Trial By Judgmental Jury—Attractive Women Seem More Guilty
A recent study suggested that women who are blonde and beautiful are less likely to get any sympathy from a jury
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The Residents of Tolkien’s Middle Earth Are 81 Percent Male
Life expectancy, gender breakdown, and declining longevity, and interesting trivia abound
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The Science Behind Steak and a Bold Bordeaux
Researchers teasing out the way food feels and interacts in our mouths say they’ve found out why wine and steak pair so well
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An ode to the poet, in four takes
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Everyone Believed Cell Receptors Existed, But Chemistry Nobelists Figured Out That They Actually Did
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for work that helped to figure out the functioning of cellular receptors
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There’s a 235-Pound, 15-Week-Old, Cuter Than Cute Baby Walrus Coming to NYC
A 15-week-old baby walrus rescued from Alaska arrives in New York City tomorrow
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Saudi Arabia, World’s Largest Oil Exporter, Pushes for Solar at Home
Saudi Arabia is going green so that it can keep selling its oil
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Three Quarters of Americans Now Believe Climate Change Is Affecting the Weather
74 percent of surveyed Americans think that global warming is changing the weather
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Shrew-Eating Scientists Show Humans Can Digest Bone
Scientists set out to measure how well we digest bone by swallowing a whole shrew, but was that really necessary?
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It’s Definitive: Rose and Jack Could Both Have Survived in Titanic
Perhaps Jack was just dumb for not climbing onto the raft
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You Don’t Know As Much As You Think You Do
Basically, most of what you think you know might be wrong
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Today’s Physics Nobel Prize Didn’t Go to the Higgs
The winning research centers around figuring out the way light behaves at a very fundamental level - a field called “quantum optics”
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Bioluminescent Worms Welcomed Columbus to the New World
Before Columbus made landfall in the New World 520 years ago today, glowing green worms engaged in a mating dance may have welcomed him first
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Test Just How Good You Are at Remembering Faces
In this 10 minute test, you’ll see 56 faces and names and try to remember as many as you can
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Archaeologists Uncover Massive Stone Age Complex in Scotland
A 5,000-year old temple complex may have been the centre of Stone Age British culture
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The FBI Would Like Everyone To Stop Shooting Lasers at Airplanes
Shooting a laser at an airplane could get you 20 years in prison
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The U.S. Air Force’s Plan To Build a Flying Saucer
Newly-released schematics show the plans for a failed flying saucer
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Brewmaster Makes Beer From His Beard Yeast
Most fermenting species of yeast are found on animals, insects and rotting fruit, so cultivating yeast from a person’s body might not be that far-fetched
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