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An inquiring student leads researchers to discover they've unknowingly held on to the world's oldest ribbon worm. This is the Story of B:
www.scientificamerican.com/article/meet...
Japan is renowned for their razor-sharp kitchen knives, and many ateliers trace their craft to samurai sword smithing roots.
www.history.com/articles/kat...
The Lion Dance is a quintessential Lunar New Year activity. In Malaysia, they've taken the tradition to new heights.
www.atlasobscura.com/articles/lio...
Two fins washing up in the North Pacific suggest orca-on-orca cannibalism. Scientists think that's why some orcas travel in big groups—for safety in numbers.
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In Aztec culture, axolotls represented transformation and duality. Quite fittingly—while one population of axolotls thrives as pets and lab animals, the wild ones face extinction in their native Mexico.
www.history.com/articles/axo...
With Valentine's around the corner, kisses be everywhere! The romantic smooch may be ubiquitous in Western culture, but many places around the world don't kiss and express affection in other ways. Here's the ancient origins of kissing:
www.history.com/articles/anc...
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Meet some of the troupes taking an ancient tradition to new heights.
Ribbon worms can grow to enormous lengths, and one named Baseodiscus the Eldest is showing how little we know about them—including how long they live
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Fins washing up in the North Pacific suggest that orcas from one subspecies are snacking on other orcas, and researchers think that may explain their different social dynamics
Happy Lunar New Year! For the Year of the Horse, we're celebrating equine science
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