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Now a Person Can Scramble Up a Wall Just Like a Gecko
Or use the same material to catch wayward space trash
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Having a Complicated Job Might Help Protect Memory Later in Life
Regardless of your starting IQ, mental function seems to increase or decrease depending on whether your job was challenging or menial
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Astronauts Nap on the Launchpad While Waiting for a Ride to Space
There’s not much to do while NASA goes through its pre-launch checks
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City-Sized Landslides Happened in the Past And Can Happen Again
Utah has a new claim to fame: it was the site of the world’s largest known landslide
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We’ve Put a Worm’s Mind in a Lego Robot’s Body
A wheeled Lego robot may not look like a worm, but it “thinks” like one after programmers gave it the neuron connections in a C. elegans roundworm
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India Once Released 25,000 Flesh-Eating Turtles Into the Ganges
A plan to clean up corpses failed due to lack of planning
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The Philae Spacecraft Confirmed the Presence of Organic Molecules on the Comet it Landed On
Researchers hope the finding sheds light on how organic molecules might have first arrived on Earth
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This Company Is Crowdfunding a Mission to the Moon
Your reward: a spot in a digital time capsule buried beneath the lunar surface
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300+ Species Just Joined the List of Threatened Plants And Animals
Overfishing, overhunting and habitat loss drove many of the new additions
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This Archaeology Site Is Guarded by 500 Turkish Soldiers
The excavation of a 5,000 year old city on the Turkey-Syrian border continues despite nearby presence of the Islamic State extremists
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Neurologists Lost Track of Part of the Human Brain And Just Re-Discovered It
The major pathway in the brain wasn’t exactly missing, but science literature appeared to have forgotten about it until now
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People Tend to Run Marathons Before Big Birthdays
The search for achievement and meaning at the end of a decade increases suicide and cheating, too
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Outfitting Football Helmets With Magnets Could Reduce Concussions
Strong magnets can repel at least 300 lbs of force, preventing heads from colliding
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How to Heat Your House With a Cloud Computer Server
A German company is installing servers in homes and offices to recycle heat
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Bed Bugs Can Transmit the Chagas Disease Parasite
The parasite is usually associated with Latin and South America, but was recently found throughout Louisiana, too
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Some Plants Eavesdrop (And Steal) Via an Underground Fungal Network
An underground network can be used for friendly communication—or for evil
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Antarctic Seals Keep Trying to Have Sex With Penguins
This isn’t the first time a fur seal has attempted to copulate with a king penguin and scientists think that more seals are learning the behavior
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More Than 35 Million People Around the World Are Slaves
People are slaves in every one of the 167 countries investigated in a new report, including the United States
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Physicists Explain Why Coffee Is More Prone to Spills Than Beer
It all comes down to the foam
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We Fall in Love With Space Robots Because They Act Like Animals
Like pets, wires and chips can appear to act with intention
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