The movie Lincoln helped kick Mississippi into action on finally ratifying the 13th Amendment
The story behind Bill Cosby's sweaters has a lot more to do with television production than fashion
More and more, amateurs are contributing to the discovery of new species, especially of insects - but can they keep ahead of the extinction curve?
Yes, researchers think about your nose like a dirty ship hull that needs cleaning. But it does seem to work
By identifying the genes that control the production of volatile chemicals, we could soon turn the bland tomato's flavor back on
The fallout of the nuclear bomb era is still alive today - in our muscles
We see and hear with eyes and ears process those images and sounds single pieces of information. It turns out moles do the same thing, except with smell
A long-accepted explanation for a warm Europe is up for debate
It turns out that microgravity might reveal a thing or two about the nasty bacteria
Actually figuring out which four-years-old are naturally smart and which have simply prepared, is harder than you might think
Through their effect on the food web, shifting predator populations can change greenhouse gas levels
Negative comments, regardless of their merit, could sway readers' perceptions
Chimpanzees are several times stronger than us, generally healthier, and research suggests that they might have better memories too
If you had to guess the most abundant organism on the planet, you might think of ants, or maybe bacteria. But a newly discovered virus might trump them all
Across Asia, a plague of hunting has hit pangolins, though it's not too late to save these intriguing creatures from extinction
The first retinal implants ever approved for use in the U.S. could help with a certain type of blindness
In 1908, a meteor exploding in mid-air released the energy equivalent to "185 Hiroshima bombs"
Really, you shouldn't be worried about the water, but about the bottle.
The mid-air explosion of a 10-ton meteor injured more than 500 people
The seven-year-old Philadelphia student just became the world's youngest known person ever to code a computer game
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