See the best microscopic footage of Nikon's 2019 Small World in Motion...
Every year, Nikon hosts an awe-inspiring competition called The Small World in Motion.This is a collection of videos from underneath a microscope's lens, showing the unseen world. This year among the...
View ArticleThe extreme life of a sloth
Sloths are the slowest mammal on the planet. But they are slow for a very important reason and are perfectly adapted to their environment. Those adaptations make them far from boring and actually quite...
View ArticleWhat's inside a clam?
Like oysters, mussels, and scallops, clams are bivalve mollusks — aquatic invertebrates encased by a shell made of two valves. Inside their shell, you'll find some truly bizarre anatomy. They have a...
View ArticleA colony of 250,000 ants call the average anthill home — here's what inside...
When you look at a fire ants' mound, it's hard to believe up to 250,000 ants call it home. But it turns out, that mound is actually just the top of an enormous underground structure —the nest. The nest...
View ArticleWhat's inside a puffer fish
Puffer fish are best known for their ability to inflate like a balloon, but if you peer inside, you typically won't find air. You'll find water. Puffer fish inflate by sucking water into their mouths...
View ArticleThe reason some men go bald, according to a dermatologist
We asked a dermatologist to explain why some men lose their hair, and why male pattern baldness can strike early in life. According to Dr. Jennifer Chwalek, genetics will likely determine whether or...
View ArticleWhat COVID-19 symptoms look like, day by day
It can take as few as two or as many as 14 days after being exposed to the novel coronavirus for the first symptom to develop.The first symptom of COVID-19 is usually a fever.Then come respiratory...
View ArticleWhat it's like to be a 'deathcare' worker collecting bodies during the...
In the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, those that have lost a love one face social distancing and funeral restrictions in addition to grieving their loss.And for NYC's deathcare workers, guiding these...
View ArticleHow viruses like the coronavirus mutate
COVID-19 virus mutations aren't as scary as they sound.With an RNA virus like this one, they're happening constantly — basically every time it replicates.But not all mutations stick, and not all the...
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Your 1-year-old dog isn't 7 human years old, contrary to the traditional...
A common rule of thumb for dog owners is that one year for dogs is equivalent to seven human years. But new research shows that young puppies age much faster than young humans do, so that simple...
View ArticleThe toilet isn't the dirtiest place in your home
Around 200,000 different species of bug, bacteria, and fungus live in your house. You may think most of them live in your toilet, but that's not true. Some fungi live in your air conditioner and get...
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3 recent discoveries have upended scientists' understanding of how dogs age,...
Summary List PlacementIt often seems impossible to know what's going on in Fido's head as he lounges on his dog bed.But a handful of new studies offer surprising insights about how our canine...
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The prehistoric megalodon shark had fins as big as human adults and heads the...
Summary List PlacementThe only fossils that remain of the megalodon — the largest known shark ever to exist — are its human-hand-sized teeth. The prehistoric shark, which roamed Earth's oceans for over...
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Greenland sharks, the longest-living vertebrates on the planet, swim for...
Summary List PlacementWhile time may feel like it's standing still for many of us in 2020, this pandemic year is but a blink of an eye for the world's longest-living vertebrates. Greenland sharks,...
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A scientist won $1.8 million to study how parasitic worms suppress our immune...
Summary List Placement Adler Dillman is obsessed with worms. "I'm a big sci-fi fan, especially the 'Alien' franchise movies," Dillman, a parasitologist at the University of California, Riverside, told...
View ArticleHow shark scales' unique design inspired the first manmade pattern to help...
Summary List PlacementFollowing is a transcript of the video.Narrator: Believe it or not, this is sharkskin. And it's a little different from your typical fishy scales. It's made up of thousands of...
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Fossils found in New Zealand suggest the ancestor of all penguins lived on...
Summary List PlacementEarth's lost eighth continent, Zealandia, sank into the sea between 50 and 35 million years ago. Today, we know the tiny fraction of it that remains above the waves as New...
View ArticleSea cucumbers are so valuable that people are risking their lives diving for...
Summary List PlacementNarrator: Cucumbers usually cost under $3 a kilo. But sea cucumbers can set you back over $3,000 a kilo. In fact, they're so valuable people will risk their lives to get ahold of...
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You may love your dogs' faces, but they don't particularly care for yours....
Summary List PlacementMany people love squishing their dogs' cuddly faces while gazing deep into their canines' soulful eyes to try and understand what they want.But new research suggests our...
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Poisonous furry caterpillars that look like wigs are popping up in Virginia
Summary List PlacementNo matter how cute and fuzzy this critter looks, don't touch it.This toupée-like insect is one of the most poisonous caterpillars in the US. Named the furry puss caterpillar...
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