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The story behind Bill Cosby's sweaters has a lot more to do with television production than fashion
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More and more, amateurs are contributing to the discovery of new species, especially of insects - but can they keep ahead of the extinction curve?
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Yes, researchers think about your nose like a dirty ship hull that needs cleaning. But it does seem to work
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By identifying the genes that control the production of volatile chemicals, we could soon turn the bland tomato's flavor back on
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The fallout of the nuclear bomb era is still alive today - in our muscles
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We see and hear with eyes and ears process those images and sounds single pieces of information. It turns out moles do the same thing, except with smell
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A long-accepted explanation for a warm Europe is up for debate
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It turns out that microgravity might reveal a thing or two about the nasty bacteria
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Actually figuring out which four-years-old are naturally smart and which have simply prepared, is harder than you might think
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Through their effect on the food web, shifting predator populations can change greenhouse gas levels
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Negative comments, regardless of their merit, could sway readers' perceptions
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Chimpanzees are several times stronger than us, generally healthier, and research suggests that they might have better memories too
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If you had to guess the most abundant organism on the planet, you might think of ants, or maybe bacteria. But a newly discovered virus might trump them all
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Across Asia, a plague of hunting has hit pangolins, though it's not too late to save these intriguing creatures from extinction
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The first retinal implants ever approved for use in the U.S. could help with a certain type of blindness
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In 1908, a meteor exploding in mid-air released the energy equivalent to "185 Hiroshima bombs"
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Really, you shouldn't be worried about the water, but about the bottle.
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The mid-air explosion of a 10-ton meteor injured more than 500 people
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The seven-year-old Philadelphia student just became the world's youngest known person ever to code a computer game
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Twenty-five different natural and synthetic chemical potions and poisons pop up in 20 different opera's plots
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