Talk about a bizarre feature of the human body: If you happened to swallow a razor blade, your stomach acid would dissolve it. Acids are ranked on a scale from zero to 14—the lower the pH level, the ...

Look, the truth is, everyone has knowledge gaps. Some of them might be super niche. Others might be more general and ...

Did you know that YouTube adds over 64 new ‘Did You Know?’-type videos to its archives every minute? Ok, so that number may be completely made up, but the whole trend of cramming as many fun science ...

The other day, my son had to come up with some questions about space for a science class assignment. His favorite, and rightfully so, was: Why does the sun look yellow, but stars that are farther away ...

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