Christie Wilcox
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Lovestruck Toadlets Can’t Even Hear Their Own Flirting
Stand in awe of the small but mighty pumpkin toadlet. He might only be an inch long, but his skin is packed with some of the most potent toxins on Earth. Strutting proudly through the mulch, he lets out a series of high-pitched buzzes to let nearby females know that in this patch of damp,…
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Your Eyeballs May Be Covered In Disease-Fighting Bacteria
If the eyes are windows to the soul, they’re open windows, potentially letting in all kinds of unwelcome bugs. To ensure that doesn’t happen, our tears are loaded with microbe-killing compounds and immune cells. In fact, our eyes are so inhospitable that it was long thought they were the only part of our bodies which…
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Why FaceApp’s Selfie Filters Work So Well And Why They Don’t
Over the past few weeks, Facebook and Instagram feeds have been flooded with creepily realistic facial transformations produced by “FaceApp”, a free app for iOS and Android whose filters add smiles to photos, alter faces to make them older or younger, and even make them “male” or “female”. The app’s startling believability is made possible…