Science & History
6 Real Planets That Put Science Fiction to Shame
As space exploration advances and we start to learn what's really on the surface of those distant worlds, it becomes increasingly clear that our imagination has no chance of competing with the jaw-dropping, pants-peeing craziness outer space is capable of cooking up.
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- By Nick Dobkin
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6 Counterintuitive Tricks to Beating Popular Game Shows
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- By Matt Culkin, Michael Voll
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7 Reasons Ants Will Inherit the Earth
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- By Monte Richard
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
6 Real People With Mind-Blowing Mutant Superpowers: Update
We've all dreamed of having superpowers at some point (today), and these are the rare cases where people actually got them.
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- By Karl Smallwood, Kier Harris
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5 Reasons Rats Are Way Scarier Than You Think
Rats are kind of creepy and gross, but they're not all that bad, right? Wrong.
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- By Kathy Benjamin
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8 Humans Whose Eating Habits Would Make a Goat Puke
Lots of people have their own personal diet plans, and nutritionists don't always agree on which one is best. Nutritionists do agree that everything on this list is a bad idea.
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- By Pauli Poisuo, Elliot Crossan , Karl Smallwood
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5 Lost Photos That Could Have Changed History
There are amazing accomplishments, conspiracy theories and outlandish claims that are all supposedly out there waiting to be proven true ... if only we could find the pictures.
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- By Evan V. Symon
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5 Seemingly Innocent Ways You've Screwed The World Today
Maybe you hippies are on to something -- a huge chunk of the damage we're doing to the world is due to things you probably didn't even know you were doing.
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- By Robert Evans, Budd Erickson
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5 Famous People Who Succeeded Long After They Should've Quit
If you haven't found your calling by, say, age 30, it's pretty much hopeless, right? If you were going to make it, you'd have made it by now. Well ... maybe not.
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- By Simon Dufresne, Dyl Moore
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6 Myths Everyone Believes about Space (Thanks to Movies)
Yep, it's not enough for space to make us feel small -- it needs to make us feel stupid, too.
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- By Jesse Clark, Pete Griffin
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5 Creepy Forms of Mind Control You're Exposed to Daily
We know what you're thinking: You're far too cynical to fall for the ads you fast forward through on your DVR or the little tricks employed by marketers and politicians to push your subconscious buttons. But are you sure?
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- By Dennis Hong
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The 6 Weirdest Ways Wild Animals Are Having to Adapt to Us
Humanity's only effect on the animal kingdom isn't just pure destruction; in fact, sometimes our ecological footprint looks more like a clown shoe.
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- By Karl Smallwood
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6 Scientific Discoveries That Laugh in the Face of Physics
There exist special occasions where the universe up and does a magic trick that seems to be designed by an unjust, all-powerful entity dedicated to making scientists ask, 'What in the hell?'
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- By T. Joseph Lahucik
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5 Mundane Objects That Saved Important Lives
We could play the 'What if?' game all day, but you don't need a killer imagination to see how little, insignificant details have changed everything.
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- By Evan V. Symon
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