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Why Do Vaccines Go in the Arm?
Your flu shot might be on the horizon as the fall kicks off and children go back to school, or you’re scrambling to find booster shots under shortage or vaccines under shortage, because there are […]
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Why Can You Hear the Difference Between Hot and Cold Water?
You might have thought we missed a step by not asking if you even can hear the difference between hot and cold water. The answer, by the way, is that you can hear the difference. […]
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How Do Animals Stick to Walls?
Of all the animal powers you could have, being able to walk on walls is a pretty basic one. Sidebar, if you want to walk on walls you might as well fly with the tacked […]
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How Hard Are Diamonds? | Are They Really That Hard?
You’ve probably grown up being told that diamonds are forever, or that the diamond industry is built on human rights abuses and child labor. You know. One of the two. What you’ve probably also heard […]
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Do Radioactive Things Actually Glow?
Radioactive things always glow green in movies or cartoons. Maybe if the art team was feeling a little creative there’s some blue in there. As a catchall glowing in a lab is typically shorthand for […]
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What’s the Difference Between Silver and Sterling Silver?
Ever gone jewelry shopping and been shown silver and sterling silver–and then maybe just gotten confused because on some level it’s all shiny metal that looks nice? Correction, if you’re getting expensive jewelry you probably […]
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What Is the Difference Between Lava and Magma? | How Do Volcanoes Erupt?
Honestly, the words “lava” and “magma” probably only come up when you’re discussing how unevenly your microwave heats your food. You know, when like half of your food is basically lava and then the other […]
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10 Weird Scientific Terms
Science is hard sometimes, but do you know what’s even harder sometimes? Naming things. Ever tried writing some story about some person and then hit an absolute brick wall when you realized you had to […]
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Why Doesn’t Ice Melt in the Microwave?
If you haven’t heard of this food tip before, maybe your life is about to get a lot cooler. Place an ice cube on something you’re reheating in the microwave. Your food will be steamed […]
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What Is a Litmus Test?
When doing a simple gauge of how something is, you may have heard someone say they’re going to “take a litmus test” before. You might see this for politicians, where people will call a pulse-check […]