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What’s the best way to crack an egg? Physics has the answer.

Learning to crack an egg is a culinary rite of passage. Do it correctly, and the shell swiftly breaks, spilling the liquid…

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Do probiotics actually do anything?

The supplement aisles of most grocery stores and pharmacies in the United States are bursting with probiotics. These billions of bacteria…

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Peeing in the pool is actually really bad for you

Everyone pees in the pool. That’s the safe and well-informed assumption that many chemists studying the safety of public, chlorinated swimming…

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What actually causes body odor?

Body odor is a universal human experience. As such, we as a species put a lot of time, money, and effort…

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