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7 Ways to Improve Your Online Dating Profile With the Power of Words

Last month, Wired did a study of dating profiles with the help of OkCupid and Match.com in order to assemble some tips on writing the perfect profile. Here are seven things they discovered from crunching the numbers on the words people use in their dating profiles.... READ ON

Science

Addictive Drugs That Are Actually Pesticides

Many plant-based drugs—such as caffeine, cocaine, nicotine and morphine—are all made for the exact same reason: to fight off insects. Why exactly do humans love ingesting insect repellent so much?... READ ON

Science

The High-Tech Exosuit That Takes Divers to 1000 Feet

It looks like something you'd wear to visit the Moon and Mars, but the Exosuit—on display at the American Museum of Natural History's Milstein Hall of Ocean Life through March 5—is actually built to explore another place that's largely alien to humans: The ocean.... READ ON

Weird Science

6 Weird Animal Phenomena Investigated by Science 

These animal kingdom oddities may seem like urban legends, but they all actually happened and had real-life scientists scratching their heads.... READ ON
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Expert Q&A: How Close Does Pompeii Reflect Reality?

Volcano expert Dr. Rosaly Lopes-Gautier sounds off on Hollywood’s latest disaster movie ... READ ON

Animals

Adorable Agoutis Have Good Reason to Go to Bed Early

For some animals, putting in extra hours can be deadly. ... READ ON

Science

10 Odd Early Interpretations of Dinosaurs

Many extinct creatures are so outside our familiar world that it’s not unexpected to produce completely wrong interpretations of these ancient beasts. But some representations of ancient creatures are more than just wrong—they’re straight up bizarre.... READ ON

History

Darwin's Beetle, Lost and Found

Animals

What Spitting Cobras are Aiming For

Make most cobras angry, and they’ll bite you and inject the bite with a dose of venom. Frighten or tick off a spitting cobra, though, and it will contract the muscles around its venom glands and “spit” it out through holes in the tips of its fangs. Right into your face. ... READ ON

Weird Science

"Parapsychologist" Finds Mental Disorders in the Dead

This is a little hard to report with a straight face, but it seems that some of the dead can’t rest in peace. In the Australian Journal of Parapsychology, a Brazilian researcher reports on his efforts to “narrate and analyze some psychological phenomena perceived in dead people.”... READ ON

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