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Learn how quickly previously trained muscles bounce back after inactivity; and how a black hole made a star explode.

Learn about a bacterial electric grid; traits females have evolved to avoid harassment; and why tea leaves sink.

Learn about why high school starts too early; why daydreaming might be a good sign; and finding life on Hycean planets.

Learn how to protect your pets from the chemicals in your home; and why resilience is a process, not a fixed trait.

Learn about the science of human-wildlife conflicts; and what you risk by believing that leisure is a waste of time.

Learn about how our metabolism changes; waking up on the wrong side of the bed; and painkillers as radiation dosimeters.

Robotics researcher Ruth Aylett explains why some people fear robots. Plus: how a sonata can reduce epilepsy seizures.

Learn why robots should look like cartoons; why more access to an opioid antidote doesn't make people think heroin is safe; and why dishwashers make knives less sharp.

Learn why you act irrationally when your freedom is threatened; why you spend more with your credit card than you do when you use cash; and how statisticians calculate the probability of dying from something.

Learn why the #NoMakeup movement actually drove more makeup sales; photosynthetic frogs; and why atoms don’t collapse.

Learn about whether you lose more heat through your head; red blood cells in immunity; and Venus’ non-existent oceans.

Learn about why scientists study “mystical experiences” in psychedelics; and precisely measuring a neutron’s lifetime.

Learn what the Perseverance Rover taught us about Mars’ Jezero Crater; and new exposure therapy using augmented reality.

Learn about crowdsourced fact checking; why humans and monkeys choke under pressure; and a mantis shrimp punching robot.

Learn about why mRNA vaccines are older than you think; and the scientific theories about why animals have white bellies.