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Joshua Jackson as Christopher Duntsch in "Dr. Death" (Scott McDermott/Peacock)

The real story behind "Dr. Death"

Sandy C. - Hidden Remote
Serena Williams at Wimbledon 2021 (Adam Davy/PA Images via Getty Images)

Why do Wimbledon players wear all white?

Mental Floss - Mental Floss
Rick and Morty | Loki (Photo illustration by Salon/Adult Swim/Marvel Studios)

Do we live in a multiverse?

Matthew Rozsa
Wedding cake decorated with figures of two brides (GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP via Getty Images)

Platonic friends are saying "I do"

Nausica Palazzo - The Conversation
Paper illustration of human hands and coronavirus in a lab (Getty Images)

Why labs work with deadly viruses

Jerry Malayer - The Conversation
(Getty/Nils Jacobi)

Why do cats knead with their paws?

Julia Albright - The Conversation
Magnetic Vaccine concept (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Andrey Popov/Robin Olimb)

The "magnetic vaccine" conspiracy theory

Nicole Karlis
A volcano named Sapas Mons dominates this computer-generated view of the surface of Venus. (NASA/JP)

NASA returns to Venus

Paul K. Byrne - The Conversation
Balsamic vinegar over swordfish carpaccio (Getty Images)

Why this Italian condiment is so special

Michael La Corte
New covid-19 coronavirus mutation (Getty Images)

The major COVID-19 strains, explained

Nicole Karlis
Planet Venus (Albert Klein/Getty Images)

Why NASA just greenlit two Venus probes

Nicole Karlis
While it makes for a colorful analogy, comparing the brain to a muscle is inaccurate and misleading.

The neurological reason you say "um"

Adriel John Orena - Massive Science
Catfishing (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

How catfishers exploit basic neurology

Stacey Wood, Tessa Solomon Lane, Brian Keeley, Thomas Borowski
(Getty Images)

Scant evidence for "hidden tongue-ties"

Christina Szalinski - Undark
Repeated vials and syringes with covid-19 vaccine (Getty Images)

Pfizer vax approved for teens, preteens

Carmen Heredia Rodriguez - KFF Health News
Young woman looking nauseous with hand over mouth (Getty Images)

What is food poisoning anyway?

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Descartes' (1596-1650) idea of vision, [1692]. The passage of nervous impulses from the eye to the pineal gland and so to the muscles. From Rene Descartes' Opera Philosophica (Tractatus de homine), 1692. (Oxford Science Archive/Print Collector/Getty Images)

The mysteries of the pineal gland

Matthew Rozsa
Empty pews and stained glass windows in church (Getty Images/ Monashee Frantz)

Church attendance linked to COVID rates?

Ryan Burge - The Conversation
Humpback Whale parent and calf (Getty Images)

Whales face new and emerging threats

John R. Platt - The Revelator
Rhubarb (Getty Images)

Rhubarb is much more than a pie filling

Ashlie D. Stevens
Common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) (Piotr Krzeslak)

The worst moms in the animal kingdom

Matthew Rozsa

Why we call hit movies "blockbusters"

Michele Debczak - Mental Floss
Little pocket in jeans (Getty Images)

Why do some jeans have fake pockets?

Jake Rossen - Mental Floss
Senior couple on beach (Roger Wright/Getty Images)

Is there a limit to the human lifespan?

Nicole Karlis
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