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Why so many Americans are allergic to peanuts

What needs to happen before we can upload our brains to a computer

Why shark scales are so cool

Why it's okay to eat the brown part of an avocado

Why NASA won't send humans to Venus

Making these three lifestyle changes will help you take the best poop, according to science

What happens to animals during wildfires

Here's what would happen to life on Earth if the moon disappeared

Why hurricanes hardly ever hit Europe

What makes a firefly glow

How scientists are creating technology based on a beetle's exoskeleton that could help end water scarcity

Here's what happens when two hurricanes collide

Epidemiologists debunk the 14 biggest coronavirus myths

Animation shows how long it takes for trash to break down

The best dog breeds for apartment living

Here's what's at the bottom of the Great Blue Hole in Belize

Why United States NASA, China, and UAE are all going to Mars at the same time

You're probably the dirtiest thing in your home

6 months of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States, reviewed in 6 minutes

This animation shows just how big supermassive black holes can get

Why you're unlikely to see bright blue fireworks

We compared 13 veggie burgers and Burger King's Impossible Burger was the only one that stood out

How we know the COVID-19 coronavirus wasn't made in a lab

Should you dine indoors? An infectious-disease expert ranks the risks of everyday activities for COVID-19.

The special properties of spider silk and what science can learn from it

Hydroxychloroquine, what it is, and what it does to your body

Every challenge that would occur if humans tried to land on Saturn

Why NASA waited nearly a decade to send astronauts into space from the US

2 truths and a lie about the coronavirus about social distancing, mutations, and death rates

Why NASA spacesuits are white