Can Brain Scans Really Tell Us What Makes Something Beautiful?

Some scientists think we'll be able to define great art by analyzing our brains when we see or hear it. Critics say don't hold your breath
May 17, 2013 | By Randy Rieland

Two-Thirds of the World Still Hates Lefties

For 2/3 of the world's population, being born left handed is still met with distrust and stigma
May 17, 2013 | By Rose Eveleth

Solving Climbing’s Diversity Problem

Seventy-eight percent of the Americans who took part in activities outdoors last year were white
May 17, 2013 | By Rose Eveleth

Subway Is Just as Bad For You as McDonald’s

This ad for Subway sandwiches reminds you that, unlike their fast food competitors that sell burgers and fries and shakes, Subway is healthy. That seems obvious, since they’re selling sandwiches with lettuce on them while other places sell fattening burgers. But a new study suggests that in fact eating at Subway might be less healthy [...]
May 16, 2013 | By Rose Eveleth

Sheila E. On Her Glamorous Life, Upcoming Album and Future Collaborations

The diva on the drums, Sheila E. says she has no plans to slow down as she works on a solo album and autobiography
May 16, 2013 | By Leah Binkovitz

Doctors Used to Use Live African Frogs As Pregnancy Tests

Now, those former test subjects may be spreading the deadly amphibian chytrid fungus around the world
May 16, 2013 | By Rachel Nuwer

A Friendly Reminder From Pretty Much Every Climate Scientist in the World: Climate Change Is Real

Yes, climate change is real. Yes, we are causing it.
May 16, 2013 | By Colin Schultz

Mount Everest Climbers’ Waste Could Power Local Villages

If successful, the project will be the world's highest elevation biogas reactor and could be introduced to other high altitude areas around the world
May 16, 2013 | By Rachel Nuwer

Water Cut Off From the World for Billions of Years Is Bubbling From the Bottom of a Mine

1.5 miles down at the base of a Canadian mine life may have thrived
May 16, 2013 | By Colin Schultz

Where’d You Get Those Creepers?

The platform-soled, punk-style shoes have celebrated the 'Teddy Boy' spirit since the late 1940s
May 16, 2013 | By Emily Spivack

So Long, Kepler: NASA’s Crack Exoplanet-Hunter Falls to Mechanical Failure

Kepler has changed our place in the universe, but now the four-year old satellite is down with a broken wheel
May 16, 2013 | By Colin Schultz

Scientists Are Finding Clues to the Next Mega-Earthquake in One That Hit the West Coast in 1700

Researchers now know details of how the infamous earthquake of 1700 struck the West Coast
May 16, 2013 | By Rachel Nuwer

Events May 17-19: Art Conservation, Japanese Pouch-books and a “Cineconcert”

This weekend, learn what it takes to conserve great modern art, make your own ancient Japanese book and see a movie and a concert at the same time
May 16, 2013 | By Paul Bisceglio

The National Automated Highway System That Almost Was

In 1991, Congress authorized $650 million to develop the technology that would make driverless cars a reality
May 16, 2013 | By Matt Novak

How Pixar and Psychology Helped Facebook Design Its Emoticons

Facebook teamed up with a Pixar illustrator and a psychologist to make the most emotive emoticons it could muster
May 16, 2013 | By Rose Eveleth

Why the Endangered Species Act Is Broken, and How to Fix It

On the landmark species-saving law’s 40th anniversary, environmental historian Peter Alagona explains why it doesn’t quite work, and offers a path toward recovery
May 16, 2013 | By Matt Kettmann

Peeping in on the Process of Turning Caterpillar to Butterfly

Previously, researchers hoping to learn about metamorphosis had to dissect the chrysalis, which killed the developing insect inside
May 15, 2013 | By Rachel Nuwer

Dogs Experience a Runner’s High (But Ferrets Do Not)

Though the researchers didn't include cats in the study, they suspect that felines, too, would experience a runner's high
May 15, 2013 | By Rachel Nuwer

Female Representation in Film Is the Lowest It’s Been in Five Years

According to a recent study the representation of women is at its lowest in 5 years
May 15, 2013 | By Rose Eveleth

Climate Change Is Making the Whole Planet Tip

Climate change isn't just making the North Pole warmer, it's actually changing where the North Pole is located
May 15, 2013 | By Colin Schultz

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