New Research
Do Babies Fake Cry?
Babies can be evil little creatures: they can even fake cry
We’ve Got 1.5 Billion Years Left With a Habitable Earth
And then we need to get off this rock
Don’t Give Your Kids and Pets Similar Sounding Names, Or You’ll Confuse Them
Your parents don't actually think you and your sibling are interchangeable
Grasshopper Gut Parasites Could Stop Ruinous Locust Swarms
The microbes confuse the chemical signals that tell pestilent locusts: swarm!
We Burn Just Half the Calories Other Mammals Do
Our slow metabolism helps explain why it takes us so long to grow up—and why we live such long lives
Ancient Walking Fish May Have Walked on All Fours
A fossilized pelvis shows the fish had functioning rear “legs”
One More Point for Coffee: It Might Boost Memory-Making Abilities
Research indicates that two cups of caffeine-laced coffee might enhance your ability to remember certain details
Francis Drake May Have Discovered Western Canada Hundreds of Years Earlier, Kept Quiet About It
The discovery of a 16th century coin is threatening the story of British Columbia's history
Kids Start Forgetting Early Childhood Around Age 7
Memories of that awesome zoo trip? Those first few birthday cakes? All gone
What's the Real Effect of "16 and Pregnant"?
Don’t make major life choices based on something you saw on TV
A Lesson from History: When Assembling an Army of War Elephants, Don’t Pick Inbred Ones
Even though African elephants usually trump Asian elephants for might and aggression, in 217 B.C. Ptolemy made the crucial mistake of choosing inbred ones
This Stone Age Mural Might Be the Oldest Map Ever
But before it can be crowned oldest map, archaeologists have to figure out whether it is a map at all
These Slave-Making Ants Use Stealth, Not Force, to Take Prisoners
Chemical camouflage allow these tiny ants to sneak past enemies' defenses and steal their babies
Washing Old Money Could Save Billions of Dollars
A simple carbon dioxide wash could clean human "sebum" off old money, making those bills good as new
The More Fires Firefighters Are Exposed to, the More Heat Resistant They Become
As firefighters are exposed to more and more fires, their bodies evolve a tolerance for those inhospitable environments
Emperor Penguins Have Some Tricks to Help Cope with Climate Change
Some penguin colonies live off the ice
This Drug Turns Back Time in Your Brain, Until, Like a Kid, You Can Learn New Skills
By increasing neural plasticity, this drug could open your mind to new abilities
Readability Scores on Kids' Books Are Bogus
Most books come with an indication of how hard they are, and those estimates are mostly wrong
The Dutch Nearly Beat James Cook to New Zealand
A shipwreck discovered off New Zealand dates to a time before Cook's arrival
Being the Victim of Racism Seems to Accelerate Aging
This study brings further evidence to the scientific belief that "social toxins" such as racism have a very real impact on people's lives and health
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