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To answer this question, we’ll need to look at some different parts of the brain and what they do.
Hundreds of years ago, people spoke Old English – but it is very different to English today.
A researcher who studies ways to help students become better readers and writers describes how to create a homework habit using a loop: cue, routine, reward.
Some rocks will burn, and others will melt, depending on how they were formed and what minerals they contain.
Called your ‘inner voice,’ it develops along with your reading skills.
Unlike our toilets at home, plane toilets have to ‘suck’ the waste with a vacuum system. But don’t worry, it doesn’t get released into the air.
As they shape the Earth, volcanoes inspire and terrify humans.
Each rainbow is personal – the rainbow you see isn’t exactly the same rainbow the next person sees. It’s all in the eye of the beholder.
The Earth isn’t permanent, but it was here for four billion years before humans arrived and should be here for several billion more.
Even in death, a tree helps others live.
These members of the mollusk family may be slow, small and slimy, but they are an indispensable part of the ecosystem.
Sleep is one of the most important things we do.
Even fake guns can be dangerous if they are mistaken for real ones by the police or other armed adults.
Your experience of time is relative because it depends on motion – more specifically, your speed and acceleration.
It all starts with a cloud of gas and dust.
Almost everybody uses the internet just about every day. But do you really know what the internet is?
Humans generate a lot of trash, but there are cheaper and safer ways to handle it than loading it on rockets.
Before Swifties or the Beyhive, there were Byromaniacs – fans of the poet Lord Byron.
Play is so important for kids, but what about adults? Why don’t you usually see mum or dad swinging on the monkey bars at a playground?
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