Why you should never release your pet goldfish into the wild
Summary List PlacementGoldfish may look small and cute in your home, but in the wild it's a different story. Releasing them into your local stream or lake is a bad idea. Following is a transcript of...
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How Ireland is investing in a growing area of biology
Summary List PlacementSynthetic biology, or synbio, is based on the idea that living cells can be engineered in a certain way — and it has potential applications in a vast number of areas, including...
View ArticleWhat's really going on inside an insect-munching Venus flytrap
Summary List PlacementFollowing is a transcript of the video.Narrator: When it comes to deadly predators, plants generally don't come to mind. After all, they're typically at the bottom of the food...
View ArticleWhy we don't have birth control for men
Summary List PlacementFollowing is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Did you know the condom is over 5,000 years old? That's right, some of the first forms of birth control date back to around 3,000...
View ArticleThe bugs that lay eggs in your face
Summary List PlacementFollowing is a transcript of the video.There's a creature scurrying across your face. Right now. Yes, you.And at some point, maybe now, maybe in a few days, it's going to find a...
View ArticleWhy humans have sharp front teeth
Summary List PlacementFollowing is a transcript of the video.Narrator: Lions have them, hippos have them, and even you and I have them: canines, those long, pointy front teeth. They're actually the...
View ArticleWhy 'moist' is one of the most hated words in the English language
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View ArticleHere's what would happen if all insects on Earth disappeared
Summary List PlacementFollowing is a transcript of the video.Narrator: Humans might have built civilizations, but insects own the world. After all, over half of all known species are insects. So if...
View ArticleWhy scorpion venom is the most expensive liquid in the world
Summary List PlacementFollowing is a transcript from the video:Narrator: The deathstalker is one of the most dangerous scorpions on the planet, and what makes it so dangerous also happens to be the...
View ArticleWhy shark scales are so cool
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...
View ArticleWhy we eat oysters alive
Summary List PlacementFollowing is the transcript of the video.David Anderson: "Wanna know a secret? This oyster I'm about to eat could still be alive! So, why do we do this?"Most people think it's a...
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Sharks are among a group of animals with a 6th sense that humans don't have —...
Summary List PlacementShark species have an uncanny ability to find their way back to the same feeding grounds every year — even areas thousands of miles away.According to a study published Thursday,...
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Scientists shot tardigrades out of a gun at more than 2,000 mph to see if the...
Summary List PlacementTardigrades have a reputation for being among the hardiest critters in the animal kingdom.These microscopic creatures can survive in the vacuum of space, inside a volcano, and in...
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Sharks once nearly disappeared in an abrupt extinction event 'twice as...
Summary List PlacementSharks are the consummate survivors. They've been around for more than 400 million years, surviving all five of the major mass extinctions in Earth's history.But the animals...
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Humans will be able to reproduce on Mars because sperm can survive there for...
Summary List PlacementHuman reproduction will be possible on Mars because sperm can survive there for up to 200 years, a study suggests.The findings were part of a six-year experiment in which...
View ArticleCaterpillar fungus, the world's most valuable parasite, can cost up to...
Summary List PlacementFollowing is a transcript of the video.Narrator: What would you do if a fungus invaded your body, and started consuming you from the inside? It sounds like something out of a...
View ArticleThis is what happens when you hold your pee for too long
Summary List PlacementFollowing is a transcript of the video.You're about an hour and a half into the movie and, boy, are you regretting that large soda. You can hold it... but should you?Peeing is...
View ArticleWhat's inside the 'world's ugliest animal,' the blobfish
Summary List PlacementFollowing is a transcript of the video.Narrator: This creature was crowned the world's ugliest animal in 2013, a title it still defends today. On land, he's got a body like Jell-O...
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Marine scientists spotted a 'real-life' SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick...
Summary List PlacementSpongeBob SquarePants may wear classy garb, but real-life sea sponges obviously don't wear pants. Sea stars like SpongeBob's partner-in-crime, Patrick, don't wear swim trunks,...
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