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Most spiders don’t swim by choice. But they have clever tricks to survive in water when they need to.
It’s not unusual in the social media era for young people to become famous. But fame is complicated – especially when you’re still growing and forming your identity.
Science has done many things that seem miraculous. Why not transfer your consciousness to a machine?
The biggest planets hogged a lot of the raw materials and were fully formed first.
Light comes in through our eyes upside down – but we can still interact with the world just fine.
Growing up is a gradual process, and the timing isn’t the same for everyone. But you will be tried as an adult if you are over 18 and accused of committing a crime.
The Earth started as a mixture of gas and dust around the Sun and grew as it collided with asteroids and dust particles.
Taking a bath may not be your favorite thing to do, but it will help keep you clean and healthy.
Human beings don’t have a thick coat of fur like many other mammals do. Scientists think it has to do with something else that comes out of skin: sweat.
Warm air rises, but it also expands because air pressure decreases with height. The latter effect wins out and air becomes colder in the mountains.
An allergic reaction happens when your immune system overreacts to something that should be harmless. Whether that happens can be thanks to your genes, your environment or a combination.
Technically, you’d think so. But some things are just too small to measure.
While you might not like how your trash smells, to your dog it is an appealing buffet brimming with apple cores, banana peels, meat scraps and stale bread.
The number of insect species is mind-boggling – and they are a critical part of the environment.
Science uses careful, organized observations and tests to construct theories that are recorded, passed on to others and built on.
Fossils tell us the titanosaurs were the biggest dinosaurs – but new discoveries could reveal new giants!
A physicist explains that the short answer is both … and neither.
Puffy to wispy, barely there or dark and menacing, clouds come in many shapes and sizes. Each tells a story about what’s going on in the atmosphere.
Animals can be born with genetic or developmental issues that make it hard for them to live normal lives. They also can develop mental health problems in response to conditions around them.
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