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mike@bgr.comIn many developed countries, mosquitoes are a nuisance that also have the potential to be carriers for disease. In areas where malaria runs rampant, however, they are a lethal threat that claims lives. …
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NASA’s InSight lander now offers the first public Mars weather service
When you’re getting ready in the morning and need to know whether to wear a jacket or not you probably just tap your smartphone screen a few times and bring up a local …
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We finally know why grapes go nuclear in the microwave
If you’ve ever searched for ways to make plasma at home (and let’s be honest, who hasn’t?) you’ll quickly come across an interesting kitchen experiment that involves one or more grapes. By placing …
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Guy gets tattoo to honor NASA’s Opportunity rover, but there’s one big problem
NASA’s Opportunity rover had a long, eventful stay on Mars, but unfortunately those days are now behind us. The rover has been officially declared dead after a dust storm last year caused its …
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New study suggests your furniture might be making your family sick
You’d probably never think that something as innocent as a sofa could pose a risk to you or your family but a new study out of Duke University raises that very possibility. The …
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FDA confirms injecting ‘young blood’ to prevent aging is stupid and pointless
We’d all love to find the fountain of youth but such a thing just doesn’t seem to exist. We’re born, we grow old (if we’re lucky), and then we die, and that’s just …
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Can sharks teach us how to cure cancer? Scientists think so
We humans like to flatter ourselves and imagine that we have what it takes to survive here on planet Earth, but our reign pales in comparison to that of sharks. Sharks like the …
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Dozens of new Salmonella cases linked to turkey products in ongoing outbreak
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention just issued a new update to its ongoing investigation of a months-long Salmonella outbreak linked to turkey products. The update, which is the first since mid …
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NASA captures best look yet at China’s lunar lander hanging out on the Moon
China started the year off strong by landing a lunar probe on the Moon’s surface and deploying a tiny rover to do a bit of exploring. The country’s space agency is the first …
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The Earth isn’t flat, but you’d never know that from watching YouTube
The internet makes it possible for the average person to access an incredibly vast amount of knowledge amassed over centuries, as long as they know where to look. Unfortunately, it also makes it …
