Space and Time
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In 2006, the International Astronomical Union came up with a new way to classify planets that famously saw Pluto downgraded. Now a new row has started as astronomers try to define exoplanets What is a planet? Despite decades of trying, astronomers still haven’t found a definition that everyone can agreeContinue Reading

Animals
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Most bears live in the Northern Hemisphere; polar bears are no exception. The Arctic and Antarctica, while similar habitats in some ways, are home to very different creatures. Both poles host a variety of seal and whale species, but only the Arctic is home to Earth’s largest bear, the polarContinue Reading

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Web vibrations help them coordinate when to strike Pack hunting spiders exist in places other than your nightmares. While most spiders enjoy solitary lives, 20 of the roughly 50,000 known spider species live in colonies. One species, Anelosimus eximius, lives in extremely large colonies of up to 1,000 individual spidersContinue Reading

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The most notorious pirates stole ships, gold and other treasures. History is filled with notorious pirates that terrorized the seven seas. The exploits of these ship plunderers remain famous to this day, but they were very different from the friendly pirates seen in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” movie franchiseContinue Reading

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Do some ants smell like chocolate and blue cheese? Skunks are notoriously stinky. The musk ox, true to its name, emits a musky scent during mating season. And for some lucky owners, dog paws smell like corn chips. But these are not the only members of the animal kingdom thatContinue Reading