What’s the best fuel for your car?
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Why "Nothing" Matters in Science
AdultsData ScienceMathScienceNull results often get a bad rap, sometimes characterized as a study "finding nothing," but there's a lot we can learn from studies whose results fail to support their hypotheses.
The Problem With Life Expectancy
AdultsHealthHumanPsychology...In order to truly understand differences among animal lifespans, we need to stop thinking about a specific number and start thinking about a distribution.
What if the World turned to Gold? - The Gold Apocalypse
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Why Robots That Bend Are Better
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How Many People Did Nuclear Energy Kill? Nuclear Death Toll
AdultsEducationEnvironmentHistory...Nuclear energy creates an uneasy feeling of danger for many people: ancient and dangerous minerals are concentrated to awaken seemingly unnatural powers, creating toxic elements that, if they escape, can and have killed people in horrible ways. How many people has nuclear energy killed and how?
The Illusion Only Some Can See
AdultsEducationPsychologyScienceAmes window illusion illustrates how we don't directly perceive external reality.
The Plant That’s Full Of Metal
AdultsEducationEnvironmentNature...The amount of metal some special plants are able to take up from the soil would be toxic enough to an average plant to kill it several times over.