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Two frogs are minding their own business in the swamp when WHAM— they’re kidnapped. They come to in a kitchen, captives of a menacing chef. He boils up a pot of water and lobs one of the frogs in. But it’s having none of this. The second its toes hit the scalding water it jumps …
You’re traveling deep beneath the ocean’s surface, where faint lights flicker and toothy grins flash. You are now entering… the Twilight Zone. Your mission is to survive these depths and journey to the surface after sundown to feed. You may now pick your player. Just kidding— you don’t have a choice. You’re a hatchetfish. And …
Could you survive the real Twilight Zone? – Philip Renaud and Kenneth Kostel 더 보기 »
In March 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic rocked economies worldwide. Millions of people lost their jobs, and many businesses struggled to survive or shut down completely. Governments responded with some of the largest economic relief packages in history— the United States alone spent $2.2 trillion on a first round of relief. So where did all this …
Why can’t governments print an unlimited amount of money? – Jonathan Smith 더 보기 »
Waddling along the parched Australian earth, this female platypus is searching for fresh water. Over the past year, a severe drought turned rivers and streams to mere trickles. She barely survived and was unable to reproduce. Could the next year bring a change in luck? It’s autumn and fat raindrops finally come spilling from the …
A year in the life of one of Earth’s weirdest animals – Gilad Bino 더 보기 »
In 1980, two American professors bet $1,000 on a question with stakes that couldn’t be higher: would the earth run out of resources to sustain a growing human population? One of them was Stanford biologist Paul Ehrlich, who wrote the bestselling 1968 book, “The Population Bomb.” The global population had grown rapidly since World War …
The infamous overpopulation bet: Simon vs. Ehrlich – Soraya Field Fiorio 더 보기 »
The distinct forms of speech heard around Bremen, Germany and Interlaken, Switzerland are considered regional dialects of the German language. And yet, when someone from Bremen is visiting the Swiss Alps, the conversations they hear between locals will likely be incomprehensible to them. Similarly, outside of China, Mandarin and Cantonese are often referred to as …
In 2009, a satellite circled Earth, methodically scanning and sorting the wavelengths reflecting off the planet’s surface. Researchers were looking for the spectral signature of carbon dioxide when they noticed something baffling: an unexpected wavelength of unknown origin. They tried looking at Earth with only this wavelength, and saw the planet covered in a red …
While searching for a kidney donor, a Boston woman named Karen Keegan stumbled upon a mystery. When her three adult sons underwent genetic testing to determine whether they were a match for kidney donation, the test showed that two of them weren’t actually her sons. Keegan knew she was her sons’ mother— she had conceived …
You could have a secret twin (but not the way you think) – Kayla Mandel Sheets 더 보기 »
It’s midnight on September 16th, 2017, 60 kilometers off the Bulgarian coast and 2 kilometers beneath the Black Sea’s surface. A remotely operated vehicle surveys the seabed, transmitting video to researchers above as it goes. Suddenly, it discerns another ghostly vessel in the gloom. But this is a relic from another age. It’s an undoubtedly …
Why is this 2,500 year old shipwreck so well-preserved? – Helen Farr and Jon Adams 더 보기 »
A leather mask that clamps the mouth shut. A cannonball sewn into a soldier’s uniform. And a machine that delivers sudden electrical pulses. These old items were all intended treatments for a problem that has haunted humanity for millennia: snoring. It might seem harmless, but snoring can be a sign of something more dangerous. So, …
The sleep disorder you might not know you have – Alayna Vaughan 더 보기 »
