Why do we get goosebumps if we lost our fur? The reflex is not the useless leftover it gets called – and a 2020 study found what that muscle is really for.
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DNA Strands Zipping Together: The Tiny Bridge That Holds Both
DNA strands zipping together were seen for the first time. Both carry the same charge, so what holds them? A tiny bridge with two arms that grips both sides.
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The Inductive Effect: What Chemistry Textbooks Got Wrong
The inductive effect has been taught for nearly a century as a pull that fades down a chain of bonds. A 2026 study says it barely gets past the first one.
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How Scientists Spot Fake Ancient Pottery: Time Leaves a Magnetic Mark
Fake ancient pottery can copy the look of age, but not the centuries. A new magnetic test reads time inside fired clay, and its first three suspects were real.
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The Largest Survey of Physicists Found the Frontier Wide Open
The largest survey of physicists asked 1,675 of them about the Big Bang, dark matter and dark energy. Only two answers won a majority. Here is what that means.
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Why Did God Make Mosquitoes? Most of Them Never Bite You
Why did God make mosquitoes? Most of the 3,500 species never bite people. Job 38 and Romans 8 speak honestly about the few that do and the pain they cause.
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The 3,000-Year-Old Tomb Near Luxor That Painted Its Own Meal
A 3,000-year-old tomb near Luxor turned up while crews cleared flood debris. Its owner, Paser, painted a meal to last forever. Now the water threatens it.
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Can a Clock Be Perfectly Accurate? What Physicists Found
Can a clock be perfectly accurate? Physicists calculated a built-in limit inside time itself, far too small to measure, plus the caveat headlines skip.
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What Happens to Your Brain When You Die? The Recording Nobody Planned
What happens to your brain when you die? The famous recording of a dying brain was an accident. Here is what it showed, and what science still cannot say.
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NASA’s Swift Telescope Is Falling. Its Team Switched It Back On Anyway.
The Swift telescope will fall from orbit within months. Its team switched the instruments back on anyway, knowing it brings the end closer. Here is why.