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Hungry porpoises may find dinner at hole foods Aug 14, 2024

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It’s dinnertime in the North Sea, and you’re a hungry porpoise. Sadly, there’s no oceanic grocery store. What’s a famished sea creature to do?

Pigeons have their own superstitions Aug 13, 2024

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Would you be surprised to learn that human beings aren't the only animals to behave superstitiously? The psychologist B.F. Skinner showed that you can even form a superstitious belief...in a pigeon.

How do clouds float? Aug 12, 2024

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One thing we at A Moment of Science love is having the opportunity to explain the science behind things you see every day in the world around you.

The phenomenon of long colds Aug 09, 2024

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One infamous feature of COVID-19 is the phenomenon of “long COVID.” Researchers hadn’t previously looked for long persisting forms of colds or the flu.

Do ants drown every time it rains? Aug 08, 2024

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Ants must have a variety of survival strategies. How do ground-nesting ants cope with rain?

Which came first: the woodpecker or the fungus? Aug 07, 2024

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Set aside the question about the chicken and the egg, what about the woodpecker and tree fungus?

The benefits of a walkable neighborhood Aug 06, 2024

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It makes sense that if you live in a neighborhood where you can walk to places to do errands and such, that would be good for your health.

Stay balanced with your center of gravity Aug 05, 2024

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Everyone has a center of gravity. Every object has one, too. It’s the point in our body where all weight is evenly balanced.

You have a bacterial cloud following you around Aug 02, 2024

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Pigpen's condition might seem a bit farfetched, but scientists are finding that we might all be more like Pigpen than we imagine. Only, instead of dust, we carry our own cloud of bacteria.

Growing up with your taste preferences Aug 01, 2024

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Our lifelong food preferences are largely shaped by the foods we're exposed to early on in childhood.

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