The human brain: the command center of the body. It tells your meat bits where to go, when to breathe, and whether or not to pump blood all around its insides. But do we really need it? What if you could scoop the old gray matter out and be done with it? How long can a human survive without a brain?
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It's good to know just which particular feline superpower your precious kitten will employ when cats will inevitably rise against us. For instance, which cat breed can you never, ever run away from? Which cat breed is most like the cheetah?
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If you're into stargazing, you might have noticed that the famous wintertime constellation, Orion the Hunter, is acting weird. This is because one of its stars, Alpha Orionis -- which you may know better as Betelgeuse -- is fading. It may be gearing up to go supernova, meaning it may soon explode.
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For all the comic book collectors and mint-condition militants, here's a story of hope. It is the story of a man holding on to a rock for years, hoping it would contain gold, only to learn it was a priceless meteorite.
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Anyone who has ever watched Law & Order will tell you the best way to catch criminals is to look for fingerprints. Everywhere you go, everything you touch gets the full impact on those funky little spirals on each fingertip. But why do we have fingerprints in the first place?
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Scientists have just found a mineral in a meteorite never before seen in nature, according to CNN. Here's the story of a little mineral called Edscottite.
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The world revolves around the sun, and the sun knows exactly how to rock its way out of the 2010s in style. That's why on December 26th, the sun pulled off one final performance -- dubbed by many as a "ring of fire" solar eclipse, for its unique appearance, it amazed crowds throughout Asia.
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It sounds like a scene from a Ghostbusters movie. Liquid evil oozes onto the highway of a gritty city, endangering residents and throwing the area into disarray. Unfortunately, instead of playing in theaters, it played out in real life.
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The economy and industry ministry of Japan this week proposed that the radioactive water accumulating at the Fukushima nuclear plant be released into the sea or evaporated and allowed to fly free like a beautiful carcinogenic bird, according to the Associated Press.
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For ages, men have had it hammered into their skulls that physical strength is integral to their identity. Nowadays, men wrestle with pickle jars just to get them open. Even so, some men lament their comparative lack of strength. But just how strong is the average man?
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In 1689, Johann Weikhard von Valvasor went to press with astonishing news: he'd found baby dragons in Slovenia. Von Valvasor was describing an olm, a species of highly specialized salamanders which live in the cave formations in Eastern Europe. And friend, they're weird to the bone.
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We live in an age of role reversals, where traditional domestic and workplace norms are rapidly shifting to accommodate cultural changes. Now we may also be living in an age of rapid pole reversals -- because scientists are reporting the Earth's magnetic poles are shifting faster than ever, via MNN.
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One spider that doesn't seem to freak out arachnophobes is the daddy long-legs. Who couldn't love a critter with a cute name like that? Big Daddy! Despite their towering, spindly legs, there's something about them that's less creepy-crawly than an ordinary spider. Because they aren't spiders at all.
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A high-end copy machine nowadays can produce prints with as many as 9600 by 600 dots per inch. With that caliber of printing prowess you might ask yourself "why don't I buy a ream of mint green stationery, shove a few sawbucks in the Xerox, and photocopy me some money?" Read what happens first.
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Cats are notoriously hard to train, so weight training is almost certainly out of the question in most cases. Of course, you could just give your cat steroids. But if your cat nips that idea in the bud, your last resort is to find a member of the strongest cat breed.
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There are disturbing stories of people whose whole lives were upended by their visual similarity to a criminal. Setting aside the notion of a doppelganger who transforms your life into a psychological thriller, is there likely to be someone out there you could confuse with a mirror image?
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You've probably heard that every year, you swallow multiple spiders in your sleep. Is it true? And if so, why would large spiders be dumb enough to wander into your gaping mouth, as you snore? And, on the most important note of all, how many of these buggers do you swallow in a given year?
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Even the grizzliest, angriest dude you know used to be an adorable little toddler, and the Tyrannosaurus was no exception. In fact, a 2019 exhibit shown at the American Museum of Natural History (or AMNH), in New York City, proves it. Here's what a baby T-Rex really looked like.
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We humans have a tendency to not clean up after ourselves. But some do. Right up there with the best of them is the European Space Agency, which Space.com says is launching a 'suicide robot' to help rid the Earth's orbit of decades of accumulated space junk.
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America spends more on military affairs than China, Saudi Arabia, India, France, Russia, United Kingdom, and Germany ... combined. Some of that spending is absolutely necessary, there's one thing that we can name that seems a bit excessive -- a missile packed with swords, called a "Ninja Bomb."
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If cats act like dogs, and dogs act like cats, then maybe their distinguishing behavioral traits aren't quite as distinctive as people think. Here's the canine most likely to get catty with you.
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It seems that some chickens -- no matter how kind you are to them -- just can't be saved from their own anger. So the best you can do is just save yourself from them. So what chicken breeds is most likely to reenact a Hitchcock film? Which chicken breed is the most aggressive in the world?
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Have you ever looked at your cutie patootie kitty -- or any kitty for that matter -- and wished with all your heart and soul that it would shut the fluff up? Here's the quietest cat breed in the world.
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The most poisonous fish in the world has developed the ability to camouflage itself seamlessly amidst the coral and rocks of the ocean floor. When hunting, it can strike and kill its prey in a fraction of a second. It is also, scientifically speaking, more venomous than Reptile from Mortal Kombat.
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So the common knowledge goes like this: a dog ages seven years for every one year they're gracing us with their presence. Maybe it's our fault for being so difficult to live with, but who's to say? Are dog years real or full of balogna?
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The Tennessee Aquarium wishes everyone 'Zappy Holidays' after installing an exhibit in which Miguel Wattson, the aquarium's prize electric eel, is used to light up a decorative Christmas tree displayed right outside his tank.
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French fries are far from the healthiest way to eat a potato, but they might be the tastiest. If you're an American who loves fries, though, it looks like 2020 won't be your favorite year. Maybe. The problem, once again, is climate-related. Here's why America may suffer from a french fry shortage.
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