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CHIMPS. ARE. RIPPED. But they aren't really all that strong as urban myths would have you believe.
Most waves form due to winds or tides, but tsunamis have a different cause altogether.
It's one of the most revolutionary theories in science.
It's literally in the middle of the ocean.
The Jabuticaba tree is unique for bearing fruit directly on its trunk and older branches.
Let's talk some mountains.
Genetic material from the fox-like canid was found alongside viral RNA in samples taken from Wuhan, China.
Spot the difference!
It's one of nature's many curiosities.
Plants aren't just for show.
It's big, it's smelly, it's unusual... and it's surprisingly fascinating.
Krakatoa is believed to be the loudest sound produced on the surface of the planet -- in human history, that is.
So that's unexpected!
Deep sea creatures are remarkably well adapted to their hellish environment. So why do we parade them as bizarre and weird?
Growing antlers on mice may help us regenerate tissues and even new limbs.
If you're not a fan of straight lines, you'll love Pi.
It was big and fearsome, but what other mysteries does T. Rex hide?
Imagining chemical elements as comic book heroes.
From marble blue to very, very brown.
Poor man's LSD... with a nasty twist.
They're actually more similar than you'd think.
It's easy to overlook duckweed, but this unassuming plant can grow incredibly fast.
These are the most important cave types that you need to know.
Over 70 years as humanity has begun to explore space, we have upon occasion, turned our gaze back to our own world, producing images that highlight our place in the vastness of space.
Dog color vision is rather dull but certainly not all black and white. That's an urban myth.
Oxidation is Loss, Reduction is Gain (of electrons).
They never fall but they pour.
Calling them 'fatter atoms' is considered rude.
Clouds come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. Each type can mean different weather conditions.
The truth is often more interesting than the myth.
A.k.a why our lakes are not completely frozen over and why your ice floats in your cocktail.
A lifelong debate surrounding the inner core's phased was finally settled by Swedish researchers.
The tale of how an old British cake influenced leading physicists.
When life gives you lemon sharks, make... science?
These simple shapes hide a lot of intrigue.
The time of the uu's is over!
Which one is your favorite?
It turns out you don't have to look further than gold jewelry to experience Einstein's relativity.
Unlike the speed of light, this one isn't constant.
Bacteria learned there's strength in numbers. These communities are called biofilms.
Megabyte, Gigabyte, Trilobite.
Rare or not, lobsters are intriguing enough to grab our attention.
It's a recipe that requires lots of dead plants, cooked at high pressure and temperature for millions of years.
One's always beneath the surface, the other is steaming outside.
So many different kinds!
Prime numbers are one of the most fascinating mysteries of mathematics, and the more we look at them, the weirder they get.
The mantle is a whopping 2,900 km (1,802 miles) thick, and it's by far the thickest layer of the Earth.
Osmosis -- the natural movement of water into a solution through a semipermeable membrane -- is central to all of biology.
Our world is a strange and awesome place - but some things are just hard to believe!