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New Zealand Is in the Midst of a Five-Month-Long Earthquake
It’s a magnitude 7 earthquake, and it’s been rocking New Zealand’s capital since January
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Endangered Whales Are Being Sold as Dog Treats to Rich People in Japan
Luckily, it seems that many Tokyoites aren’t buying into the endangered treats, which sell at around $37 for 500 grams
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Lions are the king of the plains. Tigers rule the jungle. But face to face, which would win?
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One Ambitious Electric Car Venture Just Tanked, But Zero-Emissions Vehicles Aren’t Dead
Better Place burned through $850 million before crashing and burning, but the profitable Tesla just repaid its government loans nearly 10 years early
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We Fall Back on Habits, Good or Bad, When Stressed
Setting up healthy new habits, not controlling your behavior when stressed, may be the more effective way to cut back on eating or spending sprees
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How Two Retirees’ Amateur Archaeology Helped Throw Our View of Human History Into Turmoil
Through decades of excavation near their cottage Anton and Maria Chobot unearthed artifacts of the Clovis people
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This Woman Is a Hair-Style Archaeologist
Like a superhero of the coiffe, Janet Stephens spends her days as a regular hair dresser and her nights recreating the hairstyles of ancient Rome
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The Science Behind Teenager Grunts, Ughs and Duhs
A linguist and editor at The Week, turns monosyllabic grunts into long, fancy, science words
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Powerful Computers Are Piecing Together 1,000 Years of Jewish Chronicles
Hundreds of thousands of text fragments chronicle everything from marriage dowries to shopping lists to ancient religious texts
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Batten Down the Hatches: Another Bad Hurricane Season Is on Its Way
Forecasters are predicting a hurricane season even more active than last year’s
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Hong Kong Fell in Love With This Larger-Than-Life Rubber Duck
The popular 46-foot-tall inflatable art installation returns to Victoria Harbor
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One Slight Genetic Tweak Gave White Tigers Their Pale Coats
That same gene change that gives white tigers their snowy coat also affects some fish, chickens, horses and even European humans
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Cockroaches Have Evolved to Avoid Our Traps
In just a few years, cockroaches evolved to avoid our poisons
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Nearly 40 Percent of Medical Students Are Biased Against Overweight Patients
Thirty-nine percent had a moderate to strong bias against overweight people, and 25 percent of them did not realize they were biased
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America’s Bridges Really Are Getting Old: One Just Collapsed Into the Skagit River
While there may not be money laying around to fix bridges, there are certainly bridges laying around that need fixing
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Dreaming of Animals Might Augur the Onset of Diseases like Alzheimer’s
Research has shown that sleep disturbance might be one warning sign of neurodegeneration—like insomnia, sleep apnea, drowsiness and animal-packed dreams
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Computers at Home Neither Help, Nor Hurt Students
Simply giving kids computers won’t suddenly make them do better in school
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Bicycle Helmets Really Do Work, But You Have to Wear Them
Helmets accounted for an 88 percent lower risk of brain injury, but people still aren’t wearing them
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Man Finds First-Edition Superman Comic Hidden in His Wall
A man finds a copy of “the most important comic book in the history of comic books” stuffed in the wall of his new fixer-upper
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On the Beach, Men Are More Likely to Approach a Tattooed Woman
Men are more likely to approach a woman with a tattoo, and more likely to expect a date or sex with that woman
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