At Least 400,000 Hungry Seabirds Drown in Fishing Nets Each Year
The gillnets used by local or artisanal fishers are a big threat to seabirds
Spaceships Made of Plastic Could Carry Us to Mars
Plastic is way better than aluminum at blocking cosmic rays
2.5 Million Gallons of Toxic Waste Just Spilled in Alberta
Both Alberta and the company responsible, Apache Corp, held off for more than a week on publicly disclosing the information about the spill
Cyborg Cockroaches May Become New Teaching Tools in Neuroscience Classes
Roach neurons aren’t that different than human neurons, making the RoboRoach a learning tool for all sorts of basic principles of neuroscience
New At-Home Test Could Tell Women If Their Pregnancy Has Terminated
Women who both do and do not want to be pregnant could benefit from the new test
When the Union Ran Out of Ironclads, They Built Timberclads
A curious photograph caught one library specialist at the Library of Congress by surprise: a wooden ironclad
On Venus It Snows Metal
To add to the list of crazy things about space, is this fact: on Venus, it snows metal
Colorado Wildfire Forces Evacuations, Threatens World’s Highest Suspension Bridge
A series of three wildfires are currently tearing through Colorado
A Survey of Women With Broken Bones Shows the Prevalence of Domestic Abuse
One in three women has been the victim of domestic abuse.
This New Photo App Can Help Doctors Brainstorm What, Exactly, That Weird Thing Growing on Your Leg Is
It’s like Instagram but with rotting toes and tumors instead of filters
Beer Bottle Meets 19th-Century Phonograph, Makes Beautiful Music
Engineers and music experts in New Zealand tinkered with the concepts behind Thomas Edison’s original phonograph to make a beer bottle sing
Teeny Tiny Rock Fragments Testify That a Meteor Caused the Biggest Impact Event in Recorded History
On June 30, 1908, an enormous explosion in a remote stretch of Siberia flattened and bruned nearly 1,000 square miles of forest, totaling around 80 million trees
Bacteria Makes Squid Sparkly and Sleepy
Bacteria sets up shop in squid to make it sparkle, and also might tell it when to go to sleep
Half of Central America’s Coffee Harvest This Year Is in Danger
Thanks to climate change, coffee rust’s ideal habitat seems to be spreading as higher elevations and more northern areas become warmer
Florence’s Powerful Medici Family Suffered from Rickets Because of Too Much Time Spent Indoors
Study of the Medici’s children shows that they suffered from rickets, or the bone softening affliction caused by a lack of vitamin D from sunlight or food
San Francisco From the Air, 1938 and Today
This amazing composite photo gives a scrollable, zoomable high-resolution view of 1938 San Francisco
Where in the World Will the Fracking Boom Visit Next?
Fracking has reshaped American drilling, and shale gas stores are popping up all over the world
Lego Faces Are Getting Angrier
As LEGOs have gotten more and more varied, they’ve given the little yellow dude more expressions, many of them angry
Even Astronauts Have Accidents
Peeing in space is way harder than you might think
Jurassic Park’s Stars Would Be Very Different Animals If the Film Were Made Today
In the past 20 years our knowledge about dinosaurs has grown, meaning that some dinosaur-related points depicted in the film are either outdated or wrong
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