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What happens to your body after you die
There's no fighting it; each of us will die at some point. What happens next is a fascinating — if frightening — natural process.Without preservation techniques like embalming or mummification, your...
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This very cool periodic table explains how we use all the elements
Thanks to high school, we've all got a pretty good idea about what's on the periodic table.But whether you're looking at something common like calcium, iron, and carbon, or something more obscure like...
View ArticleHere's how to make a 'smoke bomb' cocktail
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View ArticleFrosé is the hot drink this summer — here's how to make it yourself
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View ArticleWe made crazy foam called "Elephant's Toothpaste"
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Physicists just discovered a second state of liquid water
It's one of the most fundamental compounds on Earth, and it makes up roughly 60 percent of the human body, and yet water is turning out to be stranger than we could have ever imagined.Researchers have...
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Scientists have evolved a remarkable new form of life that can bond silicon...
Scientists have coaxed life to do something it has never done before: bond silicon to carbon.You're probably already familiar with a few products products that use carbon-silicon, or organosilicon:...
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Scientists have made a bizarre lifeform that bonds carbon to silicon
Scientists have coaxed life to do something it has never done before: bond silicon to carbon.You're probably already familiar with a few products products that use carbon-silicon, or organosilicon:...
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14 of your biggest questions about wine, answered with science
We've all been there.You're in a liquor or grocery store, trying to pick out wine with a group of friends when, inevitably, some unexpected member offers up their expert opinion.Truth be told, there's...
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This new Periodic Table shows the astounding origins of every atom in your body
In the first episode of his famous TV series about space, "Cosmos: A Personal Voyage," the late astronomer Carl Sagan wastes no time dramatically setting the stage."The surface of the Earth is the...
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Scientists have confirmed a brand new phase of matter: time crystals
For months now, there's been speculation that researchers might have finally created time crystals — strange crystals that have an atomic structure that repeats not just in space, but in time, putting...
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The truth about how many chemicals are in everything we eat
The idea that there is a difference between "natural" chemicals, like those found in fruits and vegetables, and the synthetic version of those chemicals is just a bad way of looking at the world.There...
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Scientists have finally created a triangle-shaped molecule in the lab
The idea of a triangle-shaped molecule made out of carbon was first proposed in 1950.It was very difficult to create and would break down before its existence could be verified.Researchers at IBM...
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5 of the most powerful non-nuclear explosives ever
A chemistry department at a British university was recently evacuated after a student made the known explosive, TATP.The chemical, tri-cyclic acetone peroxide, or TATP, was made by accident as the...
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The nerve toxin reportedly used on Kim Jong Un's half-brother takes only a...
On February 13 in a Malaysian airport, authorities say, two women sprayed poison on Kim Jong-nam — the exiled half-brother of North Korea's ruler, Kim Jong Un — leading to Jong-nam's death.South Korean...
View ArticleA scientist invented a powder that instantly transforms into fake snow
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This object has been sprayed with the world's blackest material — and it's...
Well, we've finally cracked it. Scientists have finally figured out how to paint a portal to another dimension, as prophesied by Loony Tunes' the Roadrunner. Who wants to try driving a (very small)...
View ArticleA fashion designer makes science-inspired dresses to support women in STEM
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Breathing the nerve gas reportedly used in Syria feels like 'a knife made of...
On April 4, airstrikes pounded the small Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun, wounding hundreds and killing more than 80 people, including at least 20 women and 30 children.Shortly after the attack, photos,...
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Here's why nerve agents are some of the most deadly chemicals on Earth
Chemical weapons like sarin and VX are known to kill men, women, and children with gruesome efficiency.While their names differ, both are members of a larger group of human-made substances, called...
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