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Today We Celebrate the Short, Unhappy Life of H.P. Lovecraft
“Weird fiction” fans toast today to the birth of Howard Phillips Lovecraft, aka H.P. Lovecraft
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This Pea Aphid Thinks it’s a Plant
Pea aphids can harness sunlight to aid in energy production
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Was Vincent van Gogh Color Blind? It Sure Looks Like It
Filtering van Goghs works to simulate color blindness unlocks strikingly different images, perhaps revealing something about the way the famous painter saw the world
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Better, Faster, Taller – How Big can Buildings Really Get?
The race for the tallest structure in the world has been with us since humans built structures, and today it is going strong. But where’s the limit?
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Stop Complaining About Monday, You’ll be Just as Depressed Tomorrow
Researchers debunk the myth of Miserable Mondays. Turns out, we hate all days equally
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Drink Up – Binge Drinking College Students are Happier Than Their Sober Peers
A recent study found that college students who binge tend to be more satisfied with their college experience than their peers who don’t drink
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Cracking the Code of the Human Genome
Books of the Future May Be Written in DNA
Researchers have encoded a book, including pictures and an accompanying computer program, in DNA
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The Sun is Just 0.0007% Away From Being a Perfect Sphere
The Sun is the most perfectly round natural object known in the universe
The Laboratory of Nikola Tesla, One of History’s Greatest Scientists, Is Up For Sale
Nikola Tesla invented a device that uses lightning to play music. No, seriously
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Inside the Unnerving Reality of Modern Slavery
The number of people in slavery is estimated to be upwards of 27 million — 2x the number of slaves taken from Africa during the transatlantic slave trade
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Everything You Didn’t Know You Needed to Know About the Curiosity Rover
Just because the six-wheeled nuclear-powered behemoth has yet to begin cruising doesn’t mean there aren’t loads of interesting things to read and hear
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Yes, We’re Actually Still Looking for the Yeti
Scientists are accepting DNA samples from cryptozoologists who claim to have evidence of the Yeti
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Good Morning Curiosity – Wake up With the Same Songs as a Mars Rover
Every Martian morning, the Curiosity rover gets a wakeup song
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There Is No Such Thing As “The” United States Constitution
“There is no unique, tangible, singular, definitive Constitution,” says information scientist Joe Janes
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Babies Aren’t So Moral After All, Unless We Engineer Them That Way
The latest research on the “Do babies have an innate moral compass?” question indicates that no, they do not
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Frantic Search Ensues for Planet-Sized Dunce Cap as World’s Oceans Take Home Report Card
The “ocean health index” was just released, and overall the world got a giant “D”
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Elvis Died 35 Years Ago and the Fans Still Can’t Help Falling in Love With Him
The King is dead. Long live the King
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Why You Should Stop Worrying About the Robot Apocalypse
You, for one, won’t have to welcome your robot overlords too soon
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This Woman Wants You to Buy Her, Piece by Piece
Filmmaker Storm Theunissen tired to find out just how much she could get for the various pieces of her
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