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Americans Are More Into BDSM Than The Rest of the World
Not only is BDSM far more common than you might think, it’s also far less of a red-flag when it comes to health and psychology
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For 25 Years, U.S. Special Forces Carried Miniature Nukes on Their Backs
The B-54 Special Atomic Demolition Munition was a nuclear bomb the size of a backpack
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This Satellite Just Returned From Circling the Sun, But NASA’s Lost the Ability to Talk to It
The style of transmitters that would let NASA talk to the spacecraft were taken out of commission
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Come On, Is Starbucks Really That “Dumb”?
People love to hate on Starbucks. But are those sentiments misplaced?
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Michael Sam Could Become the First Openly Gay NFL Player Ever
He’ll have no protection under the law, nor does it seem like he’ll receive much protection by coaches, scouts or other players
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Modern Olympic Athletes Are Bigger, Stronger And Far, Far More Specialized
Over time, Olympians are changing shape to suit their sport
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Chlamydia Can Live in Your Gut And Reinfect You After You’re Cured
Doctors have known that chlamydia can reappear, but until now they’ve been stumped as to how exactly it happens
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Forget the Paleo Diet, Make Yourself Some Mesoamerican Hot Chocolate
Skip the contents of that deer stomach, or whatever other weird diet you’re on, and get yourself some cocoa beans
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See What It’s Like to be a Paleontologist in the Gobi Desert
Aki Watanabe took Google Glass to the Gobi Desert to show people first hand what fossil hunting is like
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These 10 Year Olds Are Studying the Impact of Texting on Mario Kart Performance
Everybody knows that driving while texting is a really, really bad idea. But what about driving a Mario Kart and texting?
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Attach a Tail to a Chicken and Watch a Mini Dinosaur Strutting Around
Sticking a fake dinosaur tail onto a living chicken helps researchers approximate how those animals once walked and moved
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Mars Got Hit By a Meteorite, And Now There’s a Picture
Follow up with NASA’s high-resolution HiRISE camera captured this dramatic impact crater
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How to Humanely Euthanize a Whale
Leaving a beached whale to its own devices means a drawn out, painful death
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Hollywood Overvalues Older Male Actors And Undervalues Older Women
A female movie star’s salary peaks at age 34, and then drops off the cliff. Men hit their peak earnings at 51, and keep on making money
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Attractive Cyclists Are More Likely to Win Races
Endurance might be correlated with how attractive we find someone, new research suggests
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Did Flowers Take Out The Woolly Mammoth?
Some researchers think that the mighty beasts may have been bested by tiny flowers. Or, more precisely, the lack of them
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People Have Been Saying “Ax” Instead of “Ask” for 1,200 Years
“Ax” for “ask” isn’t wrong, it’s just different
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The Line Between Weirdness And Normalacy Depends Entirely on Your Point of View
In 1956, an anthropologist described Americans as a people with a “pervasive aversion to the natural body”
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