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Why does slicing onions make you cry?
Here's why you may start tearing up while slicing an onion.
The rise and fall of the Great Library of Alexandria
The Great Library of Alexandria in Egypt was the most important repository of knowledge in the ancient world.
Vast 4,500-year-old network of 'funerary avenues' discovered...
Archaeologists in Saudi Arabia have discovered 4,500-year-old "funerary avenues" alongside thousands of pendant-shaped tombs.
Science and the scientific method: Definitions and examples
Science is a systematic and logical approach to discovering how things in the universe work.
What is a law in science?
A scientific law is the description of an observed phenomenon. It doesn't explain why the phenomenon exists or what causes it.
Huge Tonga underwater volcano eruption captured in stunning...
A powerful underwater volcano eruption in Tonga on Saturday (Jan. 15) was captured as it happened in stunning satellite images.
How to watch the 'Ice Moon' rise on Martin Luther King...
The first full moon of 2022 will rise at 6:48 p.m. EST on Monday (Jan. 17), which is also the day the U.S. observes the birthday of...
Rare octopus video shows 'once-in-a-lifetime encounter'
A mesmerizing new video of an elusive blanket octopus swimming above the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland, Australia shows a "once-in-a-lifetime...