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    Butterfly Applause
    The New Feed
    • Jan 24, 2021
    • 2 min

    Butterfly Applause

    The fact that butterflies can fly has baffled scientists for years. Relatively speaking, their wings are short, broad and extremely large...
    Nature's Puppet Masters
    The New Feed
    • Dec 20, 2020
    • 3 min

    Nature's Puppet Masters

    From Christmas cheer to... parasites. If you thought our article on fig wasps was disturbing, get ready... Mother Nature has some other...
    Quokka-Mania
    The New Feed
    • Dec 6, 2020
    • 2 min

    Quokka-Mania

    To balance out the horrors of 2020, we thought we’d introduce you to the Quokka. Some of you may have heard about these little...
    Cretaceous Giants
    The New Feed
    • Nov 22, 2020
    • 2 min

    Cretaceous Giants

    The T-Rex may be the darling of Hollywood, but there are two other dinosaurs that reign supreme when it comes to being the largest...
    Peculiar Platypus
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    • Nov 15, 2020
    • 2 min

    Peculiar Platypus

    Platypuses are unique badasses of the animal kingdom. Sporting duck-like bills and venomous spines on their hind-legs, they're...
    The Cats of Hermitage
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    • Nov 8, 2020
    • 2 min

    The Cats of Hermitage

    The unsung heroes of the St. Petersburg’s Hermitage Museum are none other than a team - nay, army - of cats. The museum’s collection was...
    Super-Habitable Planets
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    • Oct 25, 2020
    • 2 min

    Super-Habitable Planets

    Twenty-four planets that may possess conditions habitable for life (as we understand it) were recently identified. Not only do these...
    The Copernican Principle
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    • Oct 18, 2020
    • 2 min

    The Copernican Principle

    At first glance, the Copernican Principle may seem rather depressing. Proposed by Polish astronomer, Nicolaus Copernicus in the 16th...
    Little Swimmers
    The New Feed
    • Oct 4, 2020
    • 2 min

    Little Swimmers

    Turns out - we’ve been wrong about how sperm move for over 350 years. Yep, we’re talking sperm this week - saddle up. In the late 1600s,...
    The New Hygge
    The New Feed
    • Sep 27, 2020
    • 2 min

    The New Hygge

    Move over, hygge - there’s a new Nordic concept in town: friluftsliv. But before we get into the new hygge, here’s a quick rundown of the...
    Nightmare on fig street
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    • Sep 20, 2020
    • 2 min

    Nightmare on fig street

    So… we found out how figs are pollinated and it’s a goddamn horror show. Each species of fig tree (of which there are hundreds) has a...
    Beware the Shrimp
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    • Aug 30, 2020
    • 2 min

    Beware the Shrimp

    Buckle up because you’re about to meet the coolest crustacean to roam the seven seas. Lobsters, crabs and krill have nothing on…. (cue...
    Skeleton Lake
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    • Aug 30, 2020
    • 2 min

    Skeleton Lake

    In 1942, a local forest ranger named Hari Kishan Madhwal was hiking through the Himalayas when he stumbled upon a frozen lake. As he got...
    Woolly...Rhinos?
    The New Feed
    • Aug 23, 2020
    • 2 min

    Woolly...Rhinos?

    You’ve likely heard of the woolly mammoth, but did you know that there was also a woolly rhinoceros that graced our planet? The woolly...
    Fake Reefs
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    • Aug 23, 2020
    • 2 min

    Fake Reefs

    Wondering what to do with all of your old military vessels? Look no further than the Environmental Protection Agency's vessel-to-reef...
    The Golden Ratio
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    • Aug 16, 2020
    • 2 min

    The Golden Ratio

    The natural world can appear beautifully spontaneous and unpredictable, but there's often method to the madness. The Golden Ratio...
    Ghost DNA
    The New Feed
    • Aug 9, 2020
    • 2 min

    Ghost DNA

    The evolution of modern homo sapiens may be even more complicated than originally thought. During recent studies of our genome,...
    Corn Sex
    The New Feed
    • Aug 2, 2020
    • 1 min

    Corn Sex

    Corn may not have the same style as broccolini or swagger as an eggplant, but its sex life is far from boring. In fact, experts have been...
    Farming Furniture
    The New Feed
    • Jul 26, 2020
    • 1 min

    Farming Furniture

    We’ve always been told that money doesn’t grow on trees, but could furniture? One couple in the UK is testing this adage by doing just...
    The Queen's Swan
    The New Feed
    • Jul 19, 2020
    • 2 min

    The Queen's Swan

    The Queen of England 'technically' owns all of the country's unmarked mute swans found on open waters (such an unnecessary flex). What's...
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