Celebrate Invasive Plant Pest and Disease Awareness Month By Reporting These Horrifying Species
April 1st marks the beginning of Invasive Plant Pest and Disease Awareness Month, but how does somebody celebrate?
One of Napoleon’s Generals Was More Interested in Gathering Beetles Than Fighting at Waterloo
When he died in 1845, Count Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean owned the largest personal beetle collection in the world
The Scientific Reason LeBron James Isn’t As Important As You Think
The most important players on the team may also be the least flashy
This Picture of Boston, Circa 1860, Is the World’s Oldest Surviving Aerial Photo
A sight from 2,000 feet, a view of 1860s Boston
This Giant New Tarantula Has an Eight-Inch Leg Span
Say hello to Peocilotheria rajaei, Sri Lanka’s most recently discovered giant spider.
How Your Brain Reassures You That You’re Better Than Other People
The “superiority illusion” may depend on how connected certain parts of your brain are and how many dopamine receptors you have
There’s No Such Thing as a ‘Living Fossil’
Though Darwin coined the term ‘living fossil,’ if he were around today he’d probably agree that it’s time to retire it
This Board Game Is Designed For People to Play 2,700 Years Into the Future
That is assuming, of course, that humans manage to stick around in time for the big unveiling event
America May Be the World’s Top Exporter of Sperm
The United States may be the world’s largest exporter of sperm
Meditation May Make You Nicer
Around 50 percent of people who recently meditated gave up their seat for a person in crutches compared to just 15 percent of people who had not meditated
Watch How Fast the Insane Snout of the Star-Nosed Mole Can Move
To many, the star nosed mole is alternatively horrifying and fascinating, but have you ever seen the little rodent’s face in action?
A Georgia Town Is Requiring Gun Ownership. So Did the Founding Fathers.
A Georgia town may have just mandated gun ownership, but early Americans had the same idea back in 1792
What Is the BRAIN Initiative, Anyway?
The Obama administration hopes to do for brains what the Human Genome Project did for genetics
This Sea Lion Can Keep Time With the Backstreet Boys
Ronan the sea lion can keep a beat, something sea lions weren’t supposed to be able to do
If Your Plane is Going Down, It’s Better to Sit in the Back
Discovery TV crashed a Boeing 727 in the Sonoran desert to answer the question: where’s the safest place in the plane?
Now Poachers Are Sawing Off Elephant Tusks in Museums
A plague of rhino horn and elephant tusk thefts to feed the wildlife black market continues in museums across Europe
Shroud 2.0: A High-Tech Look at One of Christianity’s Most Important Artifacts
The Shroud of Turin? There’s an app for that
Oil Pipeline Spills Heavy Crude in Arkansas
More than 12,000 barrels of oil spilled on Mayflower, Ark.
How That Annoying Drone From Inception Took Over Movie Trailers
There’s this weird, droney sound that nearly every action movie seems to employ. But where did it come from?
Stop Trying to Live Like a Caveman
Modern humans are doing it all wrong - they eat wrong, they run wrong, they work wrong, they get married wrong. But is the life of cave people really what we should be striving for?
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