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This Peer-Reviewed Scientific Journal Has Editors Who Are Still in Elementary School

Like grown-up scientific journals, Frontiers’ young editors must review manuscripts, complete with figures and citations, for clarity and topic value

The tip of Antarctica’s Mount Sidley, part of the Executive Committee Range.

There’s Boiling Magma Beneath the Antarctic Ice, And It Could Burst Out at Any Time

Swarms of earthquakes beneath the Antarctic ice could be signs of an impending volcanic eruption

Water vortices surrounding a moving stingray’s body

Future Submarines May Glide Through the Water Like Stingrays

Cracking the underlying principles behind stingray movements is the first step to building future submarines

Florida Man Arrested For Shooting Robotic Deer

It turns out that states all over the country are using robo-deer to catch people who might try to hunt off season

Physical bitcoins exist, but the currency is a digital one.

Powering the 21st Century

Bitcoins May Power the Next Election Cycle

Soon, you might be able to donate bitcoins to your favorite poltician’s campaign

Indonesian Volcano Spews a Four-Mile High Column of Ash

Until August 2010, Mount Sinabung had been inactive for centuries

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Watch Beethoven’s Ninth Played on a Glockenspiel Made out of Tools

You’ve probably heard Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony before. But chances are you haven’t heard it played on a glockenspiel made out of tools

Where Do Dogs Come From—Europe Or China?

Where were dogs first domesticated?

China Is Slowly Undoing Its One-Child Policy

The addition of an extra exemption will let more Chinese families have more than one child

Scientists Have Figured Out the Best Way to Goof Around at Work

You’re going to procrastinate anyway, but here’s how to make it work for you

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There Are 58 Versions of Little Red Riding Hood, Some 1,000 Years Older Than the Brothers Grimm’s

Brothers Grimm may have popularized the tale but they certainly didn’t win any prizes for originality

The distribution of drug deaths in American counties from 2008 to 2009

Deaths From Drug Overdoses Are Soaring

Across America, the rate of drug overdose deaths has risen by 300%

The Bird in the World’s Largest Cuckoo Clock Weighs 330 Pounds

The clock is based on a much smaller cuckoo clock that is about 100 years old - scaled up sixty times

For just $875,000, you, too, could live in scenic Malta. Or anywhere else in the European Union.

Want European Union Citizenship? You Can Buy It

Got a million dollars sitting around? Move to Europe, and bring your friends

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Meet the First Robot to Ring the NASDAQ Bell

As trading gets more and more automated and computers more integral to the process, it was probably only time before some sort of robot rang the bell

Underwater kite design by Minesto

Powering the 21st Century

Underwater Kites Can Harness Ocean Currents to Create Clean Energy

If researchers were to figure out how to harness the power of the currents, there is ample energy to be had

This Is the Most Expensive Piece of Art Ever Auctioned

All told, that auction raked in $691.5 million, the highest anyone has ever made at an auction in history

Depressed People’s Cells Appear To Be Prematurely Old

The research does not address whether the shorter telomeres directly translate into health problems, however

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Remnants of 3.5 Billion-Year-Old Bacteria May Be the Oldest Evidence of Life on Earth

The microbial sediment layers outdate previous evidence of life around 300 million years

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Rethinking the Paleo Diet: Would You Eat the Contents of a Deer’s Stomach?

Animal stomachs for everybody!

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