Ants Started Farming Millions of Years Before Humans Did
(via Popular Mechanics) A new study led by the Smithsonian Institution and the University of Copenhagen found that a species
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True Colors, and Where They Came From
(via Neatorama) Here’s something to think about next time you open a box of crayons. We take it for granted
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Scientists Release Air Trapped 800 Million Years Ago
(via Popular Mechanics) We can’t go back in time to sample the oxygen content of prehistoric air. But now it
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5 Science Experiments That Seemed Useless — And Were Anything But
(via All That Is Interesting) As any scientist knows, securing funding for a research project can be an incredibly trying
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Chemistry Ph.D. Student Turned Her Thesis Into a Comic Book
(via mental_floss) Mention the word “quasicrystals” and everyone will immediately know what you’re talking about, right? Probably not. University of
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Throwing Paper Airplanes With The World Record Holder
(via Great Big Story) John Collins, the “Paper Airplane Guy,” studied origami and aerodynamics in a quest to design the
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A Stormy History of Weather Reporting
(via Neatorama) While today’s weather reports are constantly improved by data culled from Doppler radar, precipitation-measuring satellites, and supercomputers crunching
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Watch how bizarrely water and fire behave in space
(via Tech Insider) A common misconception about space is that objects are free from the shackles of gravity. The truth
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NASA’s Next Great Spacecraft Will Arrive at Jupiter in a Week
(via Popular Mechanics) At about 9 p.m. Eastern on the Fourth of July, the Juno spacecraft will conclude a five-year
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Lava Lakes: The Exposed Guts of Volcanoes
(via Amusing Planet) Most volcanoes have a deep inner chamber of molten rocks, but this chamber is typically capped shut
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A Whale of a Task: Sculpting Model Giants by Hand
(via Great Big Story) Stephen Kesler’s works are as big as life itself. No, really. The Salt Lake City-based wildlife
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Rebuilding Dinosaurs with the ‘Skeleton Crew’
(via Great Big Story) Some of the most impressive dinosaur skeletons in the world are housed in a nondescript warehouse
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