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Insects

Why do fireflies glow? It’s more than butt goo.

These luminous beetles use light to flirt and fend off predators.

By Laura Kiniry

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Black man with dreads and a hat gets black put under his eyes.
Sun

Why do baseball players put a black mark under their eyes?

Athletes have been putting black streaks under their eyes for decades, but does it really do anything?

By Adam Annaccone / The Conversation

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Wildlife

Mislabeled saber-toothed cat fossil spent over 50 years hidden in a drawer

‘Adelphailurus kansensis’ was about the size of a puma and lived in North America over five million years ago.

By Sara Hashemi

Interior of busy open plan office: male and female workers sitting at their desks, Afro-American superior discussing business project with pretty Asian employee
Life Skills

3 ways you’re working wrong, according to scientists

Stop multitasking.

By Justin Pot

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Evolution

Why 90% of us are right-handed

Blame prehistoric tools and medieval sword fights.

By Popular Science Team

German StuG III artillery tank half excavated from sand at military base near the North Sea.
Weapons

WWII assault tank found buried in sand near the North Sea

Visible gun barrel markings suggest the nearly complete StuG III took down at least 17 enemies.

By Andrew Paul

a robot standing on a black circular base. on top of it is a rectangle made of gummy candy with wavy arms and two dots for eyes
Robots

In Japan, talking gummy robots are on the menu

A wiggly robot in Japan could help explain why we find eating certain foods so taboo.

By Mack DeGeurin

Oil painting by Bob Ross depicting a mountain and forest near a lake
Science

Bob Ross painting could sell for $70K to benefit Indiana public broadcasting

Happy trees. Not so happy wallet.

By Andrew Paul

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Internet

Limited-edition ‘July 4th’ quarters are out there…if you can find one

The U.S. Mint is releasing 250,000 Declaration of Independence coins to mark the semiquincentennial.

By Andrew Paul

a baby clouded leopard cub laying with its mother. the leopards have grey-ish and goledn fur with black spots
Wildlife

New clouded leopard cub is the size of a loaf of bread

Meet Mayuree! The rare wildcat was recently born at the Nashville Zoo.

By Sara Hashemi

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