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Science has led to incredible realizations about the world around us, including some of the world’s smartest animals. Here are 30 animals known for their incredible intelligence and abilities. 1. Intelligent Animals can Empathize Elephants are among the world’s smartest animals for several reasons. First, they seemingly feel things like empathy, self-awareness, and mourning. Second, […]
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When you notice a tiny, friendly ladybug sitting on your shoulder – their appearance is thought to herald good fortune. In reality, it might not be a ladybug at all – it could be a tree-dwelling multicolored Asian lady beetle, scientifically known as Harmonia axyridis. The bad news is that these multicolored Asian lady beetles […]
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The world inches closer and closer to disaster – according to the Doomsday Clock. Now resting at a mere 90 seconds away from midnight, a myriad of factors are responsible but this is the closest to midnight the world has ever been (and has been since January of last year). The clock was established in […]
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It’s common knowledge now that there’s a total solar eclipse approaching on April 8. But researchers are sounding alarms about the potential hazards on the road eclipses bring. Insights from the 2017 total solar eclipse indicate a troubling surge in fatal car accidents during similar astronomical (and astrological) events. An analysis done by the University […]
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If you were to sit outside on a clear day, you would undoubtedly see numerous birds flying about – some individually and some in flocks. To the untrained eye, it may seem as though the flight patterns of these birds is random and without meaning, but a closer look reveals that birds flying overhead are […]
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According to reports from Intelligent Living, an electrical and mechanical engineer from Mexico, Ramón Martín Espinosa Solís, has developed a new building material called Eco Plastico Ambiental that allows the construction of homes resistant to seismic movements from the earth [1]. The future is now. Earthquake resistant houses are not a new concept. Many construction […]
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Employees at the Friends for Life Animal Shelter in Houston, Texas have been encountering a unique problem for the past several months: the door to the shelter’s senior cat room kept mysteriously opening, allowing the cats inside to wander around the shelter. What was going on? Was it an inattentive worker, a ghost, or something […]
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Every now and then, the Internet “discovers” something you just sort of assumed everyone knew. Like, for example, that pufferfish inflate themselves with water and not air. It seems logical that people would assume that fish – which famously remain underwater when they are not dead – fill up with water when they inflate themselves. But apparently vast swathes […]
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If you’ve ever picked up a brick or a piece of wood that’s been lying in the dirt for a while, you’re probably familiar with the tiny critters with the hard black shell you found attached to the bottom of it. These humble little creatures that curl up into a ball when prodded may seem […]
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Macinley Butson was the first Australian to win first place at the INTEL International Science and Engineering Fair in nearly 68 years. She invented armor with the aim to protect patients from excess radiation during breast cancer. Her hard work payed off and her invention has great potential, with experimental models showing the armor reducing […]
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Recent research has unveiled a looming peril for the Atlantic Ocean—a subduction zone hiding beneath the Gibraltar Strait, set to work its way into the Atlantic Ocean.1 This subduction zone, known as the Gibraltar arc or trench, has been slowly but surely migrating west, starting around 30 million years ago in the Mediterranean. Seemingly dormant, […]
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If you love hiking, paddling, and being out in nature no matter the season, then look no further than the Great White North for your next adventure destination. Canada is home to the world’s longest hiking trail that traverses the entire country, and that trail is open for use. The World’s Longest Hiking Trail With […]
