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How high can mosquitoes actually fly?

Most mosquitoes are terrible flyers.

Jun 17, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps paywalled #science #animals #biology

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What’s a carbon planet?

Carbon planets are one of the most fascinating types of hypothetical worlds. They are planets where carbon, rather than oxygen, plays the…

Jun 16, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps paywalled #astrophysics #physics #exoplanets

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Why don’t animals evolve defenses against mosquitoes and ticks?

This is one of those obvious questions that people do not ask often enough. Mosquitoes, ticks, and other biting parasites are not just…

Jun 13, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps paywalled #science #biology #evolution

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The strange story of moldy bread

Long before microscopes, bacteria, and antibiotics, some ancient remedies were built on observation rather than theory. People did not know…

Jun 12, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps paywalled #science #history #medicine

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If Mars were gone, Venus would be the only real rival

When we talk about habitable worlds in the Solar System, Mars usually gets all the attention. It is cold, dry, irradiated, and not exactly…

Jun 11, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps paywalled #science #space #physics

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What the universe might look like in 100 trillion years

In 100 trillion years, the universe will still contain galaxies, stars, planets, and strange astronomical objects. But it will not look…

Jun 06, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps paywalled #science #physics #astrophysics

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Why the black hole at the center of the galaxy does not swallow everything

A black hole at the center of a galaxy sounds like something that should eventually destroy everything around it. In the popular…

Jun 05, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps paywalled #science #physics #astrophysics

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Why Europe has almost no native monkeys

Europe looks like it should have monkeys.

Jun 04, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps paywalled #animals #science #biology

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The age of discovering giant land animals is almost over

It is not impossible that a large unknown land animal still exists somewhere. Nature is too big, forests are too dense, and human knowledge…

Jun 03, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps paywalled #biology #science #evolution

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What life on a desert planet might be like

Desert planets are everywhere in science fiction. Tatooine in Star Wars, Arrakis in Dune, and countless other dry worlds have made us…

Jun 02, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps paywalled #science #biology #evolution

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GI Giuseppe Frisella

Why magnetic fields fade like 1/r³

At first, it sounds strange to say that magnetic fields obey an inverse-cube law.

Jun 01, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps paywalled #science #physics #electromagnetism

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Cancer treatment may be astonishing and deeply uncomfortable

You may not actually want to know what cancer treatment could look like in 20 years.

May 31, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps paywalled #medicine #science #biology

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GI Giuseppe Frisella

How do fish appear in newly formed lakes and ponds?

How fish appear in a newly formed lake or pond depends a lot on where you are in the world.

May 31, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps paywalled #biology #science #evolution

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Does being very large give an organism any evolutionary advantages?

Being very large can be an advantage, but it is never only an advantage. Size changes almost everything about an organism’s life: how it…

May 29, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps paywalled #biology #science #evolution

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What are the chances of finding life elsewhere in the universe?

One day, there may be a date that divides human history into before and after: the day we finally find convincing evidence of life beyond…

May 28, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps paywalled #universe #physics #science

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Why females live longer than males

Female mammals usually live longer than males, and the reason is not just one thing. It is a mix of behavior, hormones, chromosomes…

May 27, 2026 · 3 min read · 100 claps paywalled #science #biology #evolution

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The strongest acid in the universe

When people think of strong acids, they usually imagine something violent, corrosive, and liquid: sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, maybe…

May 27, 2026 · 3 min read · 426 claps paywalled #chemistry #science #physics

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Where Are the Sun’s First Photons Today?

The Sun has been shining for about 4.603 billion years. At first glance, the answer seems simple: the very first photons emitted by the Sun…

May 24, 2026 · 2 min read · 50 claps paywalled #physics #science #astronomy

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Can you test relativity at home without any complex equipment?

There is a surprisingly simple way to experience special relativity.

May 24, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps paywalled #physics #engineering #science

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What is the Great Attractor pulling galaxies toward?

For a long time, the Great Attractor was thought to be the main reason why our galaxy and many nearby galaxies are moving in that…

May 22, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps paywalled #science #physics #astrophysics

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What is the most common type of planet?

The most common planets we have found so far are not Earth-like planets, and they are not Jupiter-like planets either.

May 21, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps paywalled #science #physics #astrophysics

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Is there a dimension between 2D and 3D?

It depends on what we mean by “dimension.”

May 19, 2026 · 2 min read · 0 claps paywalled #science #physics #fractals

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Why can’t Earth be all land?

It is easy to imagine Earth as a planet with a little less ocean.

May 19, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps paywalled #science #physics #astrophysics

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GI Giuseppe Frisella

The animals that lost their stomachs

The stomach feels like one of those organs you simply cannot do without.

May 18, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps paywalled #biology #science #evolution

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GI Giuseppe Frisella

Why Confusion Makes You Scratch Your Head

When the brain runs into difficulty, tension starts to build. Sooner or later, that tension needs a physical outlet. But if the…

May 04, 2026 · 2 min read · 50 claps paywalled #science #biology #evolution

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Who the next Captain America should be

Before the release of Endgame, I believed and hoped that the title of Captain America would have been passed to Bucky after the almost…

Oct 27, 2023 · 1 min read · 0 claps paywalled #mcu #mcu-phase-4 #marvel-cinematic-universe

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Can we make the Sahara green again?

Turning a desert into a patch of vegetation is possible, although doing so with the largest and hottest desert on the planet would be a…

Sep 16, 2023 · 1 min read · 5 claps paywalled #science #hypothesis #weather