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Why Forecasters Were Once Banned From Using the Word “Tornado”
Before meteorologists developed reliable prediction techniques, the t-word was off the table
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Here’s How Music Really Could Soothe Your Soul
A leading scholar theorizes that music developed as an evolutionary adaptation to help us deal with the contradictory nature of life
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Here’s Why the Navy Designed a New Diving Suit
New design spurred by a global helium shortage
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Half of All Local Council Positions in France Will Be Held by Women
Joint tickets with men and women running together will lead to councils balanced by gender
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Got Allergies? Air Pollution Could Be to Blame
New research suggests that ozone and nitrogen dioxide can alter allergens, creating more potent immune responses
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Trouble Remembering Passwords? Charles Dickens May Be Able Help
A programmer has devised a creative “password generation scheme” using A Tale of Two Cities
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The Rules of Wrinkling, From Brain Folds to Pumpkin Ridges
Creases, ridges, folds and “delaminated buckles” are all different forms of wrinkling
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Drones Are Teaching Falcons How to Hunt
One of the newest training techniques used by falconers could eventually help conservation efforts to save the birds’ prey
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Wikipedia Editing Shows That Different Countries Have Different Sets of Interests
New analysis shows that interests are local, not global
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Could Your Browser Make You a Better Employee?
The answer could be yes…if you use Firefox or Chrome
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A Special Facility in England Keeps the World’s Chocolate Safe
The cocoa tree is very sensitive to disease and pests, so someone checks every plant bound for international trade
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The First Green Beer Was Made With Laundry Whitener
Before food coloring, St. Patrick’s Day’s most festive brew got its hue from a different kind of dye
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Slime Mold Has an Uncannily Accurate Sense of Where Rome Built Its Roads
The strange organisms are remarkably good at mapping the most efficient route from place to place—and that’s exactly what roads do
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Scientists Have Been Studying Two Fake Human Pheromones for Decades
Two chemicals provided by a perfume company appear in a 1991 research paper and side-track years of work on human pheromones
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There’s an Invader in the International Space Station
An Invader mosaic has found its way to space
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Now the Turing Test Goes Visual
A proposed test would have computer programs not only pick out what is in a photo but what is happening
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Celebrating the Women of the Supreme Court With LEGOs
What better way to hail the female trailblazers of the bench than miniaturizing them into tiny toys?
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When Even the Simplest Word Looks Weird And Wrong You Have Wordnesia
We don’t really know why it happens, but at least there is a term for it
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London’s Congestion Pricing Plan Is Saving Lives
By charging $17.34 for a trip downtown during peak hours, London has reduced traffic fatalities by 40 percent
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