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Instead of Growing Meat in a Lab, Why Not Make It Out of Plants?
“Plant blood” is the secret behind the I-can’t-believe-it-isn’t-meat company, Impossible Foods
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Here’s One Very Good Reason to Drill Deep Into an Active Fault
Scienctists hope to install instruments at the fault to observe changes in the earth at depth
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Why Is Antarctic Sea Ice at a 35-Year High?
Nobody really knows, but they have some thoughts
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More Americans Speak Arabic at Home Than Italian or Polish
21 percent of Americans speak another language at home
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Bionic Hands Partially Restore Users’ Sense of Touch
The hand’s sensors communicate directly with the wearer’s nerves
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Google Maps an Oasis in the Desert From the Back of a Camel
The desert is not the best place for a Street View car
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Paisley Caves Added to National Register Of Historic Places
One of the earliest sites of evidence for human occupation of North America
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The Fake Story of a Blond Child Bride Made This the Most Visited Blog in Norway
The campaign is meant to increase awareness and also is seeking sponsors of individual girls
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Shipwreck Probably Not Santa Maria
Shipwreck found off the coast of Haiti is probably not Santa Maria
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Thomas Duncan, Dallas’ Ebola Patient, Has Died
The total cost of fighting Ebola could push $32 billion
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People Will Give Away Their Personal Information for an Actual Cookie
I’ll take two oatmeal raisin and a high risk of identity theft
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For the First Time Ever, a Woman With a Transplanted Uterus Gave Birth to a Baby
Two more women with transplanted uteruses are due to give birth in the next couple of weeks, too
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Each Day, 50 Percent of America Eats a Sandwich
About 20 percent of our daily sodium intake is delivered between two slices of bread
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How Exactly Does Exercise Help Your Brain?
Well-trained muscles could be protecting the body from an imbalance of chemicals that lead to depression
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In 2014, Descendants of Woman Who Played Aunt Jemima Sued Quaker Oats
The case, which was later dismissed by a judge, accused the company of failing to pay royalties to Anna S. Harrington
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Some Surgery Is No Better Than Sham “Placebo” Surgery
The placebo effect isn’t just for pills
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Cancer Spreads Through Our Bodies at Night
This could mean that therapies delivered after dark might be more effective
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Do We Doodle Because We Speak?
Scribbling and sketching aren’t just practices to idle time away, but a more fundamental indication of our need for language
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ISIS Is Cutting Off Water to Uncooperative Villages
In parched Syria and Iraq, water is a weapon
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Columbus Day Is Now Indigenous People’s Day in Seattle And Minneapolis
Some cities seek to change the second Monday in October to a more politically correct, inclusive holiday
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