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Another Horribly Botched Execution Reveals Ongoing Flaws in Lethal Drug Cocktails
The execution of Arizona inmate Joseph Wood took nearly two hours
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Playing Outside Enhances Kids’ Love of Nature and Animals
Exposure to the great outdoors could also influence kids’ ideas about the importance of conservation
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Science Proves That Kids’ Eyes Really Are Bigger Than Their Stomachs
Adults around the world uniformly clean their plates at dinner time, but not kids
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Papa Mongooses Learn Not to Try So Hard When Raising Babies
If father mongooses push themselves to extremes raising young, then they won’t work as hard the next time around
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Japan’s Massive Indoor Farm Produces 10,000 Heads of Fresh Lettuce Every Day
The innovative farming solution could help cut down on food waste
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Archaeologists Are Excavating the Battleground that Inspired ‘The Last of the Mohicans’
For these students, archaeology field school is taking place on a very famous battlefield
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Looking Back at NASA’s Strange Mobile Lunar Laboratory
Unfortunately, the odd-looking MOLAB remained earthbound
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30,000 People In Quarantine After Bubonic Plague Kills One in China
Officials in China are taking dramatic precautions to ensure the disease doesn’t spread
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Even Toddlers Recognize the Superior Cuteness of Puppies and Kittens
Our notion of cuteness might be hardwired rather than learned
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This is What Millions of Mayflies Emerging All At Once Looks Like
A massive emergence of mayflies has blanketed parts of the country
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Take a Virtual Reality Trip to the Cambrian Explosion with David Attenborough
Admit it, virtual reality David Attenborough is something you’ve always wanted
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Offshore Wind Farms Offer Seals a Smorgasbord of Fish
Wind farms could intentionally be fashioned into artificial reefs to further increase their value to wildlife
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Early Life May Have Thrived in the Wreckage of a Meteorite
Porous rock created by high impact meteorite strikes make a surprisingly pleasant home for microbes
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Circumcision Could Help Stem the Spread of HIV
Contrary to what researchers previously feared, men who undergo adult circumcision don’t engage in overly risky behavior compared to uncircumcised ones
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This Grocery Store Will Be Powered By Its Own Waste
Microbes digest tossed food, belch up electricity-generating methane
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China’s Extra Wide Ladies-Only Parking Spaces Sparked a Backlash Over Sexism
The mall that created the women-only spaces meant well, but their reasoning is indicative of a bigger problem
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Without Oceans, Earth-Like Life Probably Can’t Evolve on Other Planets
It’s not all about the planet’s distance from its star, as researchers previously thought
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Along I-95, 5,000 Years of History
Archaeological excavations along I-95 are digging up the past
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64% Of Surveyed Scientists Have Experienced Harassment During Fieldwork
Female trainees are particularly vulnerable
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