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Are Humans The Only Hygienic Species? 

There are several animals in the world that practice clean living either by removing parasites, grooming or other methods. But does that make them a hygienic species?

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In The Wild, Cleanliness Is A Survival Skill

A Natural History Of Hygiene

Insights Into Infectious Diseases In The Era Of Hippocrates

Hair Comb Decorated With Rows of Wild Animals

How The Black Death Worked

Evolution Of Personal Hygiene

A Brief History Of Bathing: The Importance Of Hygiene, From Ancient Rome’s Sophisticated Showers To The Modern Day

Why Do Americans Cherish Cleanliess? Look to War and Advertising

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Why Do We Have Blood? 

Blood is that red liquid that flows through your body and each of us have about 9 - 12 pints in us on average. But what does it do for your body and what is it made of exactly?

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Blood Facts And Statistics

Sickle Cell Anemia

What Are White Blood Cells?

Basophils

CD4 Count (Or T-Cell Count)

Innate Immunity: The First Line Of Defence

Blood Basics

Understanding How Blood Works

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The Unseen Dangers Of Blood Diseases 

When there is an abnormality in your blood, some extreme things can take place in your body. What kinds of things can go wrong and what disorders and diseases stem from those?

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Blood Disorders

Anemia

Blood Clotting

Venous Thromboembolism (Blood Clots)

Embolism

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How Humans Accelerated Extinction By 1,000X

We may currently well be in the midst of a 6th mass extinction but how much of species loss can be attributed to humans and their endeavors?

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Are We In The Midst Of A Mass Extinction?

Extinction

Background Extinction

Current Extinction Rate 10 Times Worse Than Previously Thought

How many species on Earth? About 8.7 million, new estimate says

Estimating the normal background rate of species extinction

Extinctions during human era worse than thought

Humans Caused 322 Animal Extinctions in Past 500 Years

Extinction debt suggests endangered species are doomed

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WTF IS INVISIBLE SPACE FIRE?

In space there are fires that science refers to as "cool flames". These flames burn a slightly lower temperatures than normal flames here on Earth and are almost invisible.

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What Is Microgravity?

Here's What Happens When You Light a Fire in Space

An Old Theory Goes up in Cool Flames

Fire on Russian Space Station Doused, but Raises Concern

Methanol CH4O

Methanol in Racing

World's Oldest Fire Has Been Burning for 5,500 Years

Deep Underground, Miles of Hidden Wildfires Rage

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The Science Of Fighting Fires

2015 was the 7th year that more than 8 million acres of land was burned in U.S. wildfires since 1960. The other years? 2004, 2011, 2007, 2006, 2005 and 2004.

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Wildfires have now burned a massive 8 million acres across the U.S.

Why Big, Intense Wildfires Are the New Normal

Fuel and Fire Breaks

A Mathematical Model For Predicting Fire Spread In Wildland Fuels

The Rothermel Fire-Spread Model

Modern Residential Fires

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What Happens To Your Skin When It Burns?

Why is it so painful to get a burn? What do the different levels of burns actually mean? And why do flames often times change color?

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What Happens After People Set Themselves On Fire?

Burns

Health Library: Burns

What’s The Chemistry Of Cooking?

Cooking and Chemical Changes

Flame Coloration By Element

Why do certain elements change color over a flame?

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What Exactly Is Fire?

Basically, fire is a chemical reaction that needs three things, which are referred to as “The Fire Triangle.” Those things are oxygen, fuel and heat.

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