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

Research Shows That True Fame Lasts Longer Than 15 Minutes

Contrary to the cliché, an analysis of news articles over the years shows that celebrity has lasting power
March 28, 2013 | By Joseph Stromberg

Rare Crane Gets a Prosthetic Leg, Joins Hoard of Amazing Animal Prosthesis Users

Animal prosthetics are far behind our human blades, but they're making strides
March 28, 2013 | By Rose Eveleth

Methane on the Breath Is an Indication of Obesity

Manipulating the gut microbes that cause obesity's smell may help researchers figure out ways to help patients lose weight
March 28, 2013 | By Rachel Nuwer

Fast-Melting Arctic Ice Caused Massive Spring Snowstorms

Record lows of Arctic sea ice also accounts for last year's unusually warm spring
March 28, 2013 | By Rachel Nuwer

Nobody Chews Like You Chew

There are a few things that are distinct to every person—her fingerprints, voice, particular way of walking, and, it turns out, the way she chews
March 27, 2013 | By Rose Eveleth

Richard III’s Relatives Threaten to Sue If His Exhumed Remains Aren’t Buried in York

Wherever Richard III winds up, the tourist buses will likely follow
March 27, 2013 | By Rachel Nuwer

Landslide “Quakes” Give Clues to the Location and Size of Debris Flows

Scientists can now quickly assess characteristics of a landslide soon after slopes fail, based on its seismic signature
March 27, 2013 | By Mohi Kumar

Oklahoma’s Biggest-Ever Earthquake Was Likely Man-Made

By injecting fluid deep underground, people may have caused Oklahoma's big 2011 earthquake
March 27, 2013 | By Colin Schultz

An Artist’s Ode to Plankton, Set to Puccini’s ‘La Boheme’

Instead of singing to Mimi, the poet Rodolfo serenades a giant stalks of human-sized plankton wrapped in plastic pollution
March 27, 2013 | By Rachel Nuwer

Night Owl And Early Bird Teens Think Differently

Night owls score higher than morning people on general intelligence, but morning people get better grades
March 26, 2013 | By Rachel Nuwer

Can A Brain Scan Predict Your Future Criminality?

Brain scans revealed which prisoners got picked up again after their release
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

The Myers-Briggs Personality Test Is Pretty Much Meaningless

Everybody relies on those four letters far more than they should
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

The Otherworldly Calm of Wolfgang Laib’s Glowing Beeswax Room

A German contemporary artist creates a meditative space—lined with beeswax—at the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C.
March 26, 2013 | By Megan Gambino

Tip of the Iceberg: Our Love-Hate Relationship With the Nation’s Blandest Vegetable

It's never been the most nutritious green at the grocers, but the versatile lettuce has a knack for sticking around on the dinner table
March 26, 2013 | By Twilight Greenaway

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

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