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What's Inside a Caterpillar 'Cocoon?'
When the time is right a caterpillar dissolves most of its interior leaving its skin to serve as a containment vessel known as a chrysalis. Then Imaginal disk cells go to work assembling a butterfly. Incredibly, the butterfly seems retain some memory of its caterpillar days.
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Sleep Experts Debunk 15 Sleep Myths
Many of the misconceptions about sleep are wishful thinking. If you believe and act on them you're hurting yourself and will pay the price in poor performance and health issues.
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ENT Doctors Debunk 11 Ear and Nose Myths: Debunked
If you are having ear discomfort there's a pretty good chance you caused it yourself. Here's how to avoid trouble. And if you are experiencing ear pain the cause may not be what you think. An otorhinolaryngologist can help resolved the problem.
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Paramedics Debunk 12 First Aid Myths: Debunked
When a friend or loved one is having a medical emergency you want to help them until professional help can arrived. But you also want to be sure to do the right thing them rather than make it worse. Here are some harmful treatments that you must avoid.
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Dietitians Debunk 10 Sugar Myths: Debunked
Sugar isn't intrinsically bad for you. In fact it's an essential nutrient. Too little or too much may lead to physiological effects or heath problems. So eat it in moderation keeping in mind it's may be hiding in some of the foods you eat.
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Hair Experts Debunk 15 Hair Myths: Debunked
Trichologist Anabel Kingsley and Dermatologist Camille Howard-Verovic share hair myths that are widely believed. They explain why these myth are false and the harm that acting on some of them may cause.
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Doctors Debunk 13 Caffeine Myths
Gastroenterologists Dr. Sophie Balzora and Dr. Ugo Iroku debunk 13 myths about caffeine. They explain what decaf really means, how much caffeine is too much, and if caffeine affects your heart. They also talk about whether caffeine is good for you - plus ways it can actually be beneficial to your health.
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How 4 Million Fossils Are Extracted from Tar at La Brea Tar Pits
Excavators at the La Brea Tar Pits and Museum work to dig up fossils of mammoths, dire wolves, giant sloths and more out of the ground. They clean and piece together the bones, and prepare them for research and museum collections. With 4 million specimens already in scientists' hands, why keep excavating after more than 100 years? The La Brea Tar Pits is one of the only paleontological sites on Earth that has preserved an entire ecosystem over time, from plants to camels to bugs. And every new fossil not only helps tell the story of the Los Angeles Basin over 50,000 years but also gives us clues about how current species, including humans, could weather climate change in the future. Insider Science went to the La Brea Tar Pits to see how specimens are discovered, cleaned, and pieced together to build a record of the last 50,000 years.
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Baskavígin

Baskavígin

June, 1615. After several months at sea, ploughing through the turbulent waters of the North Atlantic, three whaling vessels from San Sebastian land on the far north of frozen Iceland. There the scholar Jón Guðmundsson, Jón the Wise, has been expectantly awaiting the arrival of the Basques. Eighty-three weather-beaten sailors, captained by Martín de Villafranca, Pedro de Aguirre and Esteban de Tellería. Autumn arrives, and the Nordic cold brings with it famine and want, leading a young Icelandic man to rob a large piece of whale blubber from the whaling station. The act leads to a confrontation. Furthermore, just before the Basque crew sets out to return to San Sebastian, a huge storm sinks three of its ships, leaving the Basque men trapped on the island. Faced with the impossible task of surviving the frozen winter without suitable facilities, as well as local legislation that prevents them from staying on the island over winter, the 83 whalers spread out in vain to search for vessels in which to travel home. In the meantime, protected by King Christian IV's legislation, Ari Magnússon sees a chance to assert his authority and gain reputation, by leading the peasantry to capture and murder the Basques The time is now right to explore this intrepid adventure of extreme survival, through the eyes of the erudite Jón Guðmundsson; the scholar who publicly denounced the death of his Basque friends and the biggest massacre in Iceland's history through his writings. An accusation he would pay for dearly, by being condemned to exile until his death.

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