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Imagine if the only way for you to eat were to trek twenty-five miles on foot to a restaurant and then trek all the way back home afterwards. Imagine that this restaurant is a buffet, so you can't carry anything home in a doggie bag--you carry only w
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What makes the sun shine? For a lot of folks, this is the kind of thing that doesn't even require explanation: it just does. But just being a commonplace phenomenon in no way explains it. Something must cause the sun to shine. And, in fact, there is
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When you have an itch, you scratch it. What could be more simple than that? Scratching itches is one of our most basic instincts, one which we share with many other animals. Have you ever stopped to wonder, mid-scratch, exactly why scratching is so e
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The star, Will Smith, is sprawled on a Los Angeles bench. Dirty, disheveled, in full distressed costume and character, he looks lost and alone, much like the bums in every city that go unnoticed. But there's no ignoring Hancock, who has amazing power
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The signs are unmistakable: the eyes water, the chest heaves, the nose twitches, the body tenses, suspense builds... until finally a sneeze blasts forth, concluding the drama. It's a momentarily paralyzing experience that can seize one at almost any
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Dear Annie: Three years ago, I found out my husband was embezzling funds from our joint accounts and then hiding the money in another account. I discovered it when my kids' school called and told me we were four months behind on tuition. When I confr
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Sometimes people write to us here at Moment of Science to complain that all we ever talk about are quasars or neutrinos or something. Where's the useful stuff? Well, here's something for you practically-minded listeners. Anybody who has a baby knows
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Dear Annie: My adult son, Nick, has been hospitalized more than a dozen times and treated in emergency rooms nearly 100 times over the past 18 years. He has shot himself, stabbed himself in the liver (both accidental) and has had innumerable bouts of
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Yael is worried about having enough air to breathe, but Don sets her mind at ease. Y: Oh great! This weekend I have to go to another family reunion, where I'll be sharing a room with my seven-foot-tall body-building cousin Bertha. She's nice enough,
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It's two in the morning, and like most people you're fast asleep. But then your eyes pop open and your three year old is standing there, tugging her ear and saying, Mommy, my ear hurts. If you're a parent with a young child, this scenario is probably
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Dear Annie: Please settle a dispute between my husband and me. Several weeks ago, I surprised him with a 50th birthday party. It was very low-key and in our backyard. Several of his friends gave him gifts. I handed him the addresses and thank-you not
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John Woo ventures into new territory with the famous Battle of Red Cliff tale, and though his debut in the genre is flawed, he manages to reign in the epic narrative with both action-packed choreography and humble reverence for his characters. It's 2
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David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson have returned as former FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully. The X-Files: I Want to Believe is a taut, well-acted, thoughtfully organized, not very scary, not very hard to figure out serial-killer mystery. The pa
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On this Moment of Science Ya?l and Don discuss how parenting affects the brain. Ya?l : On today's Moment of Science--wait a sec, Don, do you mind if I call home real quick? Don: Now? In the middle of the show? Y: Well, I'm worried about the baby. I j
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A report from the Jing Chuan Child Safety Foundation reveals that Taiwanese children are three times more likely to drown than Australian children. The director of the foundation called on schools and parents to make swimming and water education a pr
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According to the famous song, American is beautiful for its spacious skies, purple mountains, and amber waves of grain. If you were to make a music video based on these lyrics you'd probably want mid to late summer images of fruit-laden trees and fie
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Mike: Hey, Amanda, have you heard of the new online computer game? It's called Skullfire and it's all the rage right now! Amanda: Actually, I have heard of it. Isn't that the game where you go around and just shoot people? It seems like a pretty poin
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Don has some pretty disgusting information for Ya?l on this Moment of Science. D: Today, it's time once again for another Gross Fact of the Month. Y: Uh oh! I hope no one's eating! D: Okay, ready? In a recent study of people passing through major U.S
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The word hectic is unknown on the East Frisian islands off the northern coast of Germany and that applies to the cosy isle of Spiekeroog. Guests that came here in 1846 described it as less noisy and luxurious than the other six islands. At first glan
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Our development of larger brains had much to do with our evolution as a species. But the question is, what fueled the development of those larger brains? The most popular theory among anthropologists is that we switched to an omnivorous diet. Our anc
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