This Is The Only Known Footage of George Orwell
Scholars had thought that, although he lived in the 1950s, author George Orwell’s mug was never captured on film
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Being a Soccer Fan Can Actually Kill You
During the 2006 World Cup watching a soccer game doubled the risk of a heart attack in German fans
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The American Bumblebee Is Crashing, Too
Colony Collapse Disorder targets honey bees. But now American bumblebees are missing, too
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Will the Statue of Liberty Ever Reopen?
The Statue of Liberty to remain closed indefinitely until NYPD; National Park Service agree on security screening system
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Mississippi Baby Might Have Been Cured of HIV
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University say they have cured a baby of HIV using standard HIV drugs very early in life
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The Health Effects of Fukushima’s Radiation Weren’t So Bad
The World Health Organization calculated a barely-there increase in cancer rates
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The Stupid Reason the NHL Drafts Older Players First
Take note, coaches: stop listening to Malcolm Gladwell, and start listening to science
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This Simple Test Could Help Stop River Blindness
River blindness, one of the world’s leading causes of blindness, begins when a small parasitic worm wiggles its way into human skin
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American Football Players Aren’t the Only Ones With Head Injury Issues
Soccer players who head the ball could be injuring their brains, as well
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Why Did (or Didn’t) the Meerkat Cross the Road?
Dominant female meerkats hang back to let subordinates cross busy, dangerous roads first
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Why do we love lists so much? Science and literature might have some answers
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Pessimists Live Longer Than Optimists
New research suggests that the downers wind up outlasting the uppers
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Neuroscientists Wire Two Rats’ Brains Together And Watch Them Trade Thoughts
One rat, presented with a task, completes it using only the thoughts transmitted from another rat’s brain
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Arctic Drilling Is On Hiatus As Shell Packs It In
After a string of mishaps, Shell is pausing their bid to drill the Arctic seas
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Could Spider Silk Stop a Moving Train?
Spiderman really could have stopped that train from falling, so long as his silk resembled that produced by the Darwin’s bark spider
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Brain wrinkles naturally develop as the brain gets larger in order to lend more surface area and help white matter fibers avoid long stretches
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Canadian Government Winds Down Research That Could Help Stop Climate Change
If carbon dioxide emissions don’t start dropping in the next few decades, we’re looking at hundreds of years of high temperatures
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Geneticists Try to Figure Out When the Illiad Was Published
When was The Iliad actually written? To answer that question, you might turn to a historian or a literary scholar. But geneticists wanted a crack at it
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Why Do We Care Whether Animals Appreciate Our Art?
In a recent study, researchers put seven Java Sparrows in a cage with a bunch of artwork and watched them to see which ones they preferred
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Giant Goldfish Have Invaded Lake Tahoe
Populations of native fish have decreased tenfold in Lake Tahoe, and this new invader could only exacerbate the situation
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