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Scientists Can Now Eavesdrop By Watching a Soundless Video of a Glass of Water
Sound is pressure, pressure causes motion and motion shows up on film
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Civil War Battlefields Are Overrun With Deer
The Parks Department is going to spend $1.8 million to have hunters cull them
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There’s an Easy (And Tasty) Way to Measure the Speed of Light at Home
You can make surprisingly accurate calculations using chocolate and a microwave
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Here’s How Astronomers Actually Find Planets in Other Solar Systems
Astronomers have found 1,741 exoplanets. But how, exactly?
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Fish Oil Could Be a Modern-Day Snake Oil
The premise that fish oil is good for your heart is based on questionable data
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1970s Redux: Lake Erie Is So Polluted, Toledo’s Drinking Water Was Cut Off
An algae bloom in Lake Erie leaves hundreds of thousands without fresh drinking water
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These Diaries, of Poet Siegfried Sassoon, Capture the Chaos of WWI
Siegfried Sassoon’s poems captured life in the trenches of WWI
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Send Your Pets’ Remains To Space
A new service offers to launch your pet’s ashes into space
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Quentin Tarantino And Judd Apatow Agree: Kodak Film Can’t Disappear—They Need It
Some of Hollywood’s most famous directors are pressing studios to buy Kodak film—before it’s too late
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Mummies From Around the World Had Hardened Arteries
Mummies from cultures across the globe have one thing in common—plaque in their arteries
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Sometimes Bumblebees Just Want to Do Their Own Thing
Bumblebees are strong communicators, but they don’t always listen
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Suicide Risk Could Soon Be Predicted Through a Blood Test
Elevated levels of stress-related chemicals in the body seem to correlate with suicide
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A bioarchaeologist proposes one method to answer that question
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The Microbes That Make Cheese Taste Good Are Surprisingly Universal
Just a dozen different types of bacteria and fungi tend to dominate all different cheese types
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Tiny Propeller Is 100 Times Smaller Than A Red Blood Cell
Boldly going where no machine has gone before
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Why Is Anyone Opposed to Reintroducing American Bison to the Wild?
The government wants to release some of Yellowstone’s bison to the wild
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Antibiotic Resistant “Nightmare Bacteria” Have Escaped the Hospital
Infections with carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae aren’t always tied to the healthcare system
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With Wildfire Still Burning in Yosemite, Sequoias, At Least, Are Safe
Up and down the West Coast, extraordinary fire seasons are becoming more common—and making climate change worse
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Blame Climate Change for Australia’s 30-Year Long Dry Spell
Human-induced climate change is driving a drop in rainfall across southern Australia
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Lady Worms, Beware: Pick the Wrong Mate, End Up Dead
Sperm from the wrong species of worm will eat through a female worm’s innards
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