A substance is said to exhibit thermochromism if it changes colour according to temperature. The most popular example of this is mood rings, the hot fashion item of the 70s. These pieces of jewelry...
You鈥檙e reading the morning paper, or turning the page on your recipe, when suddenly you notice a little line of blood, and feel a disproportionate amount of pain....
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Female dogs opt for less yoga-like squatting postures than their male companions, who can sometimes be seen with their leg so far in the air they seem about ready to topple over. It turns out that...
Humans have classified more than 12,500 species of ants, and there are an estimated 10,000 more waiting to be discovered. Besides their incredible strength, almost all of these species have...
A New York Times鈥� study of 500,000 race times, set wearing聽Vaporflys and other shoes, confirmed Nike鈥檚 claims. They found that Vaporflys allowed a runner to run 1% faster than the next-fastest shoe...
If you think back to the 60鈥檚 and 70鈥檚 your memories are probably illuminated by a lamp filled with swirling globs of colourful goop that really didn鈥檛 shed much light at all....
The familiar red and glassy-eyed stare of someone who鈥檚 high was previously thought to be due to the irritation of eyes by pot smoke. But, now we know that weed makes your eyes red for the same...
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