New Research
Some Microbes Are So Resilient They Can Ride Hurricanes
By comparison, other lifeforms such as fungal spores and pollen don’t thrive nearly as well as the microbes, the survey found.
People Have Been Eating Curry for 4,500 Years
Thanks to new research methods and a pile of (very old) dirty dishes, archaeologists have discovered the very ancient origins of a globally popular cuisine.
First Signs of Life Found in Antarctica’s Subglacial Lakes
Preliminary tests from subglacial Lake Willard have shown signs of life
Why Do Cute Animals Make Us Want to Squeeze Their Little Brains Out?
Sometimes, we just can't handle all of that joy
After Eleven Years, the DSM-5 Is Finally Finished
After eleven years, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) has updated the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)
Twitter Can Help Track Outbreaks of Disease
Next time you have a cold or feel the first malarial chill hit your bones, consider doing the world a favor and tweeting those symptoms out
Leave No Dolphin Behind: Dolphin Pod Carries Injured Member Until She Stops Breathing
Watch these dolphins try to save their injured friend
Faithful Monkeys Make More Babies
When owl monkeys break up the mate that takes up with "the other partner" produces fewer offspring than faithful monkeys
There’s No Such Thing as Reading Silently to Yourself
Sitting in a corner reading silently - as you might be doing right now, for example - turns out to impossible
Quitting Smoking by Age Forty Limits Negative Health Effects
Quitting by 40 will stave off the lost decade a lifelong smoker should otherwise expect
Dogs May Have Evolved From the Wolves Who Liked Eating Trash the Most
There may be an evolutionary reason that your dog eats everything, including the trash
We Can Recognize Our Own Scent
Before this, it wasn't clear how people would react to their own smell or even whether they could recognize it.
Sweet Potato Genes Say Polynesians, Not Europeans, Spread the Tubers Across the Pacific
Sweet potato samples preserved in centuries-old herbariums indicate that Polynesian sailors introduced the yam across Southeast Asia and the Pacific
In Ancient Rome, Children’s Shoes Were a Status Symbol
From a trove of ancient Roman footwear, a rethinking of military life
We’re Better at Remembering Facebook Statuses Than Book Lines
Turns out, the average person is far more likely to remember a Facebook status than they are a painstakingly edited sentence from a book
Sea Cows Used To Walk on Land in Africa And Jamaica
Until now, paleontologists have drawn a blank on the evolutionary link between the manatee's African and Jamaican relatives
Leprosy Can Turn Nerve Cells Into Stem Cells
The scourge of biblical times could open up a new way of making stem cells in the lab
Black Carbon May Contribute Almost as Much as Carbon Dioxide to Global Warming
Black carbon's role in driving warming is much higher than previously thought
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