New Research
How Many Birds Do Wind Turbines Really Kill?
The giant spinning turbines are basically bird death traps - and often they cut through prime flying space making the carnage even worse
Cut Down a Forest, Let It Grow Back, And Even 30 Years Later It’s Not the Same
In the tropics, secondary forests are often "ephemeral," succumbing to deforestation every 10 years or so and thus never able to fully recover
It’s Not That Hard to Make People Do Bad Things
How many people do you think you'd have to approach before you could convince one to tell a lie?
This Computer Algorithm Can Tell If You’re a Hipster
One day, they could help flash ads for single-speed bikes when you walk by
Playing an Instrument Won’t Make Your Kid Smarter
Music can, however, boost children's creativity and teach them important life skills such as discipline and concentration--but so can other hobbies
Allergies Can Be So Specific That a Person Can React to a Egg's Yolk But Not Its Whites
Food allergies can be quite specific, triggered by a single species rather than entire genre such as "seafood"
Imagining Eating Cookies Makes You Eat More Cookies
Even if you think a lot about eating fruit, it won't be enough to make you actually grab that apple
Desert Tortoises May Be Starving, Dehydrating And Dying Because of Climate Change
Those that hadn't succumbed to death by drought appeared to have been predated on by starving coyotes, which usually eat mammals
Hey Guys, What You Eat Affects Baby’s Health, Too
Men's habits and diets leading up to pregnancy can also affect the health of their babies
Mindlessly Snapping Photos at Museums Keeps People From Remembering the Actual Visit
People might use cameras as a crutch for returning to and remembering things later rather than paying attention to what is transpiring in the moment
There’s a New Greenhouse Gas to Worry About, And It’s 7,100 Times Stronger Than Carbon Dioxide
PFTBA is the most efficient greenhouse gas found, on a molecule-by-molecule basis
Can You Match These Skulls? Many Experts Can’t
Only 56 percent of forensic anthropologists can correctly pair up two images of the same skull when given two profile images
You Think It’s Cold Out? NASA Just Found the New Coldest Place on Earth
At -135.8 Fahrenheit, you definitely don't want to go here
Sharks Can Sense When Your Back Is Turned
New research suggests that sharks can sense where you can't see, and will approach just outside your field of vision
By Painting Their Markings, This Scientist Disrupted Birds' Social Structure
A few lines of black paint was all it took to destroy these Pūkekos' social standing
You Can Be Really Good at Certain Skills Without Having Any Idea How They Work
How well do you know the tools you use every day?
It's Relatively Easy to Spot Water Bottles in Airport Scanners; Guns, Not So Much
Researchers plan to examine whether the same tendencies to overlook uncommon items exist among trained TSA professionals, just as it does gamers
Without Nutrients From Conventional Farms, Yields of Organic Crops Could Go Down
Many of the nutrients flowing through organic farms still ultimately derive from conventional farms
Crocodiles Balance Twigs on Their Heads to Lure Nest-Building Birds
While crocodiles and alligators are stereotyped as "lethargic, stupid and boring," researchers say the reptiles are more cunning than they seem
Many Animals, Including the Platypus, Lost Their Stomachs
Not only did those animals toss their stomachs out with the evolutionary garbage, they burned the genetic instructions, too
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