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A kayaker fought off an 8-foot great white shark with her paddle last month after it knocked her off the craft at one of Australia's most popular beaches. Linda Whitehurst, 52, was paddling her sea kayak near the eastern resort town of Byron Bay, abo
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Is lip balm addictive? That's the question Yael and Don discuss on this Moment of Science. Y: I am a lip balm addict. Sometimes I catch myself applying some of this stuff just ten minutes or so after applying it the last time. I don't even know I'm d
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Taiwanese people's English ability ranked 17th among the 20 countries with the most test-takers, according to statistics taken from 2006 test scores on the IELTS (International English Language Testing System). The average IELTS score in Taiwan lags
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The next time someone asks you how tall you are, keep in mind that your answer might depend on the time of day. You see, in the morning, when you wake up, you're taller than at night, when you go to bed. How can this be? Well, the spine is made of tw
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Don: [LAUGHING] And then, see, Moe pokes Curly right in the eye with a pool cue! Hilarious! Yael: [NOT LAUGHING] Sure. I guess. D: What? You don't like the Three Stooges?!? Y: To be honest, Don, not really. D: C'mon, Yael. What could be funnier than
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Researchers in Germany say that a cancer-fighting substance found in hops could be enhanced to brew a special anti-cancer beer. The discovery could lead to healthier beers and food supplements. The result could one day be that when you hold up a glas
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How big a stick would you need to measure the planet? A thousand miles long? A million? How about three feet? That ought to be enough to do it, as an ancient Alexandrian man named Eratosthenes figured out. Eratosthenes was a multi-talented man who li
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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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