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Google River View Comes to the Colorado River
Google’s street view is now available for off-road destinations
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Matching a Person’s Face With an ID Photo Seems To Be Something of a Crap Shoot
People fail to make a correct identification up to 20 percent of the time, at least in the lab
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Copy Cats Are Universally Looked Down Upon by the World’s Children
Regardless of their nation’s stance on copyright and intellectual property laws, kids are not into others stealing their ideas
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Restoring Cut Rainforests Might Not Work Well If There’s Light Pollution Nearby
Fruit-eating bats can’t do their job distributing seeds around the new jungle patch if they’re blinded by lights
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Astronauts Are Really Sick of Houston, And Other Insights Gleaned From Spacefarer’s Diaries
Life in space is amazing and wonderful and beautiful and awesome, but sometimes it’s also really, really annoying
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Can Your Phone Tell How You’re Feeling by How Your Voice Sounds?
This app is supposed to listen to your voice and tell you how you’re feeling
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This Paper Microscope Costs Just 97 Cents
Foldscope is a paper microscope that fits in your pocket and can be assembled for less than a dollar. And it works, too.
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Mathematicians Say Candy Crush Really Is Hard
You can feel better about your obsession with Candy Crush. The game isn’t just mindless swiping; it’s an actually difficult math problem.
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Male Peacocks Make Fake Sex Noises to Seem More Attractive Than They Are
Faking a noise usually reserved for sex makes male peacocks more attractive
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Elephants Identify Dangerous People by Their Gender, Their Clothes And Even the Language They Speak
Wild Kenyan elephant have learned to identify Maasai men as dangerous threats
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Japan Plans to Halve the Number of Young Bluefin Tuna It Catches
Sushi might get more expensive, but tuna populations need the break
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See Every Plane Criss-Crossing Europe in This Weirdly Beautiful Video of Flight Paths
An air traffic control company created this incredible video showing flight patterns around Europe
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New Zealand Wants a New, Less British Flag
Seeking to carve out an identity distinct from the UK, some in New Zealand are pushing for a new flag
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Japanese Towns Are Choosing Between Walls to Protect Against Tsunamis And Access to the Sea
Areas along the Japanese coast are building seawalls to prepare for the next big one
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Activity Bands Can See You Run, But Not Deadlift
Bands are good at walking and running, but lose their accuracy for other types of exercise
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Americans Are Using Transit More Than Any Time in Nearly 60 Years
Transit use seems to be up across the board
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In the Animal Kingdom, Couples Are Often More “Monogam-ish” Than Monogamous
That an animal “mates for life” doesn’t often mean what you think it means
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Seventy Five Years Ago, the Bronx Tried to Take Over Part of Manhattan With Just a Limo And a Flag
James F. Lyons drove over to Marble Hill and planted his flag, claiming it as his. It didn’t work.
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There Are Indeed Side Effects to Sword Swallowing
From “sword throat” to putting a hole in your pharynx, sword swallowing comes with a few risks
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Women Pitching the Same Exact Ideas As Men Still Get Less Funding From Venture Capitalists
Men have a quantifiable advantage over women when pitching their businesses
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