✨🌈🪐 Videos & News Today • October 31, 2025

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Michael Cosentino
October 31st, 2025

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In today's science news: The random histories of modern medical technologies 🔬, the discovery of a smaller, faster T.rex 🦖, and how animals defend against toxins 🐸. Plus, more headlines after today's videos 👇

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✨🌈🪐 Today on TKSST

"Tawny Frogmouth chicks are really hard to describe; they kind of look like a dust bunny you might find behind the back of the couch..."

 

What makes certain brand names stick in our minds while others fade away? Why do some products sound luxurious while others sound light and airy, even before we know what they actually are?

 

🪐🧬🧠 Things we learned today

🔬 How basic research in hot springs, crystals, and lizards created modern medical technologies • Nature

🐒 Chimpanzees can revise their beliefs when presented with new evidence, suggesting rationality isn't uniquely human • Science Alert

💥 Astronomers discovered a star destined for a supernova explosion visible from Earth in daylight • SciTechDaily

🦖 Scientists confirm Nanotyrannus as a distinct species that was smaller and faster than its T. rex cousin • Popular Science

🐸 How animals evolved ingenious defenses against deadly toxins • Smithsonian Magazine

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