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Beer Can Survive a Nuclear Fallout

8 Mar 2018

In 1957 the U.S. government conducted a study aptly named 鈥淭he Effect of Nuclear Explosions on Commercially Packaged Beverages鈥. The researchers placed cans and bottles of beer and other drinks in...

Platypus are Electrifying

1 Mar 2018

If you thought that echolocation or vegetarianism were the only options available to vision-impaired animals, you鈥檙e in for a surprise.

The Root in Root Beer is Sassafras

22 Feb 2018

Unless you鈥檙e participating in a spelling bee or playing Fallout New Vegas, you probably don鈥檛 think about sassafras much, but you might still ingest it regularly. It is, or at least once was, the...

Snails, Spiders, and Octopi all have Blue Blood

15 Feb 2018

Snails, spiders and octopi have something in common-聽they all have blue blood!聽We're not talking in the sense of royalty, these creatures literally have blue blood. So why is their blood blue and...

Eggplants Contain Nicotine

8 Feb 2018

Eggplant seeds (and they have many)聽contain nicotinoid alkaloids, which are responsible for the slightly bitter taste of the purple聽berry. The concentration of nicotine itself is about 100...

Wombats鈥 Poop in Cubes

6 Feb 2018

Wombats are surprisingly aggressive and territorial given how adorable they look. They will fight to defend their burrows and offspring, a feat especially important considering they reproduce only...

Eels and humans have something in common - they're both ELECTRIC!

1 Feb 2018

You鈥檝e probably heard of electric eels but did you know that there are electric bacteria? Or that humans also use electricity physiologically?

All Alcoholic Beverages are Watered Down

24 Jan 2018

In most of the world alcohol content is measured by volume. This gives us the familiar 12.5% on the side of a wine bottle. But what does this percentage really mean?聽

Why Don鈥檛 Ice Cream Sandwiches Melt?

24 Jan 2018

Walmart recently came under fire for their ice cream sandwiches, because they apparently do not melt. People flocked to YouTube to document their 鈥榰nmelting鈥 desserts, claiming that their solid...

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