Science & History

5 Crazy Ways the Colors Red and Blue Control Your Life
Your brain and body react to two colors -- red and blue -- in distinct and downright weird ways that science doesn't completely understand.
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- By Monte Richard
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6 Terrifying Experiments Parents Did on Their Own Kids
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- By C. Coville
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The 5 Most Terrifying Diseases That Doctors Can't Explain
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- By Elorm Kojo Ntumy, Welldone Quibranza
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15 Mind-Blowing Old-Timey Photos You Won't Believe Are Real
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
5 Terrifying Animals That Could Save Your Life Someday
It's important to stop every once in a while and remind ourselves that the creatures in nature's nightmarish cavalcade of horrors are saving our lives every day.
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- By Lachlan M.
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5 Ways Your Brain Tricks You into Sticking With Bad Habits
Bad habits can ruin your life. And it turns out your brain is perfectly fine with that.
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- By Dennis Hong
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7 Things You Won't Believe Science Says Make You Happy
Apparently, there are some seemingly random activities that are more like cheat codes to happiness.
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- By XJ Selman
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5 Illegal Drugs With Surprisingly Wholesome Medical Uses
Much like Darth Vader, some drugs aren't completely evil, or even as bad as they seem.
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- By Rory Hayes
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The 6 Real and Terrifying Spider Superpowers
Spiders are more like Spider-Man than we think. Though they have yet to master the make-out session, they have racked up some other pretty crazy abilities.
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- By Monte Richard
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5 Random Factors That Determine Whether You Succeed in Life
You've stayed in school, stayed off drugs and made the right friends. Dollar bills should be raining down on you like a ticker tape parade, right? Not if you've got these completely arbitrary factors working against you.
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- By Ann Z.
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The 6 Most Mind-Blowing Animal Senses
Every now and then, an animal's sensory superiority goes above and beyond the usual and takes a turn for the bizarre and/or terrifying.
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- By Monte Richard
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11 Images of Nature You Won't Believe Aren't Photoshopped
One thing we've discovered over and over again is that nature is always weirder than what we give it credit for.
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- By Mike Cooney, Alex Brettingen
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6 Tiny Things Doctors Do That Can Save (Or End) Your Life
It turns out the world is full of zero-cost solutions that save lives. It's just a matter of convincing people to use them.
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- By Erik Carrera, Lillian Marx
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The 5 Most Terrifying Supreme Court Decisions
The Supreme Court itself is not made up of gods or wizards. They are just people, with agendas. And sometimes they have rendered opinions that make you wonder if the whole legal system isn't just full of crazy people from the top down.
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- By J.F. Sargent, Ricardo R. Read
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The 6 Most Nightmarish Worms on the Planet
You probably think you know everything you need to about worms. But you're wrong. So horrifyingly, nightmare-inducingly wrong.
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- By Andrew Munro
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