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Strange Science News

STRANGE SCIENCE NEWS I love strange science and strange science facts, especially when they make it into recent headlines of strange science news! So this post is a smorgasbord of three strange science discoveries that I think you’ll find intriguing!  I apologize about the hiatus but things have been in flux with us. Taking a

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Attack of The Alien Invaders

Attack of the alien invaders? Aliens are among us. Invasive alien species are a threat to human health and to every ecosystem on our planet. Sound like hyperbole? It’s not. 

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Why Are Rare Earth Metals Important?

Why are rare earth metals important? What are rare earth metals? The uses for rare earth metals are as diverse as they are important! Let’s take a look.

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Top 10 Winter Skin Care Tips

 Since I am experiencing dry, itchy winter skin,  I needed a top 10 winter skin care tips list. I decided to investigate. And share my winter skin care tips with you! This information is relevant if you have skin, no matter where you live. WINTER SKIN CARE TIPS If you live anywhere that experiences winter

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New Mammal Discovery

A new mammal discovery? Yes, it’s official. The scientific community put a seal of approval on a new deep sea mammal. Deep sea mammals are a challenge to find, let alone study. Especially this new mammal species because it  spends time 6,000 feet under the ocean! DEEP SEA MAMMALS I’m excited but Louie was not,

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How To Discover A New Species

I’ve written several posts about new species of animals. It made me wonder how difficult it would be to find a new species! Where would we even begin? So I decided to investigate exactly how to discover a new species.

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Deadliest Poisons In History

If you want to kill a person, you can shoot a gun or throw a rock. But if craft and cleverness are your forte, poison is another option. Deadliest Poisons in History has the makings of a Netflix series, but I’m condensing into a cool blog post instead!

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10 Great Scientists and Their Discoveries

Instead of looking back at 2020, (ugh) let’s gaze further back. Since this is science blog, I’m giving a nod to 10 great scientists and their discoveries. Many of these scientists had messy lives. Many of the discoveries were accidental. Most of them are dead.

That means they can’t refute the gossip I’m about to throw around about them! Let’s take a peek…

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New Species Alert : Octopus!

Whenever I see an article about a new species, it’s usually about some bacteria or slug. Not that they don’t deserve a spot in the ecosystem, but slugs are not exciting. Octopuses are!

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Legend of Tea And How It Came To Be

What is the legend of tea & how it came to be? Tea is the most consumed beverage on our planet, after water.

Let’s take a look a the world’s most popular drink!

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