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How to Save Humanity from Extinction

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Here are some goals we need to achieve if we want to reach our 500,000th birthday as a species.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: Fusion: Homeward Bound, The Last Light Show, Burnout Blues

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Today, you’ll learn about how the next step in nuclear fusion is actually a real estate question, how the death of our sun would be a beautiful thing to see if we were around to witness it, and how an athlete’s desire for perfection can lead to them burning out with their sport altogether.

Curiosity Daily Podcast: How to Advocate For Yourself (w/ Stella Grizont), Black Hole Travel Possible, and Fossil Licking

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Learn how your tongue can tell the difference between a rock and a fossil; why you might be able to travel through some black holes without dying; and how you can do a better job of advocating for yourself, with some help from happiness expert Stella Grizont.

April Showers Us With New Shows on discovery+

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This month, stream what you love on discovery+. From CRIKEY! to JOSH GATES TONIGHT to DEADLIEST CATCH, you can find it all on the new streaming service.

Time Dilation, Special Relativity, and Santa’s Delivery Schedule

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How does Santa make it to all the children in the world in one night? Can flying reindeer travel at the speed of light?Dive into the physics behind this Christmas tale.

10 Years of the Higgs Boson

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Ten years ago scientists at the Large Hadron Collider had finally found evidence for the elusive Higgs boson, a particle that plays a central role in physics. And since then…we haven’t found much.

Why are Dark Skies Important?

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There is no better time to consider the quality of the night sky and the celestial magic it embodies than during International Dark Sky Week, taking place April 22-30!

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All Rainwater is Unsafe to Drink According to Study

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A study by Stockholm University and ETH Zurich scientists found that all rainwater on Earth is unsafe to drink due to the levels of PFAS, or toxic chemicals. These PFAS or ‘forever chemicals’ are becoming a part of a future reality that humans must, unfortunately, learn to live with.

The Ultimate Origins of Your Thanksgiving Dinner

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We’ve all heard the story of the first Thanksgiving, but this meal – and life itself, if we’re being honest – wouldn’t be possible without the elements themselves. And those elements took a long journey to end up on your dinner plate.

Raining Sulfur in the Biblical City of Sodom Could Be Explained by an Impact Event

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About 3,600 years ago, Tall el-Hammam was a bustling city-state in the Jordan Valley near the Dead Sea. It thrived for 1,500 years — until a devastating event destroyed the city and contaminated the surrounding farmland with salt. What had once been an extremely fertile area became completely barren overnight. Humans left the region for at least 500 years afterward, and researchers have struggled to explain what happened.

It Rains on the Sun

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We're used to rain and the water cycle here on earth, but what about on the sun? Guess what: it rains there too! Read on to learn more.

Apollo 12: Return of the Astronaut

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Apollo 12, the second manned mission to land on the Moon was anything but predictable. Here’s a look back at what happened 50 years ago today.

The First All-Female Spacewalk in NASA’s 61-Year History is Happening

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"A-team" astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir are set to make history in the first all-female spacewalk.

India's Lunar Leap: The Chandrayaan-2 Mission to the Moon

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India is set to become the fourth nation to land on the moon, behind the United States, Soviet Union, and China. Here's what you need to know...