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Science Fiction or Fact: ET Will Look Like Us
March 23, 2012, Adam Hadhazy, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
Pop culture commonly depicts aliens as looking like humans. But is that body plan realistic?
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What If All of America's Toilets Were Flushed Simultaneously?
March 23, 2012, by Natalie Wolchover, Life's Little Mysteries Staff Writer
Would mass flushing cause a total system breakdown, or would we be saved by a technicality?
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Video: Laysan Albatross Mating Dance
March 23, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
The dance usually begins with bill clapping and can have up to 25 movements.
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How Do Record Players Work?
March 23, 2012, Life's Little Mysteries
The record player was invented in 1877, and hasn't changed fundamentally since.
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Video of UFO Buzzing by Fighter Jets Bugs Believers
March 22, 2012, Benjamin Radford, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
UFO believers face off on the veracity of a UFO flyby.
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Grounded: 'Bird Man' Admits Faking Flying Video
March 22, 2012, Natalie Wolchover, Life's Little Mysteries Staff Writer
The jig is up: no man flew like a bird.
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Huge 'UFO Fragment' Discovered in Siberia
March 22, 2012, Life's Little Mysteries Staff
A car-size metal object has been discovered outside a village in Siberia. Locals think it fell from space, but the Russian space agency doesn't recognize it as space technology.
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What is Pink Slime?
March 22, 2012, Life's Little Mysteries Staff
You've probably been eating this controversial meat filler for years.
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Video: Robot Barber Shaves Mans Head
March 22, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
It's three arms provide for a range of motions.
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Viral 'Human Bird Wings' Video Fake, Probably an Ad
March 21, 2012, by Natalie Wolchover, Life's Little Mysteries Staff Writer
A new video shows a man flying like a bird. But is it just a viral ad campaign for Nintendo?
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Is Free Will an Illusion? Scientists, Philosophers Forced to Differ
March 21, 2012, by Natalie Wolchover, Life's Little Mysteries Staff Writer
In a series of articles, six scholars present arguments for and against the existence of free will.
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Video: Man Flies with Motor-Powered Wings
March 21, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
The device works by using a steering system powered by an Android Smartphone.
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How Does GPS Work?
March 20, 2012, Life's Little Mysteries
GPS is absolutely essential in the 21st century, but just how does it work?
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Our Souls Are In Our Eyes: The Experiment
March 20, 2012, Life's Little Mysteries Staff
Psychologists have demonstrated that most people consider the "self" or soul to reside in or near the eyes. They had study participants study these images.
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Our Souls Are In Our Eyes, Psychologists Claim
March 20, 2012, by Natalie Wolchover, Life's Little Mysteries Staff Writer
A new study finds that most people have an innate sense that they exist in or near their eyes. It is unclear whether this is the result of biology or culture.
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What Causes Earth's Seasons?
March 20, 2012, Robert Roy Britt
Earth's seasons are determined by our annual trip around the sun and the planet's tilt.
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Video: Rare Baby Cantil Vipers
March 20, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
Cantil vipers are a threatened species and their numbers have declined 30 percent in the last 15 to 30 years.
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Murder Suspect Says Psychic Made Him Do It
March 19, 2012, Benjamin Radford, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
A man allegedly murdered his parents based on advice from his psychic.
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Animal Psychologists Discover What Music Pets Prefer
March 19, 2012, by Natalie Wolchover, Life's Little Mysteries Staff Writer
Animals do have the capacity for music; they just prefer songs that sound very different from ours.
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The Best Bigfoot Hunting Expeditions
March 19, 2012, Life's Little Mysteries Staff
If you want to bag a Bigfoot, you don't have to go it alone.
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'Bigfoot' Captured in Annual Montana Hunt
March 19, 2012, Life's Little Mysteries Staff
No mythical beasts were harmed during the annual Elliston Bigfoot hunt.
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Is that a Flower? Nope. Just a Hydrothermal Vent Tubeworm
March 19, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
It's one of several creatures found by researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at a hydrothermal vent in the Jaco Scar off Costa Rica.
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Video: Tour of the Moon
March 18, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
Some of these locations, such as the Shackleton Crater, are so deep sunlight does not reach the interior.
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NASA Video: Evolution of the Moon
March 17, 2012, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
More than four billion years ago, the moon likely formed as a giant ball of magma.
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Science Fiction or Fact: Will Space Battles Be Fought with Laser Weapons?
March 16, 2012, Adam Hadhazy, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
Any good sci-fi hero uses a laser blaster, but how realistic are these weapons?
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