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Why Do We Get Déjà Vu?

August 11, 2026 · 5 min read

Imagine walking into a café you’ve never visited before when an unsettling feeling suddenly washes over you. The conversation at the next table, the arrangement of the furniture, even the way someone reaches for a coffee cup all seem strangely familiar. For a brief moment, you’re convinced you’ve lived through this exact scene before. Just […]

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Biology

The Shocking Truth About Cannibal Lizards

Did you know that some lizards in South America are not just hunters but also, well… lizard munchers? Yes, you read that right. These little reptiles have taken the phrase “you are what you eat” to a whole new level, sometimes turning on their own species—or even their own kind! Welcome to the bizarre world […]

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Biology

The Fish That Forgot Where Home Was

Picture this: You return to your childhood neighborhood, only to find that your old playground is now a parking lot. The trees you climbed? Gone. The pond where you skipped rocks? Paved over. Now, imagine this on an oceanic scale—except instead of people, it’s fish. That’s exactly what’s happened to New Zealand’s snapper. For centuries, […]

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Why Thousands of People Move Like a Giant, Invisible Vortex

Picture this: You’re at a massive festival, packed shoulder to shoulder with thousands of people. Suddenly, the crowd starts moving—not chaotically, but in a coordinated, eerie swirl. No one is directing it, yet somehow, everyone moves in sync. What’s going on? Are we all just mindless particles caught in a human tornado? It turns out, […]

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Next Week in Science, February 21, 2024

It’s discouraging, I know. Some colleagues over at the Tango 2 Foundation have provided a nice form letter to and link to help contact your representatives and tell them to use the power of the Legislative Branch to stop this freaking insanity. You can find your reps here: https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials Here’s a script, but please modify […]

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Biology

The Cannibal Bees: How Honey Bees Eat Their Own to Survive

Picture this: A thriving honey bee colony buzzing with life, queen bees laying thousands of eggs, and worker bees tirelessly tending to their larvae. But then—disaster strikes. The flowers dry up, pollen runs out, and suddenly, the colony faces a brutal choice. Starvation or… cannibalism? That’s right. When food gets scarce, worker bees do something […]

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Biology

Are We Living in a New Epoch? Scientists Just Measured How Much We Know

Picture this: A future geologist cracks open the Earth’s crust and finds layers of plastic, radioactive isotopes from nuclear tests, and chicken bones—yes, chicken bones—fossilized into the rock. Welcome to the Anthropocene, a proposed new epoch where human activity has become the defining force shaping the planet. But here’s the real question: How many of […]

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