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Dry Grass Hints That Stonehenge Was Once a Whole Circle
Researchers find new evidence about the shape of Stonehenge
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Flowering Plants Appeared in Forest Canopies Just a Few Million Years After Dinosaurs Went Extinct
A new study gives scientists some more insight into the weird history of flowering plants
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Extreme Drought in New Mexico Cost a 650-Year-Old Tree Its Life
The 7-foot-tall douglas fir named Yoda managed to weather many a drought over the centuries, but not this last one
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Action Movies Encourage Charged-Up Viewers to Overeat
People watching action flicks ate nearly twice as much as those viewing a talk show
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Icelandic Volcano Is Erupting Spectacularly (And Relatively Quietly)
The eruption, currently spewing lava fountains, could go on for a year
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Radioactive Boars Are Roaming Around Germany
The boar’s meat is too contaminated from Chernobyl’s radiation to be fit for human consumption
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At “Slaves’ Hill,” Some Workers Ate Better Than Others
New research suggests that the workers at copper mines in the Levant were valued workers, not slaves
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The Surprisingly Complicated Reason Why Stars Look Like They Have Points
Stars are star-shaped because of imperfection in our eyes
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A Lost Chapter From Roald Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” Was Just Released
The chapter was removed after being deemed “too wild” and subversive
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Neanderthal Carvings in a Gibraltar Cave Reveal Some of Europe’s Oldest Known Artwork
Some argue, however, that Homo sapiens are responsible for the etchings
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Ghostly Neutrinos Created in the Heart of the Sun Are Finally Detected
This is the most direct evidence supporting researchers’ ideas about how the Sun is powered
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Ebola Drug ZMapp Cured 18 Monkeys
How well the drug works in humans, however, isn’t so clear
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This Beach Sculpture Is Modeled After Norwegian Fish Drying Racks
Norway’s SALT festival involves music, sauna’s and architecture
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Your House’s Germs Are Yours, And They’ll Follow You If You Move
Your house is laced with microbes shed by your body
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States with Medical Marijuana Have Fewer Painkiller Deaths
Could medical cannabis help prevent the more than 16,500 deaths each year due to opioid overdose?
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Someday, Okra Could Help Make Ice Cream
The slime in okra could make for a natural ice cream stabilizer
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Weird Physics Can Make an Invisible Cat Visible
These cat pictures are brought to you by quantum entanglement as discussed by Einstein and Schrödinger
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Meet the Newly Approved Rocket That Will Take People To Mars
The approval of the Space Launch System is an important step for NASA
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This Is Your Brain on Your Favorite Song
When people listen to music they enjoy, their brains drift into a resting daydream, regardless of the genre
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