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How zip codes helped organize America
Zip codes, explained.
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Why Only Some Monkeys Have Awesome Tails
Almost all mammals with prehensile tails live in the neotropics because the forest is different there.
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Why Can Applesauce Replace Butter? And Oil? And Eggs?
Bakers will sometimes replace the butter, oil, or eggs in their breads, muffins, and assorted tasty treats with applesauce. That pretty much sounds like culinary magic, but it's not... it's culinary SCIENCE!
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4 Things You're Not Allowed to Do in Space
There are lots of things that you’re allowed to do on earth that you absolutely can’t if you’re an astronaut. Some of them, you wouldn’t expect.
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How to recognize a dystopia
The genre of dystopia – the ‘not good place’– has captured the imaginations of artists and audiences alike for centuries. But why do we bother with all this pessimism? Alex Gendler explains how dystopias act as cautionary tales – not about some particular government or technology, but the very idea that humanity can be molded into an ideal shape.
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Fusion Energy Explained – Future or Failure
How does Fusion Energy work and is it a good idea?
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How do whales sing?
Communicating underwater is challenging. Light and odors don’t travel well, but sound moves about four times faster in water than in air — which means marine mammals often use sounds to communicate. The most famous of these underwater vocalizations is undoubtedly the whale song. Stephanie Sardelis decodes the evocative melodies composed by the world’s largest mammals.
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5 Things We Still Don't Know About the Solar System
Published on Nov 6, 2016 We've already learned a lot about the solar system, but sometimes the most fascinating things are what we DON'T know.
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How Do Insects Survive the Winter?
Birds fly south, humans bundle up, but what do insects do to survive the winter? From creating antifreeze-like alcohols to burrowing in the ground, bugs have a few solutions to carry on.
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The Truth About the Million-Dollar Space Pen
"NASA spend lots of money and time to create a pen that could use in space, on the other hand, their rival Soviet just used a pencil" You've probably heard this story, but is it true? Here is the truth about the space pen!
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Why Are Paper Cuts So Painful?
Paper cuts are tiny compared to other injuries you may have experienced, but they hurt… A LOT! This has to do with your hands being pretty sensitive, and the fact that the edges of paper are like tiny saws.
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Voting On Tuesday - How Is This Still A Thing?: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
Tuesday voting is highly inconvenient, so why do we still do it?
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Why Are There So Many Tigers In Texas?
Why there will likely soon be more tigers in backyards in Texas than in the wilds of Asia.
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What caused the French Revolution?
What rights do people have, and where do they come from? Who gets to make decisions for others, and on what authority? And how can we organize society to meet people’s needs? Tom Mullaney shows how these questions challenged an entire nation during the upheaval of the French Revolution.
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Hunting Wild Pigs Could Save Hawaii's Coral Reefs
Chad Wiggins, Marine Program Director at The Nature Conservancy Hawaii, is working towards solutions to manage the hooved animals’ growing population numbers, and in effect, hopefully provide relief for coral to survive the effects of climate change.
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Why Does Glitter Stick to Everything?
Glitter: use it for even the most modest of arts and crafts projects and days later you're still finding it stuck in your hair, behind your ear, and all over your clothes. But how are these little plastic disks so sticky?!
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Why Are the Inner and Outer Planets Different?
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Burj Khalifa - How To Build Higher
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Urban Geography: Why We Live Where We Do
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The crisis in Aleppo, explained
The key battle in the Syrian civil war.
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