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How to Become a Fossil in Five Easy Steps
Tricks to preserving your bones for future archaeologists
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CDC Says Ebola Survivors Should Keep Using Condoms Indefinitely
The virus may survive in semen longer than originally thought
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Department of Justice Says it’s Time to Reevaluate the Stingray Phone-Tracking System
New report says agency to take a look into cell phone snooping.
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Journey to the Center of Earth
This African Plant Leads the Way to Diamond Deposits
A palm-like plant seems to grow only on top of diamond-rich deposits called kimberlite pipes
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This is How Bombardier Beetles Fire Explosives From Their Butts
The beetls have a special chamber in their abdomens where they mix together chemicals to produce an explosive reaction
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You Can See South Korea’s Seaweed Farms From Space
Seaweed farms offer a sustainable source of vegetable protein
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Most Surgery Outcomes Aren’t Tracked
New analysis finds only 153 clinical registries nationwide
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A Piranha Was Just Found in an Arkansas Lake
The sharp-toothed fish was likely a pet gone rogue
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Germany Just Opened a Nazi Museum in the Party’s Former Headquarters
70 years later, Munich’s mayor says the city is ready to “face up to its Nazi past”
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Researchers Come Closer to Making Everyone a Universal Blood Donor
The approach uses an enzyme to snip off the parts of blood cells that can prove problematic
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Poop Eating Vampire Squids Aren’t Actually Squids at All
The strange-looking animals have a very different reproductive strategy than other cephalopods
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Curling, Baking, Typos: How This Year’s Kentucky Derby Contenders Got Their Names
What’s in a name? A lot, if you want to tackle the Triple Crown
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Meet the Group of Scientists That Keeps Lenin’s 90-Year-Old Corpse Fresh
90 years later, Vladimir Lenin’s body is still maintained by a Russian lab
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Report Suggests Top Psychologists Worked With the C.I.A. on Torture Program
Newly-published emails reveal secret collaboration between the A.P.A. and Bush Administration
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Here’s Why The Italian Army is Growing Weed
They want to lower the price of medicinal marijuana by growing their own
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The Nepal Earthquake Made Mt. Everest an Inch Shorter
Satellite data gives the first results for the way the land moved during the quake
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Even Ocean Creatures Struggle With Light Pollution
Artificial lights are disrupting the lives of underwater animals
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Today The Messenger Spacecraft Will Crash Into Mercury
After years of exciting observations and stunning pictures of Mercury, the spacecraft has run out of fuel
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The U.S. Military Has Developed Self-Steering Bullets
Hi-tech bullets can help snipers hit moving targets
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Most Countries Have No Plans For When Antibiotics Stop Working
World Health Organization sounds the alarm on “one of the biggest threats to the future of global health”
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