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Elizabeth Debicki as Diana in "The Crown" (Netflix)

Buckingham Palace's "The Crown" worries

Alison Stine
Women's tampon with blue on the end (Getty Images/Петр Ткаченко)

Women don't bleed — or squirt — blue

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Conceptual image of coronavirus inside a test tube (Getty Images/Erlon Silva - TRI Digital)

BF.7: The next major COVID strain?

Troy Farah
Scanning electron micrograph of HIV particles infecting a human H9 T cell (Getty Images)

Viruses have a mind of their own

Ivan Erill - The Conversation
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Prince Philip (TOBIAS MENZIES) and Queen Elizabth II (OLIVIA COLMAN) in "The Crown" (Netflix)

Where does "The Crown" go from here?

Alison Stine
Businessman holding picture of happy face (Getty Images/Robert Daly)

The pursuit of happiness isn't working

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Sins of Our Mother (Netflix)

The true story behind "doomsday mom"

Joy Saha
AFM disease or acute flaccid myelitis medical concept as a neurologic condition representing enterovirus or polio virus, 3D illustration (Getty Images/wildpixel)

An old virus is causing trouble anew

Troy Farah
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HM Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh re-visit Broadlands, to mark their Diamond Wedding Anniversary on November 20, 2007. (Tim Graham/Getty Images)

So... is cousin marriage OK, or not?

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Peaches (Getty Images/lehcim)

Is there cyanide in my peach?

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Lea Michele as "Fanny Brice" in "Funny Girl" on Broadway at The August Wilson Theatre on September 6, 2022 in New York City. (Bruce Glikas/WireImage/Getty Images)

Why one Lea Michele rumor won't die

Alison Stine
Rain is falling in a wooden barrel (Getty Images/BiancaGrueneberg)

How safe is it to drink rainwater?

Ian Cousins, Bo Sha - The Conversation
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Gemma Chan, Harry Styles, Sydney Chandler, director Olivia Wilde, Chris Pine, Florence Pugh and Nick Kroll attend the "Don't Worry Darling" red carpet at the 79th Venice International Film Festival on September 05, 2022 in Venice, Italy. (Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images)

All our worries for Don't Worry Darling

Alison Stine
(Rocky Luten / Food52)

Chianti and the black rooster, explained

Andrew Triska - Food52
(Julia Gartland / Food52)

How to freeze bananas so they don't rot

Phoebe Fry - Food52
Cases of bottled water are handed out at a Mississippi Rapid Response Coalition distribution site on August 31, 2022 in Jackson, Mississippi. (Brad Vest/Getty Images)

Why the GOP makes Jackson suffer

Areeba Shah
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Teenage boy sleeping in the library (Getty Images/Mayur Kakade)

Climate change makes it too hot to think

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Manti Te'o in "Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist" (Photo Courtesy of Netflix)

Manti Te'o girlfriend hoax & aftermath

Joy Saha
American bourbon whiskey in glasses and bottle (Getty Images/5PH/500px)

Why is corn so important to bourbon?

Ashlie D. Stevens
I Just Killed My Dad (Courtesy of Netflix)

The "I Just Killed My Dad" true story

Joy Saha
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Maria Bakalova, Amandla Stenberg, Myha’la Herrold and Rachel Sennott in "Bodies Bodies Bodies" (Gwen Capistran/A24)

Who's the "Bodies Bodies Bodies" killer?

Natalie Zamora - Hidden Remote
(Getty/Totojang)

How to destroy a forever chemical

A. Daniel Jones, Hui Li - The Conversation
(Rocky Luten / Food52)

Why olive oil is so expensive right now

Kelly Vaughan - Food52
(Julia Gartland / Food52)

5 laundry mistakes and how to fix them

Camryn Rabideau - Food52
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