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What Is a Visa?
April 11, 2013, Elizabeth Palermo, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
The travel document comes with strict limitations.
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What Are Tonsils Good For?
April 09, 2013, Elizabeth Howell, LiveScience Contributor
There's a reason we have them, it turns out.
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How Do Space Rockets Work Without Air?
April 09, 2013, Elizabeth Howell, LiveScience Contributor
Isaac Newton's third law of motion provides the answer.
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What Is a Green Card?
April 08, 2013, Elizabeth Palermo, LiveScience Contributor
The coveted card gives permanent residents many privileges.
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Why Cats Hate Car Rides
March 29, 2013, Elizabeth Palermo, LiveScience Contributor
And what you can do about it.
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What's the Difference Between a Moth and a Butterfly?
March 29, 2013, Joseph Castro, LiveScience Contributor
Though related, there are key differences between them.
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Why Do Cats Bring Home Dead Animals?
March 29, 2013, Elizabeth Palermo, LiveScience Contributor
Thanks, but I already have enough dead mice.
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Where is the Suicide Belt?
March 29, 2013, Joseph Castro, LiveScience Contributor
Suicide is a leading cause of death here.
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Why Are There No Purple or Green Stars?
March 29, 2013, Elizabeth Howell, LiveScience Contributor
Red, blue, yellow and white stars twinkle overhead. So why no green or purple stars?
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What Is Nuclear Fusion?
March 29, 2013, Elizabeth Palermo, LiveScience Contributor
And how is nuclear fusion different from nuclear fission?
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What Is Narcolepsy?
March 28, 2013, Elizabeth Howell, LiveScience Contributor
The chronic condition can be tricky to manage.
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Who Invented the Mirror?
March 28, 2013, Joseph Castro, LiveScience Contributor
Vanity, thy name is thousands of years old.
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What Is the Stroke Belt?
March 27, 2013, Elizabeth Palermo, LiveScience Contributor
Living in the Stroke Belt has real health risks.
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What Is Fracking?
March 27, 2013, Marc Lallanilla, Assistant Editor
The controversial drilling technique has sparked a furious debate over safety.
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Can Dogs Have Narcolepsy?
March 26, 2013, Elizabeth Howell, LiveScience Contributor
And is the condition harmful?
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What Makes Water Hard?
March 25, 2013, Elizabeth Howell, LiveScience Contributor
Water hardness varies from region to region.
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What Causes a Red Tide?
March 11, 2013, Marc Lallanilla, Life's Little Mysteries Assistant Editor
The toxic algal blooms can kill marine animals - and humans.
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The Science Behind Aging
March 11, 2013, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
The human body is made of trillions of cells that constantly replicate.
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Meet Bartendro, a Bartending Robot
March 10, 2013, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
The robot can make a drink in less than 10 seconds, creators say.
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How and Why Cockroaches Clean Their Antennae
March 09, 2013, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
Cockroaches are known to be constant groomers.
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Rare Pacific Octopus Mates by Kissing
March 08, 2013, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
A rare Larger Pacific Striped Octopus has arrived at the California Academy of Sciences.
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Where Can Sinkholes Form?
March 07, 2013, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
Sinkholes often occur in areas of limestone bedrock.
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BigDog Robot Can Hurl Cinder Blocks Out of its Path
March 06, 2013, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
This robot is being developed for for the Army Research Laboratory's RCTA program.
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Locust Swarm Plagues Egypt
March 05, 2013, Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
There are estimated to be about 30 million locusts in a massive swarm.
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Look Up! The World's Tallest Building
March 04, 2013, Katharine Gammon, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor
It depends on how you define "building."
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