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Colombia, Not Finland, May Be the Happiest Country in the World
The Scandinavian countries tend to come out on top in the World Happiness Report. But the report doesn't actually ask participants if they're happy. When that question is included, the country rankings are quite different.
Color Wheel Theory: How to Talk About Color
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Modern color theory got its start with, believe it or not, Sir Isaac Newton, who also discovered a little thing called gravity and invented calculus.
Commensalism: I Benefit, You Don't, but It's All Good
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Commensalism is a form of cooperation among species in which one species benefits from another without the first one suffering any harm from the relationship.
Commercial Ancestry Tests Can Reveal How Much Neanderthal DNA You Have
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At least two commercial DNA testing services offer users information on heritage coming from coupling between ancient humans and other species.
Consolidated B-24 Liberator
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The Consolidated B-24 Liberator was the most prolific American plane of World War II. But the B-24 was not as attractive as the B-17 bomber, nor did it win the same popular regard from the public. Read the story and specifications of the B-24 bomber.
Convergent Evolution: When a Good Idea Moves Between Species
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Organisms not related to each other can develop similar physical attributes without even exchanging notes.
Corresponding Angles: A Fundamental Geometry Concept
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Corresponding angles are what you get when two parallel lines are crossed by a third line, creating angles that have the same relative position at each intersection. They're easy to find once you know what to look for.
Cosmogony
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Cosmogony, the study of the origin and development of the universe as a whole and of the individual bodies that compose it.
Could 'Early' Dark Energy Explain the Mystery of the Universe's Expansion?
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Early dark energy, a form that may have existed a few hundred thousand years after the big bang, could help clarify the universe's rate of expansion.
Could Earth Ever Get a New Ocean?
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To say geologic time moves at a snail's pace is an insult to snails. Our planet's continents are always in flux: Could a new ocean grow amid those incredibly slow changes?