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We Choose Friends Who Are Genetically Similar to Us
On average, our friends are like the genetic equivalents of fourth cousins
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Archaeologists Are Hunting for the Lost French Fleet That Nearly Conquered Spanish Florida
In 1565 a fleet of French ships was destroyed in a hurricane, effectively ending France’s hopes of territory in Florida
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Boston Dynamics’ Robotic Mule Is Doing War Games With the Marines
This is the first time the DARPA-funded robot has been in the field
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Yet other researchers think that different factors, such as the quality and timing of practice, matter most
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Astronomers Are Doing Real Science With Space Photos They Found on Flickr
Want to help research? Grab a camera and point it to the heavens
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Kiribati’s Climate Change Plan B: Buy a New Island Home
With sea levels rising, Kiribati is planning for the future by investing in a whole new island
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China Finally Came Clean About Its Shady Tiger Skin Trade
Whether or not this will improve the situation for tigers, however, remains to be seen
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Yes, Yellowstone’s Roads Just Melted. No, There’s No Reason to Panic
Yellowstone’s melting roads, while neat, aren’t as unusual as you’d think
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There’s No Laundry in Space, So NASA is Trying to Make Clothes That Don’t Get Smelly
Astronauts got a shipment of fresh, hopefully odor-resistant gym clothes
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Revenge of the Polar(esque) Vortex
Questions remain as to whether the coming cold snap is a true polar vortex, but either way, the eastern U.S. is about to get much colder
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We Know Physics is Largely White and Male, But Exactly How White and Male is Still Striking
Most current physics students will likely never have an African American physics teacher, says a new survey
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The Wrecked Costa Concordia Cruise Ship Is Finally Being Towed Away
The ship’s remains will be broken down for scrap metal
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The North Pole Could Soon Drift Over to Siberia
Earth’s magnetic field seems to be weakening and potentially migrating
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Some Ancient Assyrians Ignored the Advent of Writing for Thousands of Years
It took thousands of years for Assyrians to finally give up primitive record-keeping methods
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With A $10,000 Kit Your Car Could (Kind of) Drive Itself
Instead of waiting to buy a self-driving car, why not give the car you already own an update?
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Children’s Skulls Encircled Some Bronze Age Lake Villages
The bones may have been thought to ward off flooding in lakeside villages
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HIV Has Reappeared in the Mississippi Baby Who Was Supposedly Cured of The Disease
The findings cast doubt on our ability to infected rid newborns of HIV, at least for the time being
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Saving Los Angeles’ Batchelder Tile
Arts and crafts enthusiasts are waiting for a recently rediscovered landmark to reopen
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Human Skin Can Detect Odors, Some of Which May Help Trigger Healing
Olfactory cells occur all over the body, not just in the nose
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A Deadly Fungus Is Wiping Out Frogs and Toads—But Some Can Develop Resistance
Scientists hope it might be possible to develop a vaccine to the fungus, based on the frog and toad’s immunity
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