Often, it feels like humans are one bunch of totally unpredictable beings. So finding out the answers to questions about our behavior requires some serious measures. Would we go mad if we read too ...

A fun experiment showing how a block of cheese interacts with a hot pan, highlighting melting behavior, texture, and the ...

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