New Research
Dead Male Guppies Can Make Babies
Female Trinidadian guppies store sperm from males that they mated with and use it to make babies long after the males they mated with died
Female Squid Use Sperm for Both Reproducing And Snacking
Females may even be eating sperm from unattractive males and fertilizing their eggs with sperm from their favorite mates.
An Extinct Frog Reappears in Israel
In addition to coming back from extinction, the amphibian also represents the only living species of a unique class of frogs
Human Ancestors Grazed on Grass
Around 4 million years ago, our ancestors' diets were about 90 percent fruit and leaves, but suddenly incorporated grasses 500,000 years later
The Killer El Reno Tornado Was the Widest Tornado Ever
The El Reno tornado that hit the Oklahoma City suburb last Friday was the widest tornado ever seen
Pheromones From Man Sweat Makes Guys More Cooperative
The higher a man's testosterone levels, the greater his generosity after sniffing the pheromone
The First French Winemakers Learned Everything They Knew From Etruscans
New research pins the arrival of wine making in France to around 525 B.C.
Some People’s Feet Are More Ape-Like Than Others’
One in about 13 people have more floppy feet, pointing toward a bone structure more akin to that found in fossils of 2 million-year-old human ancestors
This Is an Actual Photo of a Planet in Another Solar System
This is a planet, 300 light years away, as seen through the Very Large Telescope
For the First Time, See What the Most Basic Chemistry Actually Looks Like
For the first time scientists used a microscope to see a chemical reaction
If You Have a Medical Emergency on a Plane, Chances Are a Fellow Passenger Will Treat You
Only 0.3 percent of people who have a medical emergency on a plane die mid-flight or shortly after landing
The Ancient Egyptians Had Iron Because They Harvested Fallen Meteors
Modern chemical analysis confirms that ancient Egyptians used iron from meteorites
Scientists Just Found a Woolly Mammoth That Still Had Liquid Blood
From a frozen Siberian island, a well-preserved mammoth and some liquid mammoth blood
What Happened to the Stromatolites, the Most Ancient Visible Lifeforms on Earth?
Stromatolites, or living layerd rocks, turned into thrombolites, or clotted stones, after a unicellular take-over
Stiffening Arteries May Be at the Heart of ‘Senior Moments’
Stiffening arteries could cause bleeding in the brain
The Gruesome ‘Atlas of Vertebrate Decay’ Does Have a Practical Purpose
Some of the earliest ancient vertebrates were too squishy to leave easily identifiable remains that lasted through millennia, so researchers are creating a rot look-book
New Zealand Is in the Midst of a Five-Month-Long Earthquake
It's a magnitude 7 earthquake, and it's been rocking New Zealand's capital since January
We Fall Back on Habits, Good or Bad, When Stressed
Setting up healthy new habits, not controlling your behavior when stressed, may be the more effective way to cut back on eating or spending sprees
How Two Retirees’ Amateur Archaeology Helped Throw Our View of Human History Into Turmoil
Through decades of excavation near their cottage Anton and Maria Chobot unearthed artifacts of the Clovis people
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