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Live Bear Cam Shows Hot Bear on Salmon Action
A live webcam let’s you watch Alaskan brown bears hunt salmon during the fishes’ annual migration
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Older Termites Blow Themselves Up to Protect Their Colony
After a lifetime of servitude to the colony, older termites sacrifice the only thing they have left: their lives
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Will we ever find out what Augustinia looked like?
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Science Proves: Pop Music Has Actually Gotten Worse
Science confirms what you’ve always suspected: music these days is worse than it used to be
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Old People Aren’t Hiding Their Emotions, You Just Can’t Read Them Through Their Wrinkles
Wrinkles make it difficult for younger people to read the facial expressions of those older than them
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Why Does the Refrigerator Have a Light and the Freezer Doesn’t?
One of life’s great mysteries finally solved. Or at least pondered
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Dana Chladek’s Guide to Watching Canoe Slalom
The silver medalist explains the ins and outs of her sport
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Anna Goodale’s Guide to Watching Rowing
The gold medalist shares her favorite Olympic moment, and explains the basics of her sport
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Women’s Brains Age Faster than Men’s, Thanks to Stress
Research shows that despite the fact that women live longer on average, their brains age faster. Scientists are pointing to stress as the possible culprit.
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How Aldous Huxley, 118 Today, Predicted the Present Far More Accurately than George Orwell
One of the pillars of science fiction would have turned 118 today
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Army Women To Get New (Non-Comic Book) Armor
The Army has announced that they are designing body armor specifically tailored to women’s bodies
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Baby Crocs on the Move at the Zoo
Believed to be done having children, Cuban crocodile Dorothy surprised everyone with two new babies
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New Chemical Allows Blind Mice to See
A new synthetic replacement for rod and cone cells may someday bring vision to those with macular degeneration or inheritable forms of blindness
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Events July 27-29: Human Origins, “This is Peru” and a Meeting of Worlds
Celebrate Peru and learn traditional Indian dance this weekend
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If Syria Uses Chemical Weapons, Here’s How They’ll Work
Amidst the turmoil of an ongoing civil war, Syrian President al-Assad has been threatening to use chemical weapons if faced with international intervention
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Robot Apocalypse Inches Closer as Machines Learn To Install Solar Panels
Not contented with the prospects of a mechano-libertarian post-apocalyptic wasteland, scientists are working on robots that can harness energy
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Real Life Hobbit Village Proves the Greenest Way to Live is Like Bilbo Baggins
Some Danes are taking to the dirt like Tolkien’s hobbits. Their own Shire-like eco-village is a model of sustainability, and one of the oldest of its kind
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“Tiny Paleontologist” Loves Dinosaurs
An enthusiastic dinosaur fan takes his passion to the web
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The Deerstalker: Where Sherlock Holmes’ Popular Image Came From
The literary detective’s hunting cap and cape came not so much from the books’ author as from their illustrators
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