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VIDEO: To Save A Fox, Scientists Took To Land, Air And Sea

December 4, 2018 • When the population of Channel Islands foxes started to vanish in the '90s, no one knew why. Bringing them back from near-extinction has meant unraveling a mystery that started with World War II.

This Rapper Tried To Use Neuroscience To Get Over Her Ex

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This Rapper Tried To Use Neuroscience To Get Over Her Ex

September 18, 2018 • Dessa is a singer and writer from Minneapolis who spent years trying to fall out of love and get over her ex. Nothing seemed to help — until she visited a research lab for a brain scan.

How To Find The Summer Constellations (360° Video)

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How To Find The Summer Constellations (360° Video)

June 26, 2018 • Have you ever wanted to casually point out Cygnus, Leo and Cassiopeia? Just in time for summer, this panoramic video shows you some tricks to help you navigate the night sky.

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How Birds-To-Be Get Oxygen Inside Eggs

April 17, 2018 • Unlike humans, bird embryos don't have an oxygen pipeline from their mothers. They develop inside eggs in a nest. Skunk Bear's latest video explains why these pre-hatchlings don't suffocate.

Classroom Skeleton: Whose Bones Are These?

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Classroom Skeleton: Whose Bones Are These?

March 20, 2018 • Remember that skeleton hanging in the front of your classroom? In some schools, those were actual human remains. We used science to figure out the story behind one of them.

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The Oscar For Best Snack Goes To ... Popcorn, The 6,000-Year-Old Aztec Gold

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The Oscar For Best Snack Goes To ... Popcorn, The 6,000-Year-Old Aztec Gold

March 1, 2018 • Zoom in and behold the science secrets behind popcorn's airy crunch — and learn about the snack's ancient origin — in this bite-sized video.

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Your Besotted Brain: A Neuroscience Love Song

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Your Besotted Brain: A Neuroscience Love Song

February 13, 2018 • A Valentine's music video from Skunk Bear explores the ways your brain and body change when you fall in love — and change again as love deepens and matures.

Why Dogs Have Floppy Ears: An Animated Tale

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Why Dogs Have Floppy Ears: An Animated Tale

January 30, 2018 • Why do dogs look different from wolves? The question bedeviled Charles Darwin. Now scientists have a fascinating theory that links droopy ears and splotchy coats with domestication.

Saturn's Strangest Sights, As Captured By A Doomed Spacecraft

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Saturn's Strangest Sights, As Captured By A Doomed Spacecraft

September 13, 2017 • NASA's Cassini spacecraft will crash into Saturn in a few hours, but we'll always have the shots it took of icy volcanoes, hexagonal storms, ethane lakes and ripples in Saturn's rings.

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