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A Kansas Family Shared Their Home With 2,055 Venomous Spiders and Never Got Bitten
Most families worry about a spider or two lurking in the basement. One Kansas family shared their 19th-century home with more than 2,000 venomous brown recluse spiders for over five years. What researchers discovered during a six-month investigation challenges everything we think we know about one of America’s most feared arachnids. Between 1996 and 2001,…
Sprite Can Break Down Acetaldehyde, a Metabolite of Ethanol, Possibly Making It an Effective “Hangover-Curing” Drink
Picture yourself facing a pounding headache after a night of too many cocktails. Someone offers you two options for relief. One is a traditional Chinese tea made from hemp seeds, steeped in centuries of medicinal wisdom. Another is a dusty can of Sprite from the corner store, filled with artificial flavors and high fructose corn…
Study Finds People Show More Empathy for Dogs Than Adult Humans
You scroll through your social media feed and stop at a news story about animal abuse. Anger floods through you. Comments beneath the post demand justice, punishment, and retribution. Later that same day, you pass a story about human violence. You scroll past it. Maybe you pause. Maybe you don’t. Something strange happens inside our…
The 10 Most Expensive Things Ever Built by Humans
How do we measure the price of progress? When we look at the marvels of human ingenuity, from vessels that touch the stars to machines that probe the very fabric of reality, the price tags can be staggering. These creations are more than just expensive items; they are monuments to our ambition, our relentless curiosity,…