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Curiosity in action. Happy Science covers discoveries, experiments, and breakthroughs that expand what we understand about the world, reported through the people doing the work and the real-world impact of what they find.

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Mark Rober: Mark Rober Built an 8-Part Ninja Warrior Course for the Squirrels Raiding His Bird Feeder

August 25, 2026

Mark Rober built an eight-obstacle Ninja Warrior course in his backyard after squirrels destroyed three

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Good News: Scientists Just Ruled Out the Worst-Case Climate Scenario, and That's Only the Start of August's Good News

August 25, 2026

Climate scientists just ruled out the worst-case warming scenario, and the same month brought 23

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Bloomberg Originals: The 'Godmother of AI' Is Done With Chatbots. Fei-Fei Li Is Building AI a World to Live In

August 25, 2026

Fei-Fei Li built the image catalog that sparked the modern AI revolution. Now she is

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August 23, 2026

On August 12, 1981, a small IBM team broke company rules, sourced parts from outside

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TED: A Five-Minute Walk Every Half Hour Cuts Blood Sugar Spikes by 60 Percent, Says Columbia Researcher Keith Diaz

August 22, 2026

Exercise scientist Keith Diaz found that a five-minute walk every 30 minutes cuts post-meal blood

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: Dancing Is the Only Exercise Shown to Lower Dementia Risk, and Here Is Why Your Brain Loves It

August 22, 2026

Dancing is the only physical leisure activity shown in research to lower the risk of

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August 21, 2026

Deepak Chopra sat down with Tony Robbins at an Ayurvedic center in Lancaster, Massachusetts, and

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David Epstein: Why David Bowie Outlasted Peter Frampton by 40 Years, According to Science

August 19, 2026

Peter Frampton and David Bowie came up in the same London rock scene, but only

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Veritasium: Spain's First Total Solar Eclipse in 100 Years Revealed Three Mysteries Scientists Still Can't Fully Explain

August 17, 2026

Burgos, Spain sat inside the moon's shadow for the first time in over a century,

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Red Bull: Felix Baumgartner Broke the Sound Barrier in Freefall and Almost Didn't Survive It

August 17, 2026

Felix Baumgartner broke the sound barrier in freefall from the edge of space, then survived

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LITTLE BIT BETTER: Dr. Joe Dispenza Says 7 Days of Meditation Can Rewire the Brain That Keeps Replaying Your Past

August 16, 2026

Dr. Joe Dispenza argues that by age 35, roughly 95% of who a person is

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: A Hydrogen Race Car Just Hit 406 MPH on the Bonneville Salt Flats and the Exhaust Was Just Water

August 16, 2026

A hydrogen-powered race car built by JCB and Williams Advanced Engineering hit 406.320 mph on

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