Biology
How Women May Have Shaped Men’s Penises
Whether women's preference is indeed solely responsible for driving the way penises look today remains an open-ended question, however
April 09, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
Climate Change Means More Adélie Penguins
Climate change seems to be giving an unexpected boost to this penguin species
April 08, 2013 |
By Colin Schultz
There Is Now a Hypothetical Species Named Shrewdinger Because of You
Last week, the public voted, and named a hypothetical placental ancestor Shrewdinger
April 08, 2013 |
By Rose Eveleth
Need to Build a Functioning Neuron?
In Minecraft, a player creates a functional neuron
April 04, 2013 |
By Colin Schultz
‘Altitude Sickness’ Might Actually Be Two Different Diseases
Something like 20% of people in the United States who travel to the mountains in the west report getting altitude sickness, but the symptoms might actually be from two different diseases
April 04, 2013 |
By Rose Eveleth
Celebrate Invasive Plant Pest and Disease Awareness Month By Reporting These Horrifying Species
April 1st marks the beginning of Invasive Plant Pest and Disease Awareness Month, but how does somebody celebrate?
April 04, 2013 |
By Rose Eveleth
One of Napoleon’s Generals Was More Interested in Gathering Beetles Than Fighting at Waterloo
When he died in 1845, Count Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean owned the largest personal beetle collection in the world
April 04, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
This Giant New Tarantula Has an Eight-Inch Leg Span
Say hello to Peocilotheria rajaei, Sri Lanka's most recently discovered giant spider.
April 03, 2013 |
By Colin Schultz
How Your Brain Reassures You That You’re Better Than Other People
The "superiority illusion" may depend on how connected certain parts of your brain are and how many dopamine receptors you have
April 03, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
There’s No Such Thing as a ‘Living Fossil’
Though Darwin coined the term 'living fossil,' if he were around today he'd probably agree that it's time to retire it
April 03, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
America May Be the World’s Top Exporter of Sperm
The United States may be the world's largest exporter of sperm
April 02, 2013 |
By Colin Schultz
Watch How Fast the Insane Snout of the Star-Nosed Mole Can Move
To many, the star nosed mole is alternatively horrifying and fascinating, but have you ever seen the little rodent's face in action?
April 02, 2013 |
By Rose Eveleth
What Is the BRAIN Initiative, Anyway?
The Obama administration hopes to do for brains what the Human Genome Project did for genetics
April 02, 2013 |
By Rachel Nuwer
This Sea Lion Can Keep Time With the Backstreet Boys
Ronan the sea lion can keep a beat, something sea lions weren't supposed to be able to do
April 02, 2013 |
By Colin Schultz
Michael Benson’s Awe-Inspiring Views of the Solar System
A photographer painstakingly pieces together raw data collected by spacecraft to produce color-perfect images of the Sun, planets and their many moons
April 02, 2013 |
By Megan Gambino
Stop Trying to Live Like a Caveman
Modern humans are doing it all wrong - they eat wrong, they run wrong, they work wrong, they get married wrong. But is the life of cave people really what we should be striving for?
April 01, 2013 |
By Rose Eveleth
People Who Never Apologize Are Probably Happier Than You
That childhood distaste for saying you're sorry hasn't gone away as an adult - not apologizing still makes us feel much better than apologizing does
April 01, 2013 |
By Rose Eveleth
What Can Bees Teach Us About Gang Warfare?
In Los Angeles, an anthropologist is using equations to teach police about how street gangs operate
April 2013 |
By Joseph Stromberg
This Microbe Isn’t Either Male or Female, It Has Seven Options to Choose Between
This little protozoa has seven different "mating types"
March 29, 2013 |
By Colin Schultz
Dinosaurs Have Feathers, Sure, But We May Have Got the Colors All Wrong
Dinosaurs had colorful plumage, but the palette may have been all wrong
March 28, 2013 |
By Colin Schultz
