New Research
Kids With Autism Can Read Emotions Through Body Language
A new study challenges the misconception that kids with the disorder lack empathy
This Robotic Insect Can Jump on Water
Why? Because it’s cool
Experimental Ebola Vaccine Gives 100 Percent Protection in Trial
An unusual trial design helped prove the vaccine safe and effective in less than a year
We Crave Comfort Food to Feel Less Alone
This is why you can't stop eating corndogs
These Super-Dense Galaxies Are Bursting With Stars
Life in these systems would have trouble starting, but the night skies would be spectacular to behold
Philae Proves There's More to Comets Than Dust and Ice
The lander found organic compounds on comet 67P
Could a Wind Turbine Be Coming to a Bridge Near You?
Engineers find, in a simulation, that two wind turbines mounted under a bridge in the Canary Islands could power hundreds of homes
Bully or Bystander? It Could Be in the Genes
New study says bullying may be nature, not nurture
This Plant Murders Bugs and Decorates Itself With Their Dead Bodies
Talk about a roundabout defense strategy
Go Ahead, Wise Guy: Sarcasm Makes People More Creative
It’s science, duh
Mystery Solved: Why Puddles Don't Go On Forever
The picture of proper puddle behavior had a few missing pieces
Hamsters Are Optimists When They Live in Comfy Cages
Pet hamsters that enjoy habitats full of toys and fluffy bedding make more upbeat decisions than those in stark enclosures
No One Knew This Plant Existed Until It Was Posted to Facebook
What's the emoji for "scientific discovery"?
There's Flowing Ice on Pluto
And maybe an underground ocean
Climate Change Might Break Carbon Dating
Fossil fuel emissions mess with the ratio of carbon isotopes in the atmosphere
Here’s How a Strange Phenomenon Called ‘Hair Ice’ Forms on Dead Trees
The white ice filaments look a lot like cotton candy
Who Were the First People to Eat Chickens?
A find in Israel shows evidence of chicken consumption from as early as 400 B.C.E.
Franklin’s Doomed Arctic Expedition Ended in Gruesome Cannibalism
New bone analysis suggests crew resorted to eating flesh, then marrow
Carbon Dating Reveals One of the Oldest Known Copies of the Quran
Manuscript fragments found in U.K. library were written between 568 and 645
Your Pupils May Expand When You Daydream
But researchers aren’t totally sure why or how the two are connected
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