly the problem.
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Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images Will Earth Really Lose Gravity in 2026?
People are now believing that the earth will allegedly “lose gravity” for seven seconds on August 12, 2026. Yes, really.
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Long-time fans of the Far Side (like me) can say that Gary Larson’s legendary comic strip predicted this long ago.
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You might be surprised how little alcohol is offering you.
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Handout/Handout/Getty Images All Those Little Red Dots in Space Might Be Young Black Holes
These black holes are buried inside thick cocoons of gas that hide most of the signals that astronomers typically use to identify them.
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Alex Wong/Staff/Getty Images NASA’s Pandora Mission Will Help the James Webb Telescope Find New Habitable Planets
If Pandora functions as it’s designed to, it’ll help us figure out if there’s life out there in the universe.
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Gremlin/Getty Images 7 Truly Bizarre UFO Sightings the Government Can’t (or Won’t) Explain
The problem with UFO sightings isn’t a lack of explanations. It’s that some explanations feel designed to end the conversation.
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Willie B. Thomas/Getty Images This Is What Déjà Vu Actually Is, According to Scientists
Déjà vu isn’t a prophecy. It’s your brain hitting the “familiar” button at the wrong time and leaving you with a feeling it can’t explain.
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