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You vote for politicians based on their views, right? That's how it works in theory. But other factors can sway your vote. Like a politician's voice. ...
You vote for politicians based on their views, right? Thats how it works in theory, but other facts can sway your votes like politicians voice. Becaus...
What prehistoric genius first discovered how to transform milk into delicious cheese? We may never find out, but we now know that humans were purposef...
What does an 800-pound gorilla eat? If you said: anything it wants, youre not thinking like a scientist. A scientist would say, Let me analyze the iso...
Porcupines sport some 30,000 quills, which easily penetrate fleshand then stay stuck in it. Now, scientists have analyzed the shape of individual quil...
Who was the better artist, a caveman or Leonardo da Vinci? It turns out that early depictions of four-legged animals walking are more accurate in some...
Many of us talk with our hands. But some researchers suspect we may listen with our hands, too. Cognitive scientists had subjects listen to spoken sen...
Cigarettes are bad for your health. But thats only if you smoke em. If you use them to line your nest, they might actually do you some good. Because b...
Mercury tends to show up in strange places, like swordfish and sharks. Now researchers have detected small amounts of mercury in the fog that bathes t...
