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Tag results: Science

37’s Signals

Explaining why analog television sets never had a channel 37, despite TVs generally able to tune it. Turns out some scientists simply needed that channel more.

Mar 05, 2021

Cosmic Mistake

Why your zodiac sign—that thing that supposedly defines your personality—is probably wrong. Sorry, Gemini.

Feb 08, 2020

Headbanger’s Ball

How do woodpeckers avoid brain injury? It all comes down to their bones.

Jan 31, 2020

Stuck On You

Suction cups are the tiniest little vacuums around, and there’s one U.S. company that sells millions of them every single year. Here’s how they caught on.

Mar 21, 2017

Live and Let Dye

These days, artificial food coloring is seen as a major health risk—admittedly, for good reason in some cases. But, shockingly, things used to be way worse.

Aug 25, 2015

We're Literally Navel-Gazing

A good sign that you're a human is the existence of a belly button. Everyone has one, and everyone participates in acts of navel gazing sometimes.

May 12, 2015

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