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Why You'll Never See A Plane Fly Over Antarctica
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There's no place in the world like Antarctica. You'll find diverse wildlife, including emperor penguins, humpback whales, and elephant seals. The region is completely covered in snow, with massive icebergs, active volcanoes, and glaciers. While these sights are breathtaking, pilots rarely choose to fly their planes over Antarctica, and there are good reasons for that.
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Is An IQ Test Really An Accurate Measure Of Intelligence?
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Can you actually quantify a person's intelligence? It's a question that has consumed the minds of psychologists, educators, employers, and politicians alike, all with their own motives. Various methods of intelligence testing have been proposed, but none have gained more attention than the intelligence quotient, or IQ, test. IQ attempts to measure a person's intelligence relative to a specific sample group by administering a series of multiple choice tests and adding up the scores.
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One Major Obstacle With Time Travel Might Finally Be Solved
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Anyone who's seen "Back to the Future" should surely be familiar with the grandfather paradox. In the movie, Michael J. Fox's Marty McFly travels back in time only for a younger version of his own mother to fall for him. The film revolves around Marty trying to get the younger versions of his parents to fall in love again in order to secure his own existence in the future.
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Discoveries That Baffled Archeologists
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Studying the material remains of humans from prehistory through to the recent past, archeologists are committed to pursuing an understanding of the human civilizations and cultures that preceded the present day. Some of them even study animal or plant remains to learn more about Earth's natural history, extending into millions of years. To achieve this, they implement a range of technologies — such as carbon or radiometric dating, CT scanners, geographic information systems...
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7 Bizarre Species Of Humans That Went Extinct
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Modern human beings are the ultimate apex species, exerting dominance over our environment in a way that no other animal ever has. However, the other members of our species' lineage weren't nearly as successful. Homo sapiens are the last surviving members of the genus Homo, every other species within our genus having gone extinct no later than 40,000 years ago. Generations of paleoanthropologists have worked to uncover the identity of these other humans, but we still know fairly little about...
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The Bright Balls On Power Lines Save More Lives Than You Think
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Have you noticed brightly colored spherical objects affixed to some of the power lines overhead? There are several theories about these orbs. Are they meant to weigh down the lines in high winds? Or prevent lines from touching each other? Nope. They're for something far more dramatic.

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