Continents
Did Shakespeare Have Syphilis?
Shakespeare acquired an uncanny obsession with syphilis late in life, perhaps along with a few bacteria of his own
January 29, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Mongolia Is Turning Politicians’ Offices Into a Dinosaur Museum
Out with the old, in with the…even older.
January 28, 2013 |
By Lauren Kirchner
Iran Says It Sent This Traumatized-Looking Monkey to Space
Western nations fear the same technologies deployed in Iran's space program could be used to develop ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads
January 28, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Experimental ‘Alcoholism Vaccine’ Gives Drinkers an Instant Hangover
People who have been given the vaccine will experience an immediate hangover from even a drop of alcohol, making drinking such an unpleasant experience that they’ll be forced to abstain
January 28, 2013 |
By Lauren Kirchner
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
January 25, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Tapirs—South America’s Largest And Weirdest Mammal—Thrive in Secret Jungle Corridors
Good news for tapirs, the odd forest dwelling South American mammals that look something like a cross between a deer, pig and anteater
January 24, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
These Models Probably Never Thought They’d Be Shooting Fashion Photos With Whale Sharks
A journalist and a photographer juxtaposed beautiful women with whale sharks in order to raise awareness about the species' plight
January 23, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
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, rather than Spanish or Portuguese explorers, introduced the now-ubiquitous yam across Southeast Asia and the Pacific
January 23, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Ecuador, Land of Malaria, Iguanas, Mangoes and Mountains
The author leaves Peru behind and crosses into Ecuador, where he encounters his first sign of a mosquito
January 23, 2013 |
By Alastair Bland
Bag Full of Otters Recovered at Thai Airport
Eleven live otters turned up in a scanned bagged that someone had abandoned at the oversized luggage area of Bangkok's airport
January 23, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
In Europe, These People Wouldn’t Be Allowed To Drive
A recent study found that drivers with blind spots were more likely to hit pedestrians and less able to respond to hazardous situations
January 21, 2013 |
By Rose Eveleth
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
January 18, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
What to Eat—or Not—in Peru
The roving ceviche carts and meat grills are colorful pieces of street scenery, but eating a creamy cherimoya or a sweet and starchy lucuma could be the truest taste of Peru
January 17, 2013 |
By Alastair Bland
Brits Are Allowed To Insult Each Other Once More
For the past 27 years, it's been against the law for Brits to insult each other
January 16, 2013 |
By Colin Schultz
Braving the Pan-American Highway of Death
Along the roadway in Peru, hand-built memorials to accident victims occur almost as regularly as the kilometer markers themselves
January 15, 2013 |
By Alastair Bland
Romans Did All Sorts of Weird Things in The Public Baths—Like Getting Their Teeth Cleaned
For ancient Romans enjoying a day at the bathhouse, the list of items lost to drains includes jewelry, scalpels, teeth, needles and plates
January 14, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
One Man’s Seven-Year March Along Ancient Migration Routes
This past Sunday, journalist Paul Salopek began his walk from Ethiopia to Patagonia
January 11, 2013 |
By Colin Schultz
Flores Hobbits Were Sort of Like Humans, Sort of Like Chimps, Sort of Like Tolkien’s Fantasy Beings
Archaeologists are slowly bringing "the Hobbit Human" to light as new bones turn up
January 11, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
No Place Compares to the Unrelenting Lifelessness of Peru’s Sechura Desert
From the lush, tropical mountains, we descended into a landscape of flailing-armed cacti, spiny succulents like giant artichokes and sand dunes as high as mountains
January 10, 2013 |
By Alastair Bland
Gonorrhea Mutates Into Treatment-Resistant Superbug
The world may be at the brink of an epidemic of drug-resistent gonorrhea, though simply using condoms could save the day
January 09, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
