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In China, Airport Sniffer Dogs Hunt Down Illegal Wildlife Products
But even if the dogs do sniff out tiger and rhino parts, a system needs to be in place for fully prosecuting the criminals behind those goods
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Kids Eat Five Times More Magnets Than They Did Ten Years Ago
Kids like to create faux lip, nose or tongue rings by fashioning the balls into magnetic loops, which wind up accidentally getting swallowed
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When Discussing Personal Issues, People Like Bigger Rooms And Bigger Desks
People prefer big rooms and lots of space when discussing personal issues
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On Airplanes, People Tend to Choose Seats on the Left Side, And, in Movie Theaters, the Right
When we’re in a movie theater, we tend to want to sit on the right side. And new research has shown that on airplanes we veer left
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Tutors in South Korea, Paid According to Popular Demand, Can Earn Millions
South Korea has made a free market based around demand for a particular teacher’s skills, not a company’s logo
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Hawaiian Regulators Are Not Excited About These Awesome Jetpacks
Does it look like a ton of fun? You bet. Is its use on a broad scale a good idea? Officials aren’t so sure
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Is It Possible to Move the Winter Olympics Away From Russia?
Activists have started circulating petitions to have the games moved out of Russia
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An American Surgeon Accidentally Amputated a 600-Year-Old Statue’s Finger
The museum decided no to press charges, and so far the unwitting tourist hasn’t been asked to pay for repairs
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9 Percent of People Would Have Sex With a Robot (And 42 Percent of Them Would Consider It Cheating)
Robots are getting better at everything. Including sex
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This Mako Shark Had a Sea Lion’s Head in Its Stomach
Take a trip inside the stomach of a 1,300 pound mako shark
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Male Holocaust Survivors Live Longer Than Israeli Immigrants Who Left Europe Earlier
Victims may emerge from the experience with a sense of purpose in life, or perhaps many of those who survived the Holocaust were simply physically stronger
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That Whole Japanese Eyeball Licking Thing Never Really Happened
Never fear. We are not next to suffer from the eyeball licking craze, because that craze never actually existed
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Cracking the Code of the Human Genome
The End of the Henrietta Lacks Saga?
The U.S. National Institutes of Health created an agreement with the Lacks family regarding access to the HeLa genome
Watch This Mosquito’s Mouth Wriggle Around in Search of Blood
It’s easy to think of a mosquito’s mouth as a needle, lancing your flesh to find a drink. But that’s not the whole story
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These 1,397 Asteroids Are Pretty Darn Close to Earth, But NASA’s Not Worried
Nearly every potential impact event in the next century qualifies as having “no likely consequences”
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$100 Million And 20 Years of Work May Not Be Enough to Save the Iberian Lynx
Of course, the Iberian lynx isn’t the only species whose existence will likely be threatening by the affects of climate change
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A Conference Call, Drones And a Foiled Plot: A Guide to the Confusion in Yemen
The past few days have seen a burst of activity in Yemen. What’s going on?
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Costa Rica Is Going to Close Its Zoos And Release the Animals Into the Wild
But if Costa Rica expects its zoo animals to survive life outside of captivity for long, some very careful planning and preparation is in order
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Could Usain Bolt Lose This Race?
Bolt has accepted Farah’s challenge, and the two will race for charity. What Bolt might not realize is that this might be a race he could actually lose
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How to Survive the Shark Attack That Is Never Going to Happen To You
No, seriously, you are not going to be attacked by a shark
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