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Fact One Earth is the only planet in the Solar System to have water in its three states of matter: as a solid (ice), a liquid (sea, rain, etc.) and as a gas (clouds). Water is, of course, the most important liquid for life. Fact Two Earth is almost five billion years old, although life […]
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The number of our face shapes is no longer limited to four, with scientists identifying five new distinct shapes among Australian faces. Dr Kendra Schmid, a leading facial recognition scientist, analysed over 1000 faces from different states across Australia, unmasking five new face shapes. New face shapes that were discovered are kite, rectangle, teardrop, heptagon
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There are a lot of stars out there–an estimated 70 billion trillion. With so many stars beaming their light our way, it seems only logical that the night sky would be as bright as day. This is the essence of the so-called dark night sky paradox, also known as Olbers’ paradox after German astronomer Heinrich
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Talk about creepy! You may think your morning shower did its job, but odds are a bunch of microscopic mites are crawling on your face and living in your pores at this very moment. In fact, new research suggests that a specific genus of these tiny parasitic creatures called Demodex are way more common on
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Scientists say they have finally discovered why the moon is shaped a bit like a lemon — somewhat flattened with a bulge on each side. As detailed in a new paper published online in the journal Nature on July 30, 2014, it’s all about tidal and rotational forces. “Early tides heated the Moon’s crust in
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#3. Why Do Your Fingers Prune When You Take a Bath? Everyone knows how to tell when bath time is over: you suddenly notice the bath’s gone chilly. However, when we were younger, there was a slightly more liver-friendly way to know when to get out of the tub: when your fingers started pruning. As
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If you’ve ever been caught in a rainstorm, you may have thought there is nothing worse. However, researchers have revealed a major new insight into rain on the sun – and say it puts our own into perspective. Just like on Earth, the Sun has spells of bad weather, with high winds and showers of
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A huge slithery beast resembling Godzilla has been spotted by a student in Japan. Shocked teenager Yu filmed the rare salamander – which bizarrely has four toes on its front feet but five on their rear legs – on his way to Kyoto high school. He called the police to guard it while it made
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The smell of flatulence has secret health benefits – and could help stave off cancer, strokes, heart attacks and dementia, scientists have revealed. Hydrogen sulfide is one of a number of potent smelly gases produced by bacteria as it breaks down food in the gut. It is toxic in large doses but in tiny amounts
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The average giraffe weighs a ton — literally. How do giraffes’ spindly legs stand up to that immense weight without buckling? Researchers at the Royal Veterinary College in London may have found the answer. “It turns out that the suspensory ligament plays an important role,” Dr. John Hutchinson, a professor of evolutionary biomechanics at the
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