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Even If You Survive Nuclear War, The Famine Will Probably Kill Yousilhouetted soldier running from mushroom cloudEven If You Survive Nuclear War, The Famine Will Probably Kill Yousilhouetted soldier running from mushroom cloud

Even If You Survive Nuclear War, The Famine Will Probably Kill You

A full-scale nuclear war would kill hundreds of millions of people in minutes, but the subsequent famine would kill an estimated 5 billion, even...

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UK Approves Dual COVID-19 Vaccine That Targets Variants In World FirstThis is a breaking news story that will updated if and when more details emerge.
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UK Approves Dual COVID-19 Vaccine That Targets Variants In World First

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Human Population Could Hit 8 Billion Any Day Now

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Shark Filmed Strolling On Land Like It’s No Big DealA small brown and white shark uses its fins to pull itself over some coral that is above the water level,so the shark is effectively walking
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Shark Filmed Strolling On Land Like It’s No Big Deal

Footage released for Discovery's Shark Week brings the sight of an epaulette shark walking in shallow water and on land to an amazed world.

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Mysterious Metallic Orb Found In Mexico After "Falling From The Sky"A big metal orb floats above a desert, while people in hazmat suits look on.
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Mysterious Metallic Orb Found In Mexico After "Falling From The Sky"

According to reports, the sphere has a code on the outside.

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The Three Types Of Female Orgasm, According To Science

According to the research, you will only experience one of the three.

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New Tinnitus Smartphone Treatment Boasts "Encouraging Results"Illustration of a blue human head with ringing ears from tinnitus
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New Tinnitus Smartphone Treatment Boasts "Encouraging Results"

All you need is a smartphone and some headphones.

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Spectacular Flying-Saucer Cloud Seen On Top Of Mauna Kea

The peculiar phenomenon is called lenticular cloud and it is seen sometimes over the top of mountains.

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Record For World’s Strongest Steady Magnetic Field Broken By China

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The COVID Lab Leak Theory Is Dead. Here’s How We Know The Virus Came From A Wuhan Market

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Time For A Career Change? Here's Your Chance To Master Design & More In The Online SpaceA collection of art supplies surrounding a laptop.
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TWIS: Google Has Had About Enough Of Our Stupid Questions, We Finally Have An Excuse For Those Post-Revision Naps, And Much More This WeekThis Week In Science!
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TWIS: Google Has Had About Enough Of Our Stupid Questions, We Finally Have An Excuse For Those Post-Revision Naps, And Much More This Week

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Facebook And Twitter Fail To Act On Anti-LGBTQ+ Hate Speech, Report Finds

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Giant Stone Reliefs Show Ancient Olmec Leaders In Trance-Like State Roaring Like JaguarsWhy so serious? Angry leaders are seen on two Olmec limestone reliefs recently discovered in the Mexican state of Tabasco.
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Giant Stone Reliefs Show Ancient Olmec Leaders In Trance-Like State Roaring Like Jaguars

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Seven Reasons Nordic Walking Is Better For You Than The Normal Kind Nordic walking is a little bit like cross country skiing but without the snow.
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Seven Reasons Nordic Walking Is Better For You Than The Normal Kind

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Men’s Fertility Also Declines With Age — Here’s What To Know If You’re Planning To Wait To Have KidsMen’s fertility also declines with age
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Men’s Fertility Also Declines With Age — Here’s What To Know If You’re Planning To Wait To Have Kids

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Monkeypox Can Become Endemic – Here’s How It Can Be Stopped In Its TracksMonkey pox can now become endemic.
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Monkeypox Can Become Endemic – Here’s How It Can Be Stopped In Its Tracks

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LSD Improves Memory And Cognition By Promoting Brain Plasticity, Study Suggests

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A Meat Tax Is Probably Inevitable – Here’s How It Could Work

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Backyard Hens’ Eggs Contain 40 times More Lead On Average Than Shop Eggs, Research FindsChickens love scratching and pecking in the dirt. Unfortunately, that’s how lead from the soil gets into them.
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Backyard Hens’ Eggs Contain 40 times More Lead On Average Than Shop Eggs, Research Finds

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Get Involved And Name One Of The Exoplanets That JWST Will Study This YearArtist impression of an exoplanet. Image Credit: ESO/L. Calçada
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Get Involved And Name One Of The Exoplanets That JWST Will Study This Year

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Fifteen Minute Space Telescope Has Been Built To Study One Dead StarCassiopeia A is a supernova remnant that is about to be studied by Micro-x, a rocket that will leave the atmosphere for just 15 minutes
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Fifteen Minute Space Telescope Has Been Built To Study One Dead Star

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The Most Spectacular Meteor Shower Of The Northern Summer Is Peaking Today

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Rare Mysterious Mineral On Mars Is Evidence Of More Complex Volcanic HistoryThe drill hole where Curiosity found the rate mineral tridymite
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Rare Mysterious Mineral On Mars Is Evidence Of More Complex Volcanic History

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Russians Reportedly Building A Satellite-Blinding Laser – An Expert Explains The Technology

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Resolving Peto's Paradox: Why Aren't Whales Born With Cancer?A whale tail popping out of the sea to say hello
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Resolving Peto's Paradox: Why Aren't Whales Born With Cancer?

If we can understand how and why whales avoid cancer, maybe we'll be able to improve our own odds.

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New Langya Virus Outbreak In China – How Worried Should We Be?

Sound familiar? Fear not, this most likely isn't the sequel to COVID-19.

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IFLScience The Big Questions: Is The Future Of Farming Underwater?

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IFLScience The Big Questions: How Will The Universe End?

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IFLScience The Big Questions: What Is The Universe Made Of?

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