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Health and Science
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Trapped in an Underwater Air Bubble for Three Days
Harrison Okene’s shipwreck survival wasn’t a miracle. It was fascinating physics.
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Surprised by the Stork
The realization that you’re pregnant sometimes comes at the same time the baby does.
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Stop Saying “Sexual Preference”
You may mean well, but it makes you sound ignorant.
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Why Is Exercise Such a Chore?
Human evolution made us long-distance runners, but it didn’t make us like it.
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I Discovered the BRCA1 Gene
And I am delighted the Supreme Court ruled that it cannot be patented.
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Map: Places That Will Flood More Often Due to Global Warming
Projected changes in flood hazard areas by 2100, mapped.
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The Supreme Court’s Sketchy Science
Their BRCA patent ruling reads like an earnest seventh grader’s book report.
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Why Can’t Anyone Recognize Superman?
The neurological explanation for why the Daily Planet staff falls for the lousy Clark Kent disguise.
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Ambivalence Is Awesome
Or is it awful? Sometimes it’s best to have conflicted feelings.
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