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Raccoons Are Even Smarter Than We Thought
If you have ever watched a raccoon figure out your trash can, you already know these animals are impressively clever. But scientists at the University of British Columbia just discovered something even more fascinating: raccoons do not just solve problems to get food, they keep on solving them even after
Bumblebees Make Decisions The Same Way You Do
Bumblebees visit hundreds of flowers every single day, which means they have to make hundreds of fast decisions in a row about exactly where to land next. Scientists have long wondered how a creature with such a tiny brain manages to do this so efficiently, and a new study from
Turns Out The T. Rex Moved Like A Giant Chicken
Everything you thought you knew about how a T. rex moved might be wrong, and it was a 21-year-old college student in Maine who figured it out. Adrian Boeye, a senior at the College of the Atlantic, took careful measurements of leg and foot bones from four well-preserved T. rex
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Freemont California Was Just Named The Happiest City In America
Not all sunshine comes from the weather. Fremont, a largely suburban city nestled in Northern California’s Bay Area, has once again claimed the top spot on WalletHub’s annual ranking of the happiest cities in America, dethroning bigger, flashier metros for the second consecutive year. The study analyzed more than 180
Paris Hilton Just Put Her Money Where Her Heart Is
Paris Hilton has spent decades being one of the most recognized faces on the planet, but lately she has been making headlines for something that has nothing to do with fame or fashion. After losing her own Malibu home in the devastating Los Angeles fires and watching countless other women
Turns Out We Were Wrong About When Humans Invented Writing
For more than a century, historians have agreed that human beings first began writing things down around 5,000 years ago in ancient Mesopotamia, in what is now modern-day Iraq. But a remarkable new study is turning that timeline completely on its head, and the discovery has left archaeologists genuinely stunned.
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The Small City That Took On McDonald’s And Won
A small city in Germany took on McDonald’s in court and won, and now cities around the world are paying very close attention. Tübingen, a charming medieval university town in southwestern Germany, was drowning in disposable takeout trash, with paper coffee cups stuffed into every bin and pizza boxes piling
Why Every Culture In The World Makes This Same Dish
No matter where you grew up, there is a good chance your family had a special bowl of something warm waiting for you on your worst days. Across every continent and culture, people have been simmering broths and stocks for thousands of years, and scientists and historians are still uncovering
Blind Patients Are Reading Again Thanks To This Tech
For people who have lost their central vision to eye disease, the inability to read is often one of the most devastating parts of the experience, taking away everything from books and labels to phone numbers and handwritten notes in an instant. But a tiny wireless chip smaller than a