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Jonathan Kirn/Getty Images Where You Live in the US Can Predict Which Dog Breeds You Love Most
America is obsessed with dogs. Not in a universal way, though.
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Handout/Handout/Getty Images All Those Little Red Dots in Space Might Be Young Black Holes
These black holes are buried inside thick cocoons of gas that hide most of the signals that astronomers typically use to identify them.
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Photo: Maskot / Getty Images This Is the Exact Age Being Single Starts to Tank Your Mental Health
Being lonely lowers your overall well-being. The longer you stay lonely, the worse your well-being becomes.
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Photo: thethomsn / Getty Images Plants Can Talk to Each Other When They Touch, and It Makes Them Stronger
Loner plants don’t fare as well, which is probably a good takeaway for us humans.
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Photo: Ирина Мещерякова / Getty Images Your Dog’s Poop Has an Unexpected Effect on the Insects That Eat It
Maybe your dog’s meds are doing too good a job?
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Photo: Cobalt88 / Getty Images Mars Wasn’t Always a Red Planet, It Used to Be Blue
The red planet had a massive ocean about 3 billion years ago, effectively making it blue, a lot like Earth is today.
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In awe at the size of this lad. Photo: Daniel Eskridge / Getty Images A Wolf Pup’s Last Meal Changed What We Know About Woolly Rhino Extinction
One of the last woolly rhinos was eaten by a wolf pup, which then also died.
