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With Music, What You See Affects What You Hear
A flourish of the arm can seem to extend a note, even if the sound itself is exactly the same
March 26, 2013 |
By Colin Schultz
Are You Here on Earth Just to Make Babies?
If so, what does that really mean for what we do each day, our culture and our society?
March 26, 2013 |
By Rose Eveleth
After 195 Years, Georgia Is Still Complaining About Its Border With Tennessee
Georgia, again, wants to move its border a mile to the north
March 26, 2013 |
By Colin Schultz
Scientists Published Henrietta Lacks’ Genome Without the Consent of Her Family
Author Rebecca Skloot argues that society is not ready for full genetic disclosures of individuals
March 26, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Smuggler Caught With 10 Percent of an Entire Species
At the Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Thailand, authorities stopped a man with some turtles. Fifty-four ploughshare tortoises and twenty-one radiated tortoises, to be exact
March 26, 2013 |
By Rose Eveleth
The Count of Dead Pigs Pulled Out of Chinese Rivers Is Up to 16,000
Recent plagues of dead animals floating down China's rivers may be due to farmers evading heightened environmental regulations
March 25, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Italian Dictator Mussolini’s Secret Bunker Unearthed
Hidden beneath the Palazzo Venezia, Benito Mussolini's World War II bunker
March 25, 2013 |
By Colin Schultz
Tracing $1 Bills Across the United States Is a Surprisingly Useful Hobby
What started as a quirky hobby, has turned into a national bill hunt that's useful for all sorts of people - like physicists
March 25, 2013 |
By Rose Eveleth
Five-Year-Old Girl Discovers Fossil of Previously Unknown Pterosaur
A brand new pterosaur and a 300-million year old crab, the fossil finds of kids
March 25, 2013 |
By Colin Schultz
Obama Dedicates Five New National Monuments
Locals and environmentalists are happy about the decision, but others warn that the new monuments arrive just in time for the sequester's budget cuts
March 25, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Students Cheated Their Way to Quiz Bowl Wins
The school was just stripped of four quiz bowl championships, after evidence surfaced that some of its students might have sneaked a peak at the questions before hand
March 25, 2013 |
By Rose Eveleth
Events March 26-28: Student Sit-Ins, Environmental Art and Female Historical Perspectives
This week, re-enact an event that encouraged civil rights, turn water bottles into art and see American history through women's eyes
March 25, 2013 |
By Paul Bisceglio
It Snowed So Hard During This Soccer Game That Costa Rica Wants a Rematch With the U.S.
It was snowing so hard that they had to use a bright yellow ball to even see what was going on
March 25, 2013 |
By Rose Eveleth
Lockheed Martin Has Crazy-Fast Quantum Computers And Plans on Actually Using Them
The defense contractor will be the first company to use quantum computers on a commercial scale
March 22, 2013 |
By Colin Schultz
Physicists Use Ytterbium Ions to Make March Madness Picks
Even knowledgable fans aren't great at making predictions, so quantum physics may be the surest way to cash in on the madness
March 22, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
People in Israel Really Are Eating Swarming Locusts
While there are simply too many locusts to eat the swarm out of existence, Israelis who do tuck in can enjoy a healthy, kosher snack
March 22, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
The Secret to Olive Oil’s Anti-Alzheimer’s Powers
A natural substance found in olive oil called oleocanthal helps to block and destroy plaque build up in the brain that causes Alzheimer's
March 22, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Pediatricians Back Gay Marriage
The American Academy of Pediatrics says that allowing a child's parents to marry is good for kids
March 21, 2013 |
By Rose Eveleth
For Truck Drivers, Coffee May Save Lives
Drivers who drank caffeine-laden beverages were 63 percent less likely to crash than those who did not - even if they were more sleep deprived
March 21, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
An Apollo Rocket Engine Was Just Saved from the Bottom of the Atlantic
These booster rockets sent Apollo astronauts blasting to the Moon
March 21, 2013 |
By Colin Schultz
