Numbers Guy: Are our brains wired for math?: For years I’ve been telling people I’m "numbers dyslexic" because I can do math but misread the order of numbers outloud. I’ve never heard of “Dyscalculia” before, but my problem doesn’t seem to be a symptom.

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So What Really Is In A McDonald’s Chicken McNugget?: 56% Corn? Light fluid?

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The Diet Coke / Mentos video to end all videos

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Counterfeit Eggs in China: Artificial eggs, which look and taste like the real thing, but could cause dementia when consumed in large quanities.

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The 11-Year Quest to Create Disappearing Colored Bubbles: Chemical burns, ruined clothes, 11 years, half a million dollars—it’s not easy to improve the world’s most popular toy. Yet the success of one inventor’s quest to dye a simple soap bubble may change the way the world uses color.

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NYC: See How the Wind Blows: Scientists will release harmless gases in New York City subways and streets and track them to produce a computer model of air flow patterns that could help with evacuation plans after a bioterrorist attack.

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Super Water Kills Bugs Dead: But is harmless to humans and other animals.

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