This New Lizard Species Evolved in a Lab
The novel reptile shows that hybrids can indeed lead to viable species, but not by the normal reproductive route
The Tolkien Nerd’s Guide to "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies"
The final chapter in Peter Jackson's trilogy strays furthest from the book, but there are still a few buried Easter eggs for die-hard fans to enjoy
Teachers Can Control Who the Cool Kids Are
Children nestled in the center of the classroom are deemed the coolest
Europe Is a Great Place to Be a Large Meat-Eater
In a rare success story for wildlife, bears, lynx, wolverine and wolves are increasing in numbers across the continent
Wisdom, the World's Oldest Albatross, Laid an Egg
This is about the 35th time Wisdom has been a mother-to-be
Even A/C Can't Keep Our Economies From Slacking Off on Hot Days
As global warming turns up the temperature on the planet, it's going to be tougher to get anything done
Now We Know Where Fat Goes When We Lose Weight
We breathe it out
America's Best Butter Is Handchurned in Vermont
The price for perfection is $49 per pound
When Sperm Meets Egg, Zinc Sparks Fly
Billions of tiny zinc particles explode from the surface of mammalian eggs when a sperm cell touches down
Making Dead People's Pulses Beat Again
A new device can transform 150-year-old printed representations of heart beats into actual sound
Pollution Is Turning the Taj Mahal Brown
Workers must periodically cover the Taj Mahal in clay to remove the pollutants stuck to its marble walls
There Are Probably Just Five Northern White Rhinos Left
The death of a captive rhino at the San Diego Zoo brings the species closer to imminent extinction
The Library for Magicians Is Taking Appointments
The Conjuring Arts Research Center in New York City houses some of the world's rarest books on the art of deception
Scientists Finally Figure Out the “Big Bang” of Bird Evolution
The genomes of 45 birds contributed to the most in-depth bird evolutionary tree ever created
Conserving Tigers Could Hurt Leopards
When one predator returns, another can be displaced
The Ocean Contains Over Five Trillion Pieces of Plastic Weighing More than 250,000 Tons
These frightening figures represent the most robust estimate of marine plastic pollution calculated to date
You've Never Seen Nerve Endings Like These
Scientists produce the most detailed images of nerve endings ever made
Typhoons Saved 13th Century Japan From Invasion
Geologic evidence supports historic accounts of the great "Kamikaze" of 1274 and 1281
Online Students Give Better Reviews to Professors They Think Are Male
Even if the teachers were actually women, if the students thought they were men, the bias stuck
TGI Fridays Has Dispatched Mistletoe-Carrying Drones in Restaurants
There's already been one collision between drone and human
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