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Antarctic Sea Ice Sets A New Record, But the Climate is Still Changing
Climate change deniers, sit back down
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President Obama Announces a Trio of New National Monuments
The sites include a historic neighborhood in Chicago, a former internment camp in Hawaii and a canyon in Colorado
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Contaminated Doctors’ Scopes May Have Spread a Superbug to Almost 180 Patients
A drug-resistant bacteria usually found in the gut has infected seven people and contributed to two deaths
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Fat Is a Texture, Not a Taste…For Now
Scientists predict fat will join the other primary tastes within ten years
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2014 Was National Parks’ Most-Visited Year Ever
Last year broke records with over 292 million visits
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Everest Climbers Now Prohibited From Taking One Deadly Route
Nepal announces that the Khumbu Icefall, where 16 sherpa were killed last year, is now off-limits
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Is That Pill a Placebo? This Program Can Tell, Even If You Can’t
A new algorithm could make it faster and less expensive to develop new painkillers
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These Glass Sculptures Were Inspired By the New York City Ballet
The artist wanted to convey that “all of your memories are stuck inside your bone marrow” and make them visible
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Ants Have Designated Toilet Areas in Their Nests
A new study shows that black garden ants have a relatively meticulous protocol for when nature calls
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Divers Discover Graveyard Filled With Giant Lemur Skeletons
A Madagascar cave is packed with the bones of extinct species
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LED Skylights Perfectly Mimic Natural Sunlight
The lights fool human brains and camera eyes
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Snails’ Teeth Beats Spider Silk As Nature’s Strongest Material
The discovery makes sense: Mollusks use these teeth to excavate rocks while they feed
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Found: A New Tool in the Fight Against HIV
New approach offers “vaccine-like” protection against HIV
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How “Learned Deafness” Might be Letting Noise Pollution Win
The world may be noisier than ever but one scientist warns that our attempts to blot out the sound may cost us dearly
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Only 1 in 4 Americans Would Take a Free Space Flight
Americans are still skeptical about some aspects of space travel
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An Underwater Field of Weird Metal Balls Is a Key to Both Past And Future
A huge deposit of manganese nodules beneath the Atlantic might be a potential source of highly prized rare earth metals
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This Teeny Chair Can Assemble Itself
A tiny prototype developed at MIT marks one of the first steps into a world where we’ll never need an Allen wrench again
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Finally, the First Fish Ever Is Taken Off the Endangered Species List
The recovery of a tiny fish signals good news for area waterways and proof that, when heeded, protective measures can make a difference
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See the Swoops of Seagulls’ Flight Patterns
Special video effects shows more than an hours worth of seagull flight as curling paths
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Grizzlies in Yellowstone Are Already Waking Up
Warm weather has drawn at least one bear out of hibernation and in search of food
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