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The Two-Billion-Year-Old Nuclear Reactor
Two billion years ago, nature built a working nuclear reactor. Even more remarkable is how a tiny discrepancy in uranium discovered in 1972 allowed scientists to reconstruct what…
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The Beast of Gévaudan: A Real-Life Werewolf?
For six terrifying years, something stalked the people of Gévaudan, France, leaving death, fear, and rumours of a werewolf in its wake. Wolves were hunted, monsters were killed,…
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The Very Weird Story of Exploding Animals
Nature is full of strange and wonderful things, but few are quite as unexpected as animals that explode. From bloated whales and unfortunate toads to ants that deliberately…
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New Brain Scanning Technology Could Bring the Future Into Focus
Exciting news from the field of brain scanning technology is poised to make big waves across multiple scientific disciplines. Researchers have devised a portable PET scanner! That might…
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Revisiting The Dyatlov Pass Incident: The Killer Yeti
Nine Russian students, experienced hikers – seven men, two women –massacred by an unknown force in the early morning hours of February 2nd 1959 on the high slopes…
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Scientists Crying Wolf About Aliens
Last week, citizen-scientist astronomers combing through data provided by the Kelper Space Observatory, identified what has been called “alien megastructures” orbiting a distant star called KIC 8462852. News…
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The Murder Castle – Chicago’s Real Life House of Horrors
Greetings, and welcome. I want to play a game. There are some people for whom those words cause a chill, from the bottom of their spine all the…
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Wearing the Face of a Stranger: Prosopagnosia
You’re standing on the middle of the dance floor of a crowded nightclub, a rather large crowded nightclub. Your friends have deserted you, more or less – they’ve…
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Is this Guatemalan Colossal Stone Head an Easter Island Refugee?
As a land made famous for its strange temples, monuments, carvings, and cultures, Guatemala is home to more unsolved mysteries than almost anywhere in the world. With a…
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Russian Scientist Photographs Human Soul?
For years, a photograph supposedly showing the human soul leaving the body has circulated online. Attributed to Russian scientist Konstantin Korotkov, the image has been linked to Kirlian…