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Matt Soniak

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How a Deadly Camping Trip Revealed an Arms Race Between Snakes and Newts

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How a Deadly Camping Trip Revealed an Arms Race Between Snakes and Newts

Snakes' incredible resistance to newt poison started before either creature even existed.

By Matt Soniak
A tiger shark.

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How Did a Shark in a Sydney Aquarium End Up With a Human Arm?

It opened its mouth and a murder mystery came out.

By Matt Soniak
How a Gift from Schoolchildren Let the Soviets Spy on the U.S. for 7 Years

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How a Gift from Schoolchildren Let the Soviets Spy on the U.S. for 7 Years

Attention, ambassadors: inspect every present carefully.

By Matt Soniak
How One Cougar Can Plant 94,000 Seeds a Year

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How One Cougar Can Plant 94,000 Seeds a Year

The secret's in the scat.

By Matt Soniak
The Puff Adder Protects Itself From Predators By Being Unsmellable

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The Puff Adder Protects Itself From Predators By Being Unsmellable

The African snake doesn't seem to emit any scent at all.

By Matt Soniak
Scandinavia's Most Metal Sound Systems Are Made of Horse Skulls

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Scandinavia's Most Metal Sound Systems Are Made of Horse Skulls

By Matt Soniak
This 19th-Century Map Shows that Beaver Dams are Built to Last

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This 19th-Century Map Shows that Beaver Dams are Built to Last

By Matt Soniak
A glimpse of WWII Poland.

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How a Fake Typhus Epidemic Saved a Polish City From the Nazis

By Matt Soniak
What It Was Like To See A Volcano Being Born

What It Was Like To See A Volcano Being Born

By Matt Soniak

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