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Are GMOs Good or Bad? Genetic Engineering & Our Food

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Are GMOs bad for your health? Or is this fear unfounded?

How this guy found 83 messages in bottles

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Clint Buffington has found 83 messages in bottles - and you could probably do it too. Vox's Zachary Crockett and Phil Edwards found out how.

How does your body know what time it is? - Marco A. Sotomayor

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Being able to sense time helps us do everything from waking and sleeping to knowing precisely when to catch a ball that's hurtling towards us. And we owe all these abilities to an interconnected system of timekeepers in our brains. But how do they work? Marco A. Sotomayor details how human bodies naturally tell time.

We Found New Planets. No, You Can't Live There

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Everyone is freaking out about the discovery of 7 new potentially-habitable exoplanets, but is Trappist-1 really as good as it sounds?

Why wild African elephants get by with hardly any sleep

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Scientists tracked elephants with devices like Fitbits, and discovered African elephants in the wild sleep far less than anyone expected. It proves there's a huge gap in what we know about how and why animals sleep.

The Crazy Way Scientists Launch Rockets From Balloons

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Large chemical rockets are needed to launch payloads into space from the ground, but could rockoons, rocket balloons, be a more efficient alternative?

This Giant Neuron Could Explain Where Consciousness Comes From

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After uncovering three giant neurons, scientists could be one step closer to pinpointing where consciousness lives in the brain.

Ocean Volcanoes May Hold Clues To Alien Life

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Scientists think studying 'extremophiles' in toxic hydrothermal vents could teach us about potential extraterrestrial life.

How wildlife films warp time

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Slow motion and timelapse can reveal the wonders of the natural world.

How BBC films the night side of Planet Earth

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The technology that helps wildlife filmmakers see in the dark.

The Science of Marathon Running

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So maybe we can't outrun cheetahs or antelope, but humans are uniquely adapted for long distance running. What does science have to say about marathon running? To find out, (and because I was feeling a little crazy) I decided to run one!

Earth's Magnetic Field Is Going To Flip, Here's How We Know

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Scientists are using clues from ancient artifacts to help them predict the future of the magnetic field.

The Ocean Holds Enough Uranium To Power The Planet For 10,000 Years

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Stanford University researchers have found a new way to extract particles of Uranium from seawater. Could this bring us closer to sustainable nuclear power?

How the Meter Became the Meter

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The meter is the world's ultimate measure, but how did it become "the" meter? What is this measurement based on? The story of this revolution in measurement traces its roots to the French Revolution. Scientists decided that an equal and united people should have equal and united measures. So they sent a pair of young astronomers out to measure the world, and invent the meter. Little did they know they'd find nothing but war, deception, and strife along the way. As a result of this ill-fated mission, the meter carries an error that still persists today. Still think the metric system is so perfect?

Why Can't Chimpanzees Speak?

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Chimpanzees are very smart animals, so why can't they speak? Tara is here to explain how a gene mutation allows humans to speak, but not chimps.

Cloud Harvesting Nets Trap Drinking Water Like Cobwebs

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Watch the world's largest cloud harvester in action.

How Did The Deepest Part Of The Ocean Get So Polluted?

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Scientists have found trash in the deepest parts of the ocean, the Mariana Trench. What does this mean for us and the organisms living there?