Real-life glowing plants like in the film "Avatar" may be on the horizon. Researchers have found a way to make succulents glow and illuminate in the dark.
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After decades of research, an ex-NASA engineer who worked on the Hubble Telescope claims to have made a discovery that would upend our understanding of physics.
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We may barely give a thought to our toilet waste post-flush, but the history behind the marvels of modern sewers is long, complicated, and just a little gross.
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The idea of immortality has always been fantastical, but as scientific and technological research expands, aging and death may become something we can control.
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Throughout the years, mankind has sought to find a way to defy the natural order, searching for the key to immortality — with mostly awful results.
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After World War II, German scientist Wernher von Braun went from developing Nazi superweapons to spearheading NASA's Saturn program.
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This invention changed life as we know it and made countless modern conveniences possible, but the cost is higher than its creators could have dreamed.
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The moon is something we take for granted, expecting it to come into view each night. But if the Earth lost its moon, the results would be catastrophic.
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The idea of people being infected by fungus and becoming zombies in "Last of Us" isn't so far fetched. In the animal world, fungus and parasites can do that.
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From divorces to hospitalizations and even death, there are a growing number of stories of human-AI chatbot interactions that have gone sideways.
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What NASA calls an incoming comet, a Harvard scientist says could be an alien ship. He says it's too soon to know for sure.
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In 1986, the world watched in horror as the space shuttle Challenger exploded on live TV. In the aftermath, the worst and unexpected details were yet to follow.
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If you've ever seen an MRI machine, you've probably noticed that big red button and wondered what it does. Pressing it is actually very, very expensive.
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Since the dawn of humanity, inventions have lifted our quality of life in countless ways. However, a few inventions have actually made our lives worse.
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After the human body dies, it begins to undergo the long, gruesome process of decomposition. But what happens when a corpse is encased in concrete?
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The tech company Apple didn't become the behemoth it is in the 21st century by hiring just anybody, and some of their job interview questions are truly bizarre.
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For the majority of his life, Stephen Hawking lived with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a neurodegenerative disease, and he was able to talk thanks to AI.
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For decades, a fossil was lurking in Australia's Biloela State High, until it was finally identified by a scientist in 2025. And it could rewrite history.
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Stephen Hawking was married twice, spending 30 years with his first wife, Jane Hawking. She married this musician after divorcing the theoretical physicist.
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South Dakota is home to many alluring locations and greenery, but one country actually made it illegal to grow a particular beautiful flower.
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We all die at some point, and that's when our body begins to decompose. But have you ever wondered what happens to the clothes on a dead person?
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Whether it was in a movie or by the dock of a bay, you might have heard a ship honk three times and wondered what it meant, if anything at all.
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Anthropologists and archaeologists are similar — they both devote their lives to studying humans. Yet they do so using different tools and methods.
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It may seem like our modern world is small and interconnected, but even so, there are still some tribes that have zero contact with the outside world.
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In fiction, the gaps in humanity's knowledge of space have been filled by creativity and speculation. These are some things about space that movies get wrong.
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The Sahara's sun-scorched sands cover North Africa, but it was once green and lush. Thanks to natural and human-caused climate change, it likely will be again.
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If you've traveled on a plane recently, you've probably had to go through a TSA body scanners. And you might have wondered what it actually sees.
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