Oktoberfest ‘Produces 10 Times As Much Methane As Boston,’ Study Finds
While burps and farts are certainly contributing factors, they’re only responsible for around 10 percent of the gas output. Cooking and heating appliances are the...
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Watch Rats Drive Tiny Cars In A New Behavioral Experiment
“I do believe that rats are smarter than most people perceive them to be, and that most animals are smarter in unique ways than we...
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Man Unwittingly Got Drunk After His Gut Brewed Alcohol Due To ‘Auto-Brewery Syndrome’
“For years, no one believed him… The police, doctors, nurses, and even his family told him he wasn’t telling the truth, that he must be...
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Mysterious ‘Blob’ With 720 Sexes And Ability To Learn To Be Unveiled At Paris Zoo
Named after the 1950s sci-fi classic, this organism is challenging scientists to reassess what we know about biological intelligence. It’s set to be unveiled to...
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Monkeys Are Better At Problem-Solving Than Humans, Study Finds
Researchers wonder if the heavy rewarding of habit-based solutions in Western educational systems are destroying our ability to creatively problem-solve. Julia Watzek/TwitterIn an experiment involving...
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Former NASA Scientist Says We Found Life On Mars — In The 1970s
“What is the evidence against the possibility of life on Mars? The astonishing fact is that there is none.” Wikimedia CommonsNASA’s Viking lander on Mars...
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Divers Looking For WWII Shipwreck Find Enormous, Gelatinous Orb With Thousands Of Baby Squid Inside
First, they saw that the orb was bigger than them. Then they saw the thousands of little creatures wriggling around inside. YouTubeResearchers diving in the...
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Scientists Implant Fake Memories Into Birds To Team Them New Songs À La ‘Inception’
Zebra finches typically learn to sing a song from their parents through imitation, but a new study shows they can learn a song without ever...
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This Ancient Shark That Lived 360 Million Years Ago Looked Like An Eel
A group of paleontologists discovered the rare fossils of the ancient Phoebodus shark in Morocco. Paulo Oliveria/AlamyRecently discovered fossils revealed that there were once serpent-like...
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Listen To What A Seismic Quake On Mars Sounds Like
NASA’s InSight lander has picked up seismic activity on Mars for the first time ever, recording more than 20 “marsquakes” since April. Wikimedia CommonsAudio recordings...
