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New Guidelines on Cholesterol: Eggs Are Ok, Butter’s Still Bad
Experts have long pushed for the change since for most, cholesterol isn’t the demon we thought it was
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What Makes Some Orca Whales Love a Good Belly Rub?
Some pods have been observed rubbing themselves on rocky beaches; scientists are still working to understand why
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Nothing Says ‘I Love You’ Like a Bit of Pocket Change
Victorians seduced their sweeties with “love tokens”
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One-Tenth of Native Mammals in Australia Are Extinct: Blame Cats And Foxes
No other country on Earth has lost a greater proportion of land mammals over the last two centuries; now, a new study zeros in on the cause
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Why 2015 Is Shaping Up to Be Another Good Year for Snowy Owls
Ornithologists are tracking the second major snowy owl southern migration in as many years, indicating that the birds’ numbers are still going strong
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Farm Animals Could Soon Carry Wi-Fi
In a few years, shepherds might be monitoring their flocks with networks of wireless sensors
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One new technique for green building—making houses out of straw—actually draws on century-old ideas
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These Bells Play Seismic Shifts
Watch as UC Berkeley’s bells play the earth’s “natural frequencies”
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Lynchings Were Even More Common in the South Than Previously Thought
A group of criminal justice reformers find 700 more lynchings in the segregated South than previously recorded
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An Early Copy of the Magna Carta Was Found Forgotten in an Old Scrapbook
An archivist in England stumbled upon a 715-year-old edition of the charter credited for initiating a new framework of governance
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Pulsing Stars Flicker in a Pattern Close to the Golden Ratio
The famed ratio, which shows up in art, architecture and nature, can also be found in space
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Gene Changes Make Humans’ Sense of Taste Unique
Our ability to eat bitter plants help distinguish us from our ancestors and chimpanzees today
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The Universe’s Oldest Stars Likely Lit Up Way Later Than Once Thought
Data gathered by the European Space Agency’s Planck telescope indicates that the universe was dark for about 550 million years after the big bang
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Has Facebook Become the Internet?
The social network’s worldwide reach is leading to some serious confusion
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Here’s The Most Expensive Painting Ever Sold
A Gauguin painting broke the price record this week, selling for nearly $300 million
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Chimpanzees May Have Their Own Form of Bilingualism
Humans aren’t the only primates capable of learning new “words” for the same object
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