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What’s the Best Method For Preventing School Attacks?
A new type of glass designed to keep gunmen out of school raises the question of whether defense is being prioritized over prevention
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The Science of Why Champagne Pops
The American Chemical Society takes a look at the science of champagne
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Binge Drinking Suppresses the Immune System
Binge drinking not only makes people more accident-prone, it impairs their ability to recover from those accidents
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More Than 3,000 People Have Died of Ebola in the Past Two Months
The viral outbreak doesn’t appear to be slowing
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Nearly 40 Byzantine Shipwrecks Were Recently Unearthed in Turkey
The exceptionally well-preserved ships offer new insight into ship-building history
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Americans ‘Returned’ Around $3.6 Billion Worth of Stolen Goods This Holiday Season
Billions of dollars worth of “gift returns” are actually stolen goods
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Snowflakes All Fall In One of 35 Different Shapes
The latest categorization of solid precipitation types inspired a cool graphic
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2014 Was Actually One of the Safer Years to Fly
The year saw a few prominent disasters, but 2014 was, unfortunately, nothing out of the ordinary
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Birds Get Drunk And Sing Drunken Songs
Like humans, birds just don’t sing as well drunk as they do when sober
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The most searched for artists, according to one website, run the gamut from classic masters to Duck Stamp contest winners
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Argentina Has a Superstition That Seventh Sons Will Turn into Werewolves
If the president adopts them, however, the seventh sons are spared from their werewolf fate
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Tesla’s New Car Can Go From Boston to Baltimore on a Single Charge
One charge can carry the Tesla Roadster up to 400 miles
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Live Happier (And More Energy Efficiently) by Sleeping More And Inviting Your Friends Over
Increasing your well being in the new year can also be good for the planet
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Examining Martian Meteorites, Scientists Think They’ve Found The Red Planet’s Missing Water
Mars may have an underground water reservoir
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Repeat a Bit of Regular Speech, And It’ll Turn Into a Song
Throw it in a loop, and listen to the music
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Scientifically Accurate ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’ Is Still Charming
Stars aren’t diamonds at all—they’re giant balls of gas
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Ants Usually Turn Left While Exploring
It’s a sinister version of human’s tendency towards right-handedness
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A Few Things You Can Do With Unneeded Presents
The first challenge is saying thank you for something you can’t use, but here’s some ideas about what to do next
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Echolocation acts as such a close a proxy for vision that it falls victim to the same shortcomings
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