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Your Allergies May Come From Your Ancestors' Sex With Neanderthals

In today's WTF science news, two separate studies suggest that modern allergies may stem from long ago human-Neanderthal sex. Thanks, Obama.

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Real Life Or Sci-Fi? Scientists Debate Alien Communication

As the great Billy Shakespeare once wrote, "To contact aliens, or not to contact aliens? That is the question." 

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Wimpy emporer penguins have nothing on their ice age brethren (Credit: ThinkStock)

Scientists Discover Fossils of Massive Ancient Penguins 

Antarctica recently yielded an extinct species of penguins that would have towered above the vast majority of humans. Shudder.

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Hey guys: Remember when Shark Week didn't involve a douchebag in a shark costume? (Credit: Discovery.com)

It's Official: Dumbed-Down Shark Week Has Jumped the Shark 

Once focused on revealing the actual world of sharks, Discovery Channel's hyped programming has become dumb, weird and fake.

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Are Y Chromosomes Ticking Time Bombs?

Scientists have long wondered if Y chromosomes can keep up with their robust X partners, or if maleness is in jeopardy.

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New Study Correlates Perceived Promiscuity with Financial Dependence

Researchers at Brunel University believe we're suffering from an evolutionary adaptive lag.

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Want to See the First Spider to Walk the Earth? Science Can Do That for You

See how it all began for the subject of our arachnophobia nightmares.

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UK Bans Creationism in the Classroom, Darwin Fist-Pumps His Way to Victory

Intelligent Design has been officially dubbed pseudoscience by our across-the-pond brethren. We're praying (sorry) that America follows suit.

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