Get Brilliant at And the first 200 to sign up for a premium account get 20% off every month! Human cloning has been a hot topic since the first mammal, Dolly the sheep, was cloned in 1996. And while no human clones have been made – that we know of – the research into cloning...
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From the most powerful royalty in history to an uncontacted village in New York State, we’re talking about some of the most inbred people of all time. The Blue Fugates of Kentucky were an isolated group of settlers who, through a rare recessive gene, developed blue skin. Due to...
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Japan’s JAXA is making headlines with a string of victories involving the smallest orbital rockets in the world, and asteroid landings and sample return missions. Let’s talk about what these guys are doing.
It’s not that uncommon to find glowing animals in nature, this is called bioluminescence. But can people do this as well? Turns out… Sort of.
In the 1800s, grave robbing was big business. Medical schools needed cadavers to teach anatomy and it was common for them to hire “resurrection men” to rob graves. And among grave robbers, Grandison Harris was the best.