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Only Three Percent of Earth's Land is Intact
Rich natural ecosystems a complex tangle of ecological relationships. How has human activity changed these ecosystems in the past 500 years?
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Contagious Cognitive Vulnerability
When you're in a stressful situation, do you react positively or negatively? The answer may depend in part on whom you're around.
9 months, 3 weeks ago
When Experiments Fail to Replicate
The results of any scientific study should be reproducible, right? So, what happens when the results of a study don’t replicate?
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Pirate Perch
These predatory fish are as ruthless as any pirate sailing the seven seas. They were even abandoned by the aquarium market when they were found to ea…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Imagining and Seeing
Neuroscientists have made important discoveries about imagination as an unexpected bonus from studying the parts of the cerebral cortex involved in v…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Electrical Near death Experience
Near death experiences often involve things like seeing a bright white light, or floating out of your body. Is there a scientific explanation for the…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
Saccadic Suppression
Have you ever noticed that you can’t see your own eye movements?
9 months, 4 weeks ago
Macrauchenia
Charles Darwin said it was one of the strangest animals ever discovered.
10 months ago
Depressing Night Work
For the night shift worker, sleep happens during the day. How does this affect overall health?
10 months ago
Venutian Volcanoes
Did scientists discover evidence of a volcanic eruption on Venus?
10 months ago