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Can You Draw the Apple Logo From Memory?

New research shows you probably can’t

March 9, 2015

These Moths Remember Where They Mated for the First Time

The locale of the African cotton leafworm moth’s first experience pairing up forms its future preferences, a new study shows

March 9, 2015

Screen grab from DIY TV’s "Professional Fort Builder: Jay Nelson"

Cool Finds

This Treehouse Has It All

Salvaged fence boards, given new life, help Jay Nelson create dwellings that blend with nature

March 6, 2015

In the Argentine village of San Antonio de los Cobres, some people have a genetic mutation that helps them cope with the high levels of arsenic present in their drinking water.

New Research

Centuries of Poison-Laced Water Gave These People a Tolerance to Arsenic

Some citizens of a remote village in the Andes have a genetic adaptation that allows them to quickly process high levels of arsenic, a new study shows

March 6, 2015

A large band of warmer than average sea surface temperatures, an indicator of El Niño, stretches across the Pacific

It’s later than usual and weak, but definitely here

March 6, 2015

Cool Finds

This Is Next-Level Origami

From dancing cranes to protective structures, origami is popping up in science and tech

March 6, 2015

Global outcry after ISIS razes 3,000-year-old archaeological site with bulldozers

March 6, 2015

Artist’s conception of Dawn entering orbit around Ceres

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Dawn Has Arrived at Ceres

Downlink connection confirms that the spacecraft is in orbit around the dwarf planet

March 6, 2015

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St. Barts Is Like the Galapagos for Linguistic Diversity

Beyond the glitz of tourism, St. Barts natives speak in unique varieties of French

March 5, 2015

After years of fielding controversy and claims of abuse, “The Greatest Show on Earth” will soon be retiring its trained elephants for good

March 5, 2015

New Research

NASA’s Next Space Robot Was Inspired by a Baby’s Toy

Meet the Super Ball Bot, a flexible robot that could explore new planets

March 5, 2015

An artist’s interpretation of an object slamming into the early Earth

New Research

Metal Rain Could Explain Why the Earth Made of Different Stuff Than the Moon

A new study shows that iron-rich asteroids could have vaporized when they hit the early Earth

March 5, 2015

New Research

U.S. Heroin Overdose Rate Nearly Quadruples

As prescription painkillers become more difficult to abuse, the face of heroin addiction is changing

March 5, 2015

This is the inner lead casket of the Greyfriars medieval stone coffin.

Who’s Inside the Lead Coffin Found Near Richard III?

The mysterious identity of a female skeleton discovered in a coffin-within-a-coffin stumps archeologists

March 5, 2015

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Rain Took This Fruit Bat’s Happy Away, a Banana Gave it Back

An Australia-dwelling flying fox needed rescue after rains drove it to search for food

March 5, 2015

Conservationists and recreational paddlers are split on whether to open up remaining National Parks waterways to boaters

March 5, 2015

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The First Photos of Free-Falling Snowflakes Reveal Their Imperfections

Collisions in mid-air often produce ice crystal aggregates, rather than single symmetrical flakes

March 4, 2015

New Research

This Might Be Why Handshaking Evolved

A new study shows that shaking hands is a covert way for us to unconsciously sniff out each other’s chemical signals

March 4, 2015

Paul Allen used his superyacht Octopus to locate a Japanese battleship near the Philippines.

Cool Finds

Microsoft Billionaire Finds Enormous Sunken Japanese Battleship

Paul Allen used his megayacht to locate the long-lost ship, which has been missing since World War II

March 4, 2015

Halfway through the 2015 Super Bowl, Seattle Seahawks strong safety DeShawn Shead #35 lines up for a kickoff

It’s hard to last past Monday morning

March 4, 2015