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Kids Trust Written Words More Than Spoken Ones

Learning to read seems to make information conveyed in written form seem more authoritative

Sure it's a lot of fun, if you don't like your fingernails.

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Spending Too Much Time in Space Basically Sets You Up for Type 2 Diabetes

Being an astronaut is not a healthy lifestyle choice

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Double Tornadoes Aren't Particularly Rare, But Yesterday's Was Remarkable

Double, triple, quad and quintuple tornadoes are more common than you'd think

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Introverts In Demand for Mars Missions

People who need lots of social stimulation might not be the best fit for long-term missions

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There Are Only So Many Ways Animals Can Poison You (Not That That's Reassuring)

They say that knowledge is power, but we're certainly not feeling any safer

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Tweaking the Banana’s Genome Could Save the Lives of Thousands of Children in Uganda

But not everyone agrees that GMO crops should be used to solve food and nutrition problems

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Giant Moths Have Descended on Malaysia, And No One Knows Why

Giant moths are making a mass appearance in Southeast Asia

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When Homo Sapiens Began to Emerge, Herpes Was Already Waiting

Herpes first evolved in chimpanzees before colonizing the cells of Homo erectus

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When Fire Ants Build Rafts, There Are No Free Loaders

When fire ants form floating balls, not a single leg or antennae goes to waste

A modern Arctic fox

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Polar Carnivores Might Have Originated in Tibet

A new fox fossil lends weight to the idea that many carnivores now found in the Arctic originated in what is now Tibet

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When People Are Stressed Financially, Their Racial Biases Escalate

White study participants view biracial faces as "more black" when times are tough

Carl Linnaeus, 1707 to 1778. Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist. From Crabb's Historical Dictionary published 1825.

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Who Does Wikipedia Think Is Bigger Than Jesus?

Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus is Wikipedia's most influential person, according to one measurement

Forest in British Columbia that has borne both fire and beetle infestations

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Beetles Have Destroyed 38,000 Square Miles of Forest

As part of this year’s farm bill, the United States Forest Service will try to rehabilitate beetle-infested forests

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Rats Can Feel Regret

Rats' brain patterns and behaviors support the hypothesis that they can reflect on certain wrong choices

The heads of human ancestors like Australopithecus afarensis may have evolved to better withstand blows to the face.

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Were Ancient Humans Built for Boxing?

Males may have bigger bones and stronger jaws to better withstand getting hit in the face

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These Researchers Put a Camera on a Polar Bear

In case you've ever wondered what it's like to be a polar bear

Nursing isn't all smiles and candy stripes, in fact it's a very stressful job

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Stressed Nurses Dehumanize Patients to Cope, Says New Research

Italian study analyzes what it takes for nurses to remain committed to their job

An artist's rendering of the collision that created the moon

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What Would the Planet That Smashed Into Earth and Created the Moon Have Been Like?

Scientists announced that they have found traces of Theia in moon rocks

Yan'an, China is flattening some of the mountains surrounding the city, seen here in a photo from 2012

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China Is Tearing Down Mountains to Build Cities

Land creation projects are proceeding apace without scientific research to back them up

It's critical we cut carbon emissions, says UCLA study

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Here Are the Five Best Ways to Fight Climate Change, Ranked by Scientists

Given their "feasibility, cost-effectiveness, risk, public acceptance, governability and ethics," these are the best ways to fight global warming

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