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How Women May Have Shaped Men’s Penises

Whether women’s preference is indeed solely responsible for driving the way penises look today remains an open-ended question, however

Hurricane Katrina Kicked Off a Startup Renaissance in New Orleans

Within three years after Katrina, the rate of new start-up launches in the city doubled

How to Turn a Paper Image of a Record Into a Beautiful Music

You can’t make sounds from books, except when you can

Anti-Vaccine Tweets Spread Faster Than Pro-Vaccine Messages

Not all messages are created equal, and when it comes to Tweets about vaccines it’s the anti-vaccine messages that spread the fastest

It is I, Scangrade the Magnificent, here to grade your essay.

Can a Computer Really Grade an Essay?

One company is developing an essay grading computer program that can take the load off professors and standardized test graders

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The World’s Oldest Photography Museum Goes Digital

From 19th century daguerrotypes to photos of Martin Luther King Jr., some of photography’s history goes online

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Thieves Break Into Safe to Steal $3 Million Worth of Rhino Horns

Right now the going rate for rhino horn (just about $30,000 a pound) is higher than for gold

Adélie penguins on Beaufort Island

Climate Change Means More Adélie Penguins

Climate change seems to be giving an unexpected boost to this penguin species

Margaret Thatcher in 1984 with Ronald Reagan at Camp David.

Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher Dies at Age 87

Margaret Tatcher, former Prime Minister of Great Britain and first woman to lead a Western power, died today at the age of 87

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There Is Now a Hypothetical Species Named Shrewdinger Because of You

Last week, the public voted, and named a hypothetical placental ancestor Shrewdinger

A Few Rare People Hallucinate Musical Scores

Musical hallucinations are the rarest form of ‘text hallucinations’

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Wildlife Managers Are Poisoning Rhino Horns to Stop People From Eating Them

The poison, a mix of parasiticides and pink dye, now fills more than 100 rhinos’ horns

Pick your tax haven, any tax haven.

Get Your Own Offshore Tax Haven, a Step-by-Step Guide

From $8 to $32 trillion dollars are buried in tax havens worldwide. Here’s how it works

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Google Autocomplete Isn’t the Same in Every Country

Chronicling the ways google autocompletes your searches can be both enlightening and horrifying

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Your Breath Is as Unique as Your Fingerprint

Microbes within our bodies give our breath a unique signature

I see your log bungalow and raise you a fully-functioning ion channel.

Need to Build a Functioning Neuron?

In Minecraft, a player creates a functional neuron

Graham Crackers Were Supposed To Be a Sex Drive–Suppressing Diet Food

The original vision for graham crackers had little to do with s’mores

Happier Couples Tend to Gain More Weight Over Time

Couple whose relationship is on the rocks or who are considering divorce may maintain the appearances in order to attract other mates

The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer aboard the ISS.

Did We Just Find Dark Matter?

The physics world is buzzing over new evidence for dark matter. We break it down for you

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‘Altitude Sickness’ Might Actually Be Two Different Diseases

Something like 20% of people in the United States who travel to the mountains in the west report getting altitude sickness, but the symptoms might actually be from two different diseases

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