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haunted house

Why Haunted Houses are So Terrifying

By Frank T. McAndrew published

Opinion The best haunted houses push buttons in our brains that evolved long before houses even existed.

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Little boy holding his ears.

Un-intelligent Design: No Purpose for Vestigial Ear-Wiggling Reflex

By Stephanie Pappas published

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The hog-nosed rat.

This Pig-Nosed Rat with Vampire Teeth Will Haunt Your Dreams

By Elizabeth Peterson published

A newly described species of rodent has a nose like a cute little piglet, ears that only a mother could love and teeth that would make Dracula run in fear.

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recreation of the head of Homo naledi by paleoartist

Extinct Tree-Climbing Human Walked with a Swagger

By Charles Q. Choi published

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A total lunar eclipse of the harvest moon.

Blood Moon Prophecy: The Science of Supermoon Eclipse Superstitions

By Elizabeth Peterson published

This Sunday's supermoon eclipse doesn't mark the end of the world as we know it.

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Paleoartist John Gurche used fossils from a South African cave to reconstruct the face of Homo naledi, the newest addition to the genus Homo.

In Photos: New Human Relative Shakes Up Our Family Tree

By Jeanna Bryner published

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Paleoartist John Gurch spent some 700 hours recreating the head of Homo naledi based on bone scans.

New Human Species with Orange-Size Brain Discovered

By Charles Q. Choi published

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weird animal penises, animal facts

#JunkOff: Why Animal Genitals Are Important to Science

By Stephanie Pappas published

A Twitter hashtag, #JunkOff, illustrates the steamier side of biology — and its importance to understanding evolution.

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Wikipedia Main Page

Can You Trust Wikipedia on Science?

By Tia Ghose published

Controversial and more specific science pages on Wikipedia may contain less trustworthy, overly technical or limited information, research suggests.

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The holotype upper jaw of Australopithecus deyiremeda found on March 4, 2011, in the central Afar region of Ethiopia.

Mysterious Humanlike Species May Have Lived Alongside 'Lucy'

By Charles Q. Choi published

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