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Why Is It So Funny Watching People Fall Over? Find Out More In Issue 50 Of CURIOUS – Out NowThe cover story of Curious issue 50: Why is it so funny watching people fall over?

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Why Is It So Funny Watching People Fall Over? Find Out More In Issue 50 Of CURIOUS – Out NowThe cover story of Curious issue 50: Why is it so funny watching people fall over?
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Why Is It So Funny Watching People Fall Over? Find Out More In Issue 50 Of CURIOUS – Out Now

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The World’s Most Intelligent Octopuses Have A Molecular Quirk That Could Help Explain How Their Brains Increase 100-Fold In Their Lifetimesa coconut octopus uses a shell for camouflage/shelter

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The World’s Most Intelligent Octopuses Have A Molecular Quirk That Could Help Explain How Their Brains Increase 100-Fold In Their Lifetimesa coconut octopus uses a shell for camouflage/shelter
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The World’s Most Intelligent Octopuses Have A Molecular Quirk That Could Help Explain How Their Brains Increase 100-Fold In Their Lifetimes

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These Stick Insects Haven’t Had Sex For Over 1 Million Years, The Longest Known Dry Spell Of Any InsectA bright green Timema stick insect blending in on some green leaves.

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These Stick Insects Haven’t Had Sex For Over 1 Million Years, The Longest Known Dry Spell Of Any InsectA bright green Timema stick insect blending in on some green leaves.
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These Stick Insects Haven’t Had Sex For Over 1 Million Years, The Longest Known Dry Spell Of Any Insect

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Step Back In Time 165 Million Years, Relax, And Listen To The Sounds Of An Ancient Jurassic ForestA forest landscape with the sun coming through the trees shining on a small fern.

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Step Back In Time 165 Million Years, Relax, And Listen To The Sounds Of An Ancient Jurassic ForestA forest landscape with the sun coming through the trees shining on a small fern.
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Step Back In Time 165 Million Years, Relax, And Listen To The Sounds Of An Ancient Jurassic Forest

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Shark Graveyard Discovered In The Desert Shows How Much The World Has Radically Changed In 100 Million YearsWestern Desert of Egypt

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Shark Graveyard Discovered In The Desert Shows How Much The World Has Radically Changed In 100 Million YearsWestern Desert of Egypt
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Shark Graveyard Discovered In The Desert Shows How Much The World Has Radically Changed In 100 Million Years

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Mantis Shrimp Are The Only Known Animals To See This Kind Of Light, And They Use It To Send Secret Signals Without Alerting Predatorsa mantis shrimp sits in among some rocks, it is very colorful with giant eyes

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Mantis Shrimp Are The Only Known Animals To See This Kind Of Light, And They Use It To Send Secret Signals Without Alerting Predatorsa mantis shrimp sits in among some rocks, it is very colorful with giant eyes
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Mantis Shrimp Are The Only Known Animals To See This Kind Of Light, And They Use It To Send Secret Signals Without Alerting Predators

clock-iconAugust 21, 2026

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Crocodile Ancestors Were Once Warm-Blooded But Re-Evolved Cold-Bloodedness To Suit Their Sinister Lifestyleocodile lies on the ocean floor, mouth partially ajar,

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Crocodile Ancestors Were Once Warm-Blooded But Re-Evolved Cold-Bloodedness To Suit Their Sinister Lifestyleocodile lies on the ocean floor, mouth partially ajar,
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Crocodile Ancestors Were Once Warm-Blooded But Re-Evolved Cold-Bloodedness To Suit Their Sinister Lifestyle

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Clams Have “Teeth”, But Not In Their Mouths, And It’s How They Avoid A Shell-Based Overbitea giant clam on the seabed has lots of little blue dots lining the shell

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Clams Have “Teeth”, But Not In Their Mouths, And It’s How They Avoid A Shell-Based Overbitea giant clam on the seabed has lots of little blue dots lining the shell
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Clams Have “Teeth”, But Not In Their Mouths, And It’s How They Avoid A Shell-Based Overbite

clock-iconAugust 15, 2026

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Early Birds Might Have Used Their Thicc Thighs To Hop Away From Predators Before Taking FlightA artists reconstruction of the ancient dinosaur Archaeopteryx.

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Early Birds Might Have Used Their Thicc Thighs To Hop Away From Predators Before Taking FlightA artists reconstruction of the ancient dinosaur Archaeopteryx.
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Early Birds Might Have Used Their Thicc Thighs To Hop Away From Predators Before Taking Flight

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Incredibly Complete 30-Million-Year-Old Dog Fossil From The US Revealed To Have Been A Very Good BoyIllustration of prehistoric canid Mesocyon chasing prey.

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Incredibly Complete 30-Million-Year-Old Dog Fossil From The US Revealed To Have Been A Very Good BoyIllustration of prehistoric canid Mesocyon chasing prey.
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Incredibly Complete 30-Million-Year-Old Dog Fossil From The US Revealed To Have Been A Very Good Boy

clock-iconAugust 11, 2026

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How “A Little Bowel Movement” 540 Million Years Ago Sparked An Evolutionary Explosion, Changing The Face Of Earth Foreverlots of alien-looking complex life swimming in the ancient ocean

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How “A Little Bowel Movement” 540 Million Years Ago Sparked An Evolutionary Explosion, Changing The Face Of Earth Foreverlots of alien-looking complex life swimming in the ancient ocean
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How “A Little Bowel Movement” 540 Million Years Ago Sparked An Evolutionary Explosion, Changing The Face Of Earth Forever

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Do Animals Have Pets? Monkey Friendships With Squirrels, Pigs, And Dogs Could Explain Why We Love Our Animal Pals So Muchon the left is a tufted langur, it is stroking a squirrel splooted on the branch they're both sitting on

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Do Animals Have Pets? Monkey Friendships With Squirrels, Pigs, And Dogs Could Explain Why We Love Our Animal Pals So Muchon the left is a tufted langur, it is stroking a squirrel splooted on the branch they're both sitting on
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Do Animals Have Pets? Monkey Friendships With Squirrels, Pigs, And Dogs Could Explain Why We Love Our Animal Pals So Much

clock-iconJuly 31, 2026

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“Exceptionally” Preserved Cretaceous Snake Fossil Allows For The Reconstruction Of Its BrainAn artist's reconstruction of the new fossil snake showing it burrowing underground.

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“Exceptionally” Preserved Cretaceous Snake Fossil Allows For The Reconstruction Of Its BrainAn artist's reconstruction of the new fossil snake showing it burrowing underground.
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“Exceptionally” Preserved Cretaceous Snake Fossil Allows For The Reconstruction Of Its Brain

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Orcas Ram Sunfish So Hard They Explode “Into Thousands Of Pieces” And No, We’re Not Jokinga tryptic shows the orca swimming towards a dead sunfish being held by another orca, that orca lets go and the other one swims into it releasing lots of tissue, and in the final image there are flecks of sunfish everywhere as the orcas swim around casually

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Orcas Ram Sunfish So Hard They Explode “Into Thousands Of Pieces” And No, We’re Not Jokinga tryptic shows the orca swimming towards a dead sunfish being held by another orca, that orca lets go and the other one swims into it releasing lots of tissue, and in the final image there are flecks of sunfish everywhere as the orcas swim around casually
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Orcas Ram Sunfish So Hard They Explode “Into Thousands Of Pieces” And No, We’re Not Joking

clock-iconJuly 23, 2026
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Did The Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Cause The Evolution Of Tuna? It's Not As Simple As ThatA photo of a yellowfin tuna

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Did The Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Cause The Evolution Of Tuna? It's Not As Simple As ThatA photo of a yellowfin tuna
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Did The Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid Cause The Evolution Of Tuna? It's Not As Simple As That

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