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Martin Pistorius spent years trapped inside his body while being aware of everything around him.
It's a recipe that requires lots of dead plants, cooked at high pressure and temperature for millions of years.
Subsidies for fossil fuel are preventing us from truly transitioning towards renewable energy.
One's always beneath the surface, the other is steaming outside.
Prime numbers are one of the most fascinating mysteries of mathematics, and the more we look at them, the weirder they get.
The mantle is a whopping 2,900 km (1,802 miles) thick, and it's by far the thickest layer of the Earth.
A pack of wolves has been spotted hunting with a hyena, something that has never been reported before.
Many claim to be a part of the sleepless elite. But short sleepers are few and far between.
Since the dawn of the internet, two things have always been in high demand: cool engineering and cats. Why not blend the two?
The dairy industry sure is rough.
You'd expect the rare animals to threaten Australians. In this case, it's the other way around.
Mixing drones, magnetometers, and "surgical" digging, archaeologists are looking at the past in new ways.
Our world is a strange and awesome place - but some things are just hard to believe!
Their heart rate drops and their breathing changes as they try to escape the noise.
In the US alone, there are over 100,000 breast reconstructive surgeries every year, and there's plenty of room for improvement.
A change in the bowels of the Earth.
It's a good first step, but we need more if we really want to tackle childhood obesity.
Loneliness is a big issue in Japanese society — and not only there. Especially among its older population, it has become a severe plight, and there are signs that even among the younger population, loneliness is on the rise. Among elderly men who live alone, over 15% regularly have days when they don’t speak to […]
These are some of the most eerie jellyfish on the planet.
Blanks or not, guns should never be toyed with.
If this doesn't make you go 'aww' then I don't know what will.
You're not going to believe some of these are real.
Did we miss any? Let us know in the comments!
Describing where you are on a sphere can be a bit weird.
This has got to be one of the strangest places on Earth- - but you couldn't make much of it if you were just walking by.
It's not perfect, but it's way more accurate than people give it credit for.
It rains water on Earth, but on Titan, it rains with methane. Find out how it rains on other planets.
Rebuilding Ukraine won't be easy. But recycled concrete can offer some help.
There are only three countries that don't officially use the metric system.
The 13 fragments are around 15,700 years old, more than 2,000 years older than the previous record holders.
We do a lot of bad things to insects, and we shrug it off by thinking insects don't feel any pain. But that may not be true.
There was a secret ingredient that gave Roman concrete the ability to heal itself.
There is a bias against researchers from countries that don't publish as much science.
Frankly, there's never been more reason to ditch gas stoves.
Walking in a winter wonderland.
You think food is already expensive? The worst may be yet to come -- soaring fertilizer price could leave millions in famine.
Not all icebergs are white and pure.
This could be a turning point in insect management.
Sailing isn't a skill unique to Homo sapiens -- extinct hominids may have also done it.
Lava is very hot. But exactly how hot? The answer isn't straightforward.
What did people do before toilet paper was invented?
There's no clear answer -- but there are a few suspects.
Are we prepared to consider that bees may have a form of consciousness? Well... we'd best get prepared.
Imagine the biggest wave you can imagine. Now make it bigger.
Just like any other body part, the brain needs regular exercise to stay healthy and function properly — and it’s never too late to start taking care of your brain health. A healthy brain means that you are better able to remember things, concentrate, and process information quickly. From puzzles and games to diet and […]
If you’re asking yourself what the world’s biggest reptile is, then the answer is a bit complicated because we have to make a significant distinction – do you want to know the largest living reptile or the largest reptile ever? For the former, the answer is pretty straightforward: the saltwater crocodile takes the crown, with […]
Redheads might not have more fun, but they're definitely more interesting.
It's Hawaii as you've never seen it before.
Many ancient mysteries are hiding in the jungle. New technologies could unravel them.
This question may have an answer we're not ready to deal with.
