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Mosquitoes Kill More Humans Than Human Murderers Do
From a human perspective, this makes them the deadliest animal in the world by far
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NASA Made Jet Shoes for Flying Around in Space
Pushing down with your big toe would activate NASA’s 1960s jet boot
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Computers Can Tell If You’re Really in Pain—Even Better Than People Can
As computers become better at reading people’s expressions, their potential as lie detectors and diagnostic aids increases
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Canada’s Installing High Speed Wifi at Remote National Parks
Wireless internet will no longer be confined to visitor centers at an assortment of trial National Park wilderness sites
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How to Improve Your Vision Without Glasses, Contacts Or Surgery
Knowing a little about the physics of light can help you focus
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Spain Begins to Search for Cervantes’ Bones
Experts use ground-penetrating radar to search for the author’s bones
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Reports from Nigeria Say Abducted Girls Are Being Married to Their Captors, Moved Abroad
Reports from local residents say they saw mass marriages, kidnapped girls being moved out of the country
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Oklahoma’s Botched Execution Revealed the Flaws in States’ Reliance on Lethal Injection
Lethal injection has a surprisingly high failure rate
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This Obscure Species of Mite Is the Fastest Animal on Earth
The mite just defeated the previous record-holder, the Australian tiger beetle
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Engineers Are Rescuing Some of the First Photos Ever Taken from Lunar Orbit
The Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project is rebuilding the equipment needed to see these stunning photos
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In a More Rational World, 4.1 Percent of People Sentenced to Death Would Be Exonerated
People whose sentences are downgraded to life in prison are less likely to be exonerated than those on death row
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Women Fought in the Civil War Disguised As Men (And So Do Today’s Re-enactors)
Some women dressed up as their husbands, or even fought alongside them
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How Fast Can You Print Out a Building?
A company in China says it can print out 10 buildings a day
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Some of America’s Nuclear Arsenal Is So Old It Still Runs on 8-Inch Floppies
The technology backing America’s nuclear arsenal is showing its age
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Twin Astronauts Are Helping NASA Learn How a Year in Space Changes the Human Body
Mark and Scott Kelly will be part of a living experiment
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Engineers Are Constructing a Giant Steel Lid to Contain Chernobyl’s Radioactive Core
The arch-shaped lid will protect against radioactive dust should Chernobyl’s decaying facilities collapse
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Convenience Stores Are Killing Hotel Minibars
Once found in many hotels, minibars are slowly being phased out
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A Scientist’s Gender Biases Mouse Research
Mice are scared of male researchers, but not female researchers, which could affect a huge chunk of biological research
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This Seal Tried to Steal Another Seal’s Baby Before It Was Fully Born
Nature is not a nice place
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