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Part of a 600-year-old canoe was found in New Zealand, featuring this rare carving of a sea turtle.

New Research

One Very Old Canoe Could Help Explain How Polynesian Sailors Colonized New Zealand

New climate analysis and a very old canoe help researchers understand how the Polynesians got around

New Research

Why Eye Contact Makes You Squirm

Catching someone else’s eye makes us more self conscious about our bodies

A different Wyandotte chicken, this one still with head firmly attached.

Cool Finds

Mike the Chicken Lived for 18 Months Without a Head

In 1945, a decapitation gone awry gave birth to Miracle Mike

Memorial in London dedicated to the memory of the people who died in the bombings of July 7, 2005

Cool Finds

To Detect Bombs Before They’re Used, Sweden Is Looking at Its Sewers

The EU’s Emphasis Project is designed to detect people manufacturing IED’s

Children wade through flood waters in northern India in July 2013.

New Research

Which of 2013’s Many Natural Disasters Can We Blame on Climate Change?

The ongoing California drought may, or may not, be due to climate change

New Research

Wildlife Around the World Has Declined by About 50 Percent Since 1970

Fish, birds, mammals, amphibians and reptiles are disappearing quickly

Blood vessels of the neck and head

Cool Finds

Blood Vessels Left Imprint on 2,000 Year Old Mummy

An Egyptian mummy’s skull contains the imprint of blood vessels surrounding its brain

Cool Finds

What Should the Price of Visiting Wilderness Be?

If passed, HR 5204 could introduce widespread fees for entering formerly free public lands

Bob Dylan in 1964

Cool Finds

Scientists Are Sneaking Bob Dylan Lyrics Into Their Writing

Everyone likes goofy intra-office rivalries, even scientists

Cool Finds

This Drone Could Live on Your Wrist And Help You Take Selfies

Holding a camera at arms length is so passe

Cool Finds

The CIA Has Its Own High-Security Starbucks

Even spies need their morning coffee

Eyewitness images shot by a hiker trapped on the top of Mout Ontake. The hiker was able to descend after a few hours through deep ash.

Trending Today

Japan’s Mount Ontake Erupted Suddenly Over the Weekend

36 hikers are feared dead; because of toxic gas, rescue operations have been suspended

Trending Today

Anyone Can Make Up Their Own Weird Or Random Holiday

Case in point: Today is International Coffee Day as well as National Poisoned Blackberries Day

Cool Finds

Boston Just Found a Time Capsule That No One Knows How to Open

The 113-year-old copper box is inside a golden lion statue’s head

New Research

African-American Girls Are More Likely To Be Suspended Or Expelled

Among other measures that illustrate education barriers, African American girls are twice as likely to be held back a grade

Cool Finds

The Housing Recovery Isn’t Helping the Families the Crash Hurt Most

The housing crash hurt lower income families most

Drone equipped with camera

Trending Today

Who Can Use Drones This Week?

Movies and deliveries are moving on up, while fines and bans go into effect in parks

With Its New Security Law, Australia Tries to Out-NSA the NSA

Australia’s soon-to-be-passed law will give the country expanded surveillance powers

Cool Finds

Ten Percent of Americans Drink Half the Booze

America has a lot of moderate drinkers, and a few really heavy ones

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New Research

This Is How the Milky Way Will End

A computer simulation shows how the Milky Way will collide with Andromeda

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