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No no, you see, we *can't* change our Taco Bell habits now! Not until we're *at least* 66.
Possibly 83.
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Possibly 83.
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Your brain changes at 9, 32, 66, and 83
Brain scans of 3,802 people show how the brain’s structure changes at four major turning points.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:27 PM
No no, you see, we *can't* change our Taco Bell habits now! Not until we're *at least* 66.
Possibly 83.
www.popsci.com/health/brain...
Possibly 83.
www.popsci.com/health/brain...
Feel free to pull this one out of your back pocket the next time someone mouths off about the best "civilization."
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Indigenous women engineered energy-efficient baby carriers
The technology helped them while harvesting the vast majority of their community's food.
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November 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Feel free to pull this one out of your back pocket the next time someone mouths off about the best "civilization."
www.popsci.com/science/ingi...
www.popsci.com/science/ingi...
November 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Remember him? Shannon? The ancillary character voiced by Emo Philips?
...Anyone?
...Anyone?
November 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Remember him? Shannon? The ancillary character voiced by Emo Philips?
...Anyone?
...Anyone?
Why does this chameleon look like Shannon from the critically acclaimed, early 2000s cult classic cartoon series, Home Movies?
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No lie. The long-nosed Pinocchio chameleon is multiple species.
Biologists have finally solved the century-old reptilian mystery.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Why does this chameleon look like Shannon from the critically acclaimed, early 2000s cult classic cartoon series, Home Movies?
www.popsci.com/environment/...
www.popsci.com/environment/...
Why we get dark circles and eye bags
One’s temporary, the other is often built in.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
We don't know why there needed to be a study about this tbh
Everyone knows left hand is the DEVIL'S HAND
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Everyone knows left hand is the DEVIL'S HAND
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Why are most people right-handed?
A mix of biology, environment, and evolution helps explain our rightie-dominated world.
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November 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM
We don't know why there needed to be a study about this tbh
Everyone knows left hand is the DEVIL'S HAND
www.popsci.com/science/why-...
Everyone knows left hand is the DEVIL'S HAND
www.popsci.com/science/why-...
Hawaii’s short-finned pilot whales eat over 77,000 squid a year
Now, that's a lot of calamari.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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tfw your place of employment got RL Stein to help reboot their podcast
November 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
tfw your place of employment got RL Stein to help reboot their podcast
Hi Bluesky!
Guess what? Our podcast series "Ask Us Anything" has returned with not one, but TWO new episodes!
Still not sold? Well, what if we told you that we got a lil' up-and-coming author named RL STEIN to help kick things off?
Go ahead. You can be impressed.
open.spotify.com/episode/2UzX...
Guess what? Our podcast series "Ask Us Anything" has returned with not one, but TWO new episodes!
Still not sold? Well, what if we told you that we got a lil' up-and-coming author named RL STEIN to help kick things off?
Go ahead. You can be impressed.
open.spotify.com/episode/2UzX...
Why do we get goosebumps? Plus: RL Stine!
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November 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Hi Bluesky!
Guess what? Our podcast series "Ask Us Anything" has returned with not one, but TWO new episodes!
Still not sold? Well, what if we told you that we got a lil' up-and-coming author named RL STEIN to help kick things off?
Go ahead. You can be impressed.
open.spotify.com/episode/2UzX...
Guess what? Our podcast series "Ask Us Anything" has returned with not one, but TWO new episodes!
Still not sold? Well, what if we told you that we got a lil' up-and-coming author named RL STEIN to help kick things off?
Go ahead. You can be impressed.
open.spotify.com/episode/2UzX...
The ‘Farmer’s Almanac’ says goodbye after 208 years
The 2026 edition will be its last.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Sometimes learning a new fact about the universe can only be described using a classic Owen Wilson 'Wowww'
This is one of those times.
www.popsci.com/science/brig...
This is one of those times.
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Black hole unleashes brightest flare ever—brighter than 10 trillion suns
A supermassive black hole’s star snack lit up the cosmos like never before.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Sometimes learning a new fact about the universe can only be described using a classic Owen Wilson 'Wowww'
This is one of those times.
www.popsci.com/science/brig...
This is one of those times.
www.popsci.com/science/brig...
