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5 Creepy, Scary, Awesome Things You Never Knew About Blood

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9 years ago

5 Creepy, Scary, Awesome Things You Never Knew About Blood

Robert Sorokanich

How A Genome Hacker Made A Family Tree With 13 Million Branches

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9 years ago

How A Genome Hacker Made A Family Tree With 13 Million Branches

Jamie Condliffe

Science & Health

9 years ago

This Video Shows Just How Beautiful Mathematics Is

Jamie Condliffe

Online

9 years ago

You’ve Never Seen A Cell Look Like This

Jamie Condliffe

Would You Eat This Cheese Made From Human Armpit Sweat?

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9 years ago

Would You Eat This Cheese Made From Human Armpit Sweat?

Adam Clark Estes

Breasts Age Faster Than The Rest Of A Woman’s Body

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9 years ago

Breasts Age Faster Than The Rest Of A Woman’s Body

Jamie Condliffe

How Close Are We To Building A Full-Fledged Cyborg?

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9 years ago

How Close Are We To Building A Full-Fledged Cyborg?

Adam Clark Estes

Whales Don’t Spray Water Out Of Their Blowholes

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9 years ago

Whales Don’t Spray Water Out Of Their Blowholes

Emily Upton - TodayIFoundOut.com

This Pressure Picture Reveals Why Jellyfish Are So Damn Efficient

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9 years ago

This Pressure Picture Reveals Why Jellyfish Are So Damn Efficient

Jamie Condliffe

5 Creatures That Have Evolved Into Badass Biological Machines

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9 years ago

5 Creatures That Have Evolved Into Badass Biological Machines

Jamie Condliffe

Monitoring Gene Activity Across Thousands Of Cells Sure Is Pretty

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9 years ago

Monitoring Gene Activity Across Thousands Of Cells Sure Is Pretty

Jamie Condliffe

This 4000-Year-Old Brain Was Burned, Boiled, Shaken, And Is Still Intact

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9 years ago

This 4000-Year-Old Brain Was Burned, Boiled, Shaken, And Is Still Intact

Jamie Condliffe

From The Inside Out: Everything You Need To Know About Mind Control

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9 years ago

From The Inside Out: Everything You Need To Know About Mind Control

Melissa - TodayIFoundOut.com

How You Can Brew Beer In Your Own Digestive Tract

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9 years ago

How You Can Brew Beer In Your Own Digestive Tract

Scott - TodayIFoundOut.com

Engineers Have Invented A Programming Language To Build DNA

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9 years ago

Engineers Have Invented A Programming Language To Build DNA

Jamie Condliffe

Science & Health

9 years ago

Chromosomes Actually Look Like An Insane Ball Of Spaghetti

Adam Clark Estes

Why We Need To Think Differently About Our Genomes

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9 years ago

Why We Need To Think Differently About Our Genomes

Jamie Condliffe

Health Kicks Actually Seem To Reverse Cell Ageing

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9 years ago

Health Kicks Actually Seem To Reverse Cell Ageing

Jamie Condliffe

Can You Identify A Mystery Cocoon That Has The Whole Internet Stumped?

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9 years ago

Can You Identify A Mystery Cocoon That Has The Whole Internet Stumped?

Jamie Condliffe

This Ultrafast Camera Is Designed To Work Like A Human Retina

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9 years ago

This Ultrafast Camera Is Designed To Work Like A Human Retina

Adam Clark Estes

This Is What A 3D-Printed Replacement Ear Looks Like

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9 years ago

This Is What A 3D-Printed Replacement Ear Looks Like

Jamie Condliffe

What Would Happen If The Whole World Peed In The Ocean At Once?

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9 years ago

What Would Happen If The Whole World Peed In The Ocean At Once?

Lauren Wolf - CENtral Science

Future Windows Could Use A Biomimetic Circulatory System To Save Energy

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9 years ago

Future Windows Could Use A Biomimetic Circulatory System To Save Energy

Mario Aguilar

How Eating The Right Bacteria Could Give Your Body Superpowers

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9 years ago

How Eating The Right Bacteria Could Give Your Body Superpowers

Andrew Tarantola

You’ll Be Jealous Of This Tiny Wasp Hitching A Ride On A Damselfly

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9 years ago

You’ll Be Jealous Of This Tiny Wasp Hitching A Ride On A Damselfly

Jamie Condliffe

These Amazing Cardio Images Will Make Your Heart Race

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9 years ago

These Amazing Cardio Images Will Make Your Heart Race

Jamie Condliffe

Socially Networked Bacteria Isn’t As Scary As It Sounds

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9 years ago

Socially Networked Bacteria Isn’t As Scary As It Sounds

Adam Clark Estes

10 Extreme — And Extremely Pretty — Close-Ups Of Bacteria And Plants

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9 years ago

10 Extreme — And Extremely Pretty — Close-Ups Of Bacteria And Plants

Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

Bone Marrow Transplants Remove All Sign Of HIV In Two Men

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9 years ago

Bone Marrow Transplants Remove All Sign Of HIV In Two Men

Jamie Condliffe

Scientists Sequence The Oldest Ever Genome — Of A 700,000-Year-Old Horse

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9 years ago

Scientists Sequence The Oldest Ever Genome — Of A 700,000-Year-Old Horse

Jamie Condliffe

A Simple Sugar Solution Can Make Tissue Transparent

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9 years ago

A Simple Sugar Solution Can Make Tissue Transparent

Jamie Condliffe

These Bruised Blood Cells Are Over 5000 Years Old

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9 years ago

These Bruised Blood Cells Are Over 5000 Years Old

Jamie Condliffe

Online

9 years ago

This Camera Sees The World Like An Ant

Jamie Condliffe

Science & Health

9 years ago

Silk: Nature’s Homespun Supermaterial

Jamie Condliffe

Science & Health

9 years ago

Why Do Humans Cry?

Andrew Liszewski

Scientists Can Print Synthetic Tissue Using Just Water And Oil

Science & Health

9 years ago

Scientists Can Print Synthetic Tissue Using Just Water And Oil

Jamie Condliffe

New DNA-Based Transistor Brings Us One Step Closer To True Human Computers

Science & Health

9 years ago

New DNA-Based Transistor Brings Us One Step Closer To True Human Computers

Ashley Feinberg

So Why Do We Get Goosebumps When We’re Cold Or Scared?

Science & Health

9 years ago

So Why Do We Get Goosebumps When We’re Cold Or Scared?

Andrew Liszewski

The Super Protein That Can Cut DNA And Revolutionise Genetic Engineering

Science & Health

9 years ago

The Super Protein That Can Cut DNA And Revolutionise Genetic Engineering

Jamie Condliffe

Science & Health

9 years ago

First Ever Cellular-Level Video Of A Whole Brain Working

Jamie Condliffe

Swallows Seem To Be Evolving To Avoid Cars

Science & Health

9 years ago

Swallows Seem To Be Evolving To Avoid Cars

Jamie Condliffe

Science & Health

9 years ago

What Coloured Food Does To Your Poop

Jamie Condliffe

What Really Causes Baldness (Hint: It’s Not Your Grandpa)

Science & Health

9 years ago

What Really Causes Baldness (Hint: It’s Not Your Grandpa)

Andrew Liszewski

DNA Finally Gets A Beautiful Explainer Befitting Its Mystifying Elegance

Science & Health

9 years ago

DNA Finally Gets A Beautiful Explainer Befitting Its Mystifying Elegance

Mario Aguilar

Teeth Grown From Gum Cells May Make Dentures Obsolete

Science & Health

9 years ago

Teeth Grown From Gum Cells May Make Dentures Obsolete

Jamie Condliffe

Science & Health

9 years ago

The Science Of Ageing

Jamie Condliffe

Rats Communicate With Each Other By… Sniffing?

Science & Health

9 years ago

Rats Communicate With Each Other By… Sniffing?

Jamie Condliffe

Study: Processed Meat Causes One In 30 Early Deaths

Science & Health

9 years ago

Study: Processed Meat Causes One In 30 Early Deaths

Jamie Condliffe

How Scientists Finally Found The Giant Squid

Science & Health

9 years ago

How Scientists Finally Found The Giant Squid

Jamie Condliffe

Watson And Crick Discovered DNA 60 Years Ago

Science & Health

9 years ago

Watson And Crick Discovered DNA 60 Years Ago

Jamie Condliffe

Why Microscope Slides Should Hang In The Louvre

Science & Health

9 years ago

Why Microscope Slides Should Hang In The Louvre

Sumit Paul-Choudhury - New Scientist

Scientists Say This Rat Is Your Common Ancestor

Science & Health

9 years ago

Scientists Say This Rat Is Your Common Ancestor

Jesus Diaz

Science & Health

9 years ago

Study: Diet Mixers Get You Drunk Faster

Jamie Condliffe

First-Ever Incredible Footage Of A Thought Being Formed

Science & Health

9 years ago

First-Ever Incredible Footage Of A Thought Being Formed

Jamie Condliffe

Scientists Can Squeeze 2.2 Petabytes Of Data Into One Gram Of DNA

Science & Health

9 years ago

Scientists Can Squeeze 2.2 Petabytes Of Data Into One Gram Of DNA

Jamie Condliffe

Scientists Resume Work On Deadly Engineered Avian Flu

Science & Health

9 years ago

Scientists Resume Work On Deadly Engineered Avian Flu

Jamie Condliffe

Gadgets

9 years ago

This DNA Gun Will Tag Felons For Weeks

Jamie Condliffe

Scientists Spot Quadruple Helix DNA Working In Human Cells

Science & Health

9 years ago

Scientists Spot Quadruple Helix DNA Working In Human Cells

Jamie Condliffe

This Is What A Virus Infecting A Cell Looks Like

Science & Health

9 years ago

This Is What A Virus Infecting A Cell Looks Like

Jamie Condliffe

Science & Health

9 years ago

You Started Life As A Girl

Jamie Condliffe

Wrinkly Fingers Evolved To Help You Grip Wet Objects

Science & Health

9 years ago

Wrinkly Fingers Evolved To Help You Grip Wet Objects

Jamie Condliffe

How To Put A Tiny Tree In A Fish Tank And Call It Art

Science & Health

9 years ago

How To Put A Tiny Tree In A Fish Tank And Call It Art

Andrew Tarantola

This Adorable New Species Of Primate Actually Has A Toxic Bite

Science & Health

9 years ago

This Adorable New Species Of Primate Actually Has A Toxic Bite

Jamie Condliffe

Scientists Can Now Make Brain Cells From Urine

Science & Health

9 years ago

Scientists Can Now Make Brain Cells From Urine

Jamie Condliffe

Science & Health

9 years ago

Genetic Proof That Nobody Is Perfect

Jamie Condliffe

NASA Finding Organics On Mars Is Nothing To Get Excited About

Science & Health

9 years ago

NASA Finding Organics On Mars Is Nothing To Get Excited About

Jamie Condliffe

Science & Health

9 years ago

Can Viagra Make You A Better Athlete?

Colin Lecher - Popular Science

Scientists Can Now Make Stem Cells From Blood

Science & Health

9 years ago

Scientists Can Now Make Stem Cells From Blood

Jamie Condliffe

This Amazing Picture Of DNA Lets You See Its Nanoscale Double Helix

Science & Health

9 years ago

This Amazing Picture Of DNA Lets You See Its Nanoscale Double Helix

Jamie Condliffe

The History Of Evolution Explained In Two Minutes

Science & Health

9 years ago

The History Of Evolution Explained In Two Minutes

Jamie Condliffe

Super-Tough Antarctic Bacteria Provide Hope For Alien Life

Science & Health

10 years ago

Super-Tough Antarctic Bacteria Provide Hope For Alien Life

Jamie Condliffe

A ‘White Smell’ Could Hide The Most Unpleasant Odours

Science & Health

10 years ago

A ‘White Smell’ Could Hide The Most Unpleasant Odours

Jamie Condliffe

DNA Test Can Predict How Good Beef Will Taste

Science & Health

10 years ago

DNA Test Can Predict How Good Beef Will Taste

Jamie Condliffe

Lady Gaga Has An Entire Family Of Plants Named After Her

Science & Health

10 years ago

Lady Gaga Has An Entire Family Of Plants Named After Her

Jamie Condliffe

Your Vaccinations Will Soon Be Arriving Via Email

Science & Health

10 years ago

Your Vaccinations Will Soon Be Arriving Via Email

Debora MacKenzie - New Scientist

Science & Health

10 years ago

The Science Of Blushing

Jamie Condliffe

This Machine Can Sequence A Genome In Just Two Days

Science & Health

10 years ago

This Machine Can Sequence A Genome In Just Two Days

Jamie Condliffe

Genetic Proof That You Really Do Hate Coriander

Science & Health

10 years ago

Genetic Proof That You Really Do Hate Coriander

Jamie Condliffe

This Is The Shiniest Living Thing On The Planet

Science & Health

10 years ago

This Is The Shiniest Living Thing On The Planet

Jamie Condliffe

How A Simple Fungus Might Resurrect The Legendary Stradivarius Violin

Science & Health

10 years ago

How A Simple Fungus Might Resurrect The Legendary Stradivarius Violin

Andrew Liszewski

The Placebo Effect Might Have Evolved To Save Us Energy

Science & Health

10 years ago

The Placebo Effect Might Have Evolved To Save Us Energy

Jamie Condliffe

The Human Genome Is Far More Complex Than Scientists Thought

Science & Health

10 years ago

The Human Genome Is Far More Complex Than Scientists Thought

Jamie Condliffe

Australian Rocks Confirm That Life On Earth Is 3.5 Billion Years Old

Science & Health

10 years ago

Australian Rocks Confirm That Life On Earth Is 3.5 Billion Years Old

Leslie Horn

The Next Viral Epidemic Could Be Our Own Fault

Science & Health

10 years ago

The Next Viral Epidemic Could Be Our Own Fault

Sam Biddle

Science & Health

10 years ago

How Your Brain Cleans Itself

Jamie Condliffe

Water May Not Be So Important For Life After All

Science & Health

10 years ago

Water May Not Be So Important For Life After All

Jamie Condliffe

This 281-Gigapixel Image Depicts An Entire Animal At The Cellular Level

Science & Health

10 years ago

This 281-Gigapixel Image Depicts An Entire Animal At The Cellular Level

Jamie Condliffe

Evidence Shows Cancer Regrowth Is Driven By Cancer Stem Cells

Science & Health

10 years ago

Evidence Shows Cancer Regrowth Is Driven By Cancer Stem Cells

Jamie Condliffe

Giz Explains: What Nuclear Radiation Does To Your Body

Science & Health

10 years ago

Giz Explains: What Nuclear Radiation Does To Your Body

Jamie Condliffe

Neil DeGrasse Tyson: Columbus Landing In America Was The Most Important Event In History

Science & Health

10 years ago

Neil DeGrasse Tyson: Columbus Landing In America Was The Most Important Event In History

Brent Rose

This Artificial Jellyfish Was Built Using Rat Cells

Science & Health

10 years ago

This Artificial Jellyfish Was Built Using Rat Cells

Jamie Condliffe

Frequent Mobile Phone Users Slobber More

Science & Health

10 years ago

Frequent Mobile Phone Users Slobber More

Jamie Condliffe

The Science Of Sight, In Interactive Cartoon Form

Science & Health

10 years ago

The Science Of Sight, In Interactive Cartoon Form

Jamie Condliffe

World’s Fastest Camera Catches Cancer At 36.7 Million Frames Per Second

Science & Health

10 years ago

World’s Fastest Camera Catches Cancer At 36.7 Million Frames Per Second

Jamie Condliffe

What Childbirth Looks Like From The Inside

Science & Health

10 years ago

What Childbirth Looks Like From The Inside

Jamie Condliffe

Science & Health

10 years ago

Why Haven’t Bald Men Gone Extinct?

Jamie Condliffe

Allergies Could Have Evolved To Protect Us

Science & Health

10 years ago

Allergies Could Have Evolved To Protect Us

Jamie Condliffe

Opinion: Humans Love Apple Events Because Humans Love Spaceships

Gadgets

10 years ago

Opinion: Humans Love Apple Events Because Humans Love Spaceships

Mat Honan

Nature Or Nurture? It Depends Where You Live

Science & Health

10 years ago

Nature Or Nurture? It Depends Where You Live

Jamie Condliffe

Science & Health

10 years ago

Your DNA Changes As You Age

Jamie Condliffe

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