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9 sneaky psychology tricks companies use to get you to buy stuff
From Facebook ads to TV commercials, you're constantly being bombarded by people trying to sell you stuff.And marketers may not be scientists, but they've mastered the art of using your psychology...
View ArticleNeil deGrasse Tyson explains why we need to find aliens
Neil deGrasse Tyson explains why finding alien life would change everything we know about our own world.Produced by Darren Weaver and Kamelia Angelova. Additional production by Kevin Reilly.Follow TI:...
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Here's how these 'water bears' survived being frozen for 30 years
Tardigrades have been revived after being frozen in Antarctic moss for 30 years. As well as being successfully re-animated, researchers found the water bears were able to successfully reproduce...
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Here's what popular dog breeds looked like before and after 100 years of...
Dogs have been our furry companions for thousands of years, but they didn't always look the way they do today.Many well-known breeds have changed a lot physically in the last century, thanks to...
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Here's what the animals we eat looked like before we started breeding them
When you take a bite of steak or munch on a turkey drumstick, you probably don't think about the animal it came from.We've been eating animals for millennia, but generations of breeding have given rise...
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An 'epic' new season of Planet Earth will launch in ultra-HD this year
Prepare your living room for another worldwide journey: The BBC's Planet Earth is returning with new episodes, which will once again be narrated by the sultry voice of legendary British naturalist, Sir...
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There's a surprising benefit to calling people out for acting selfishly
Why do we punish people who are selfish, even when their behavior doesn't affect us directly?We protest unfair labor practices, criticize someone for going on Facebook at work, and condemn our friends...
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One critical psychological factor would tell us whether Donald Trump is...
With Donald Trump surging in the GOP race, the other Republican candidates are pulling out all the stops in an attempt to discredit him. In a series of interviews, Marco Rubio repeatedly called Trump a...
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These bizarre organisms could represent a new branch on the tree of life
The strangest life forms on Earth just got a lot stranger.In 2003, Didier Raoult of Aix-Marseille University in France and his colleagues discovered a new kind of virus lurking inside single-celled...
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8 astounding facts about a great scientific mystery that affects only 10% of...
There's a minority that not many people think about that has stumped scientists for decades: lefties.About 10% of the human population is left-handed, yet no one knows for sure why lefties are so...
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Very strange things happen to your body if you spend a year in space
NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly returns to Earth Tuesday night after spending almost a year in space.But his 340 days aboard the International Space Station (ISS) haven't been all fun and games.Our bodies...
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Here's how we could use Jurassic Park-style technology to bring back an...
Until four hundred years ago, a wild, long-horned ancestor of cattle roamed across much of Europe. The last of these stately creatures — known as aurochs — went extinct in the 1600s.But what if there...
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Watch this monkey drive a wheelchair using its mind
You may have heard about some of the incredible devices that can use brain signals to control everything from computers to prosthetic limbs.Now, a team of scientists have developed a wireless...
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Here's what popular dog breeds looked like before and after 100 years of...
Dogs have been our furry companions for thousands of years, but they didn't always look the way they do today.Many well-known breeds have changed a lot physically in the last century, thanks to...
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These 15 scientists all have something important in common
Tuesday, March 8 is International Women's Day, and we are celebrating by giving you some of the top female scientists today.Yes, the one feature that all these scientists have in common is that they...
View ArticleThis animal was brought back to life after being frozen for 30 years
Scientists at the National Institute of Polar Research in Japan, revived tiny water bears after they were frozen more than 30 years ago. The previous record for bringing back a frozen one was just over...
View ArticleThis t-shirt lets you see inside the human body
British company Curiscope wants to make learning about human anatomy more fun, which is why they created a t-shirt that allows you to see inside the human body, which is now on Kickstarter.Find out...
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Our brains are wired to predict the future — but it might be holding us back
According to computer scientist Ray Kurzweil, humans struggle to comprehend a fundamental part of the modern world because of one major hangup.Although our brains are hardwired to predict the future,...
View ArticleA sex expert reveals something surprising about casual sex
Helen Fisher, biological anthropologist and author of "Anatomy of Love," says sex triggers the brain regions linked to love and attachment. For her, there is no such thing as casual sex.Produced by...
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25 silly myths about Earth, space, and physics that drive me crazy
Whenever someone strikes up a conversation with me about the universe, I get animated.No surprise there: I've made a living writing about astronomy, physics, geology, spaceflight, and related areas of...
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