Adam Cole
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The classroom writing implement has roots in exploding stars, the French Revolution, the British crown jewels and Walden Pond.
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There are hundreds of thousands of species of worms wriggling around the world. We made trading cards about six of them.
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Hokule'a — a voyaging canoe based on ancient Polynesian craft — is travelling around the world. Its navigators have learned to traverse the open ocean relying the sun, stars, and waves.
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In the spring of 2015, a snowy owl named Baltimore was fitted with a backpack GPS transmitter. The data that transmitter collected over the past year shines a light on a mysterious species.
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You nominated 300 cool stories of scientific surprise for Skunk Bear's Golden Mole Award. Our shortlist has it all: circuits painted with light, imperceptible genitalia, and a terrifying frog.
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Skunk Bear's shivery new video explores how and why our skin acts so weird when we watch a scary movie, get cold or listen to music.
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In Earth's history, there have been some incredibly large animals that look sort of like animals we have today, just a lot bigger. In North America, there was a sloth that was the size of an elephant.
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NPR has this tribute to the Hubble Space Telescope — a parody of Iggy Azalea's "Trouble."
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There's a new use for those stale Easter marshmallows you still have lying around: calculating a constant that governs the universe.
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Meet two animals. Both are teeny. Both live in water. Both mature extra fast. But while one dies in about a week, the other — well, prepare to be amazed.