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Nearly Half of Americans Believe At Least One Conspiracy Theory
William S. Burroughs once said, “Sometimes paranoia’s just having all the facts.”
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Rwanda Has Become a Poster Child for Health Equity
Life expectancy has doubled, and child vaccinations rates are higher than they are in the U.S.
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This Rare Footage Shows Two Live 15-Foot-Long Oarfish Swimming in the Ocean
Two very shy oarfish were seen swimming near the shoreline in Mexico
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The “Tibetan Book of Buddhist Proportions” Show Exactly How to Draw the Buddha
Representations of the Buddha are highly particular
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After Crimea, Donetsk May Be the Next Region to Leave Ukraine
Pro-Russian protesters took control of government buildings in three Ukrainian provinces over the weekend
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An Effort to Crack Down on Fake Yelp Reviews Goes to Supreme Court
About 20 percent of reviews on Yelp might be fraudulent. But should Yelp have to disclose the identities of its reviewers?
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Why the Roseland Ballroom Had to Stop Dancing
Tonight is the last preformance at the iconic New York concert venue the Roseland Ballroom
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Combat Juggling Is Your New Favorite Sport, Now That You Know It Exists
The premise of combat juggling is pretty simple: juggle three items, and try to get your opponent to drop his three
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Christmas Island Is 63 Percent National Parkland…And Has More Crabs Than People
This nature’s paradise is hard to get to, but is home to a fascinating phenomenon
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People Use Bike Shares to Get to Work And Parties
Now is probably a good time to say that biking while drunk is never a good idea
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Here’s How Neuroscientists in the 1800s Studied Blood Flow in the Brain
New translations of early neuroscience reveal how in 1882 one Italian physiologist was able to measure blood flow changes in the brain
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Some Visions of the Crucifixion Aren’t T-Shaped
Jesus and others who were crucified didn’t necessarily die with their arms pinned straight out, the way we often imagine them
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Bison Running Away From Earthquakes? Not So Fast
A video of bison running through Yellowstone sparked speculation that they were running away from an earthquake. They weren’t
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Mayas Used Spiked Clubs to Bash Combatant’s Heads
Analysis of skulls gives insight into violence in the Mayan culture
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Ancient Wandering Shepherds Spread Crops Across Eurasia
The nomadic shepherds of central Asia joined east and west
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This Skydiver Was Almost Hit by a Meteorite in Mid-Air
No one’s ever filmed a meteorite in dark flight
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The Majority of Web Traffic Comes From Robots
While humans may be very good at surfing the internet, this is yet another thing that robots do better
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Saturn’s Icy Moon Enceladus May Have a Giant Liquid Water Lake
New proof that Enceladus is a watery world
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Virtual Reality Could Change the Way We Travel
Innovations in virtual reality could change how we travel
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Almost 65 Years After Its Pieces Were Dispersed, Scientists Reconstructed a Long-Lost Dinosaur Chase
A lost set of dinosaur footprints in Texas has been reconstructed from 70-year-old photographs
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