What If You Could Sniff Like a Shark? Check the Claims
A coconut crab cannot slice through sheets of metal. It can crush a coconut, which is more impressive and happens to be real, and that gap between the two is...
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Wishypoofs and Hiccups: One Case Is Not Evidence
Pip turns up changed and is as surprised about it as anybody else. One odd thing is a story. Two odd things are the beginning of an answer, and that...
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Unicorns and Germs: A Problem That Grows on Its Own
A broken leg does not get worse while you sleep. An infection does. That difference is the hinge this whole book turns on, and it is one of the most...
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The Pod and the Bog: The Answer Is in the Habitat
You have killed a houseplant. So has everyone, and the reason is almost never neglect. This small book about a glowing seed pod gets closer to the real reason than...
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Monsters and Mold: The Trouble With Being Sure
The publisher's own copy says Zoey is sure it will be a simple fix, and then says her first two tries fail. Those two sentences sitting next to each other...
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Merhorses and Bubbles: What a Fish Actually Breathes
Ask most adults what a fish breathes and they will say water, or say oxygen and mean the oxygen inside the water molecule. Both are wrong, and the right answer...
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