New Research
This Baby Rogue Planet Is Wandering the Universe All by Itself
This planet, six times bigger than Jupiter, is sailing through space just 80 light-years away
What Does “Unprecedented Climate” Mean?
Starting in just 30 years, the coldest year will still be hotter than any year in the past 150 years
Why Cheating Feels So Good
There are a lot of things that are wrong yet feel so right. Cheating, for some people, is one of them. And researchers are trying to figure out why
These Male Marsupials Put So Much Energy Into Mating, It Kills Them
Males with the largest testes, most fit sperm and longest endurance in the sack tended sired more offspring with promiscuous females
Read a Great Work of Literature, And You Could Understand Real People Better
Literary fiction presents a myriad of characters and leaves it up to the reader to piece together all of those takes on reality
Archaeologists Just Found Someone’s 4,000-Year-Old Brain
Boiled in its own juices by fire, this brain has been preserved for the past 4000 years
Centipede Venom Is a More Potent Pain Killer Than Morphine
Of the nine possible sodium ion channels the centipede venom could have affected, it happened to correspond with just the right one for numbing pain
People Are Just As Superficial About Robots’ Looks As They Are About Humans’
Depending on a person's age and the robot's job, people feel differently about what the robot should look like
257,000 Years Ago, a Hyena Ate Some Human Hair (And Probably the Rest of the Person, Too)
The brown hyena who originally planted the evidence most likely ate the person, though it could have scavenged on a dead body
Early Easter Islanders Ate Rats—Lots of Rats
Perhaps the lack of fish food even explains the orientation of Easter Island's famous statues, which face inwards toward the islanders' food source
Ballerinas’ Brains Are Desensitized to Dizziness
Dancers may reshape their brains with years or training, or people who have a natural ability not to fall over may be most likely to become pro ballerinas
When a Dam Turned a Forest Into Tiny Islands, Only Rats Were Happy
Although the rate of extinction the researchers observed is startling, it's unfortunately not surprising
Coastal Animals Have Two Internal Clocks, One for the Sun And One for the Tide
When researchers tamped with sea lice's internal clocks, the crustaceans were unruffled by the unwinding of their circadian cycles
Just Learning About Concussions Doesn’t Make Kids Report Them
How effective are concussion awareness programs at actually getting kids to report their symptoms?
Americans Check Their Emails Even When They’re Sick And on Vacation
A new study confirms what we all shamefully know: even when we're sick or on vacation, we check our emails
Sea Turtles Are Nesting in Record Numbers
Once pushed to endangerment, nesting sea turtle numbers are soaring
Chromosomes Aren’t Actually X Shaped
So much for all that memorizing you did in high school
Meet the First Creature Ever to Roll Up in a Ball for Self-Defense
A species of tiny trilobite has taken the ball-rolling champion lead by millions of years
Scientists Show That Naps Really Are the Best
You should nap before, and after, trying to learn anything
The Smell of Newborn Babies Triggers the Same Reward Centers as Drugs
When women catch the scent of a newborn baby, their dopamine pathways in a region of the brain associated with reward learning light up
Page 207 of 242