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Something Is Killing Off Africa’s Largest Baobab Trees
In the last dozen years, four of the 13 largest, and likely oldest, trees have died. Another five are ailing
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Space Nanodiamonds Found to Be Source of Some Cosmic Microwave Radiation
The diamond dust in protoplanetary discs may solve a decades-old astronomical mystery
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This Prehistoric Sea Creature Had Fanged, Killer Babies
The discovery of a juvenile Lyrarapax unguispinus fossil reveals that even the tiny terrors had a developed claw-like appendage and sharp teeth
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Oldest Footprints Show When Life On Earth Got Legs
Tiny fossil tracks found in South China firmly date appendages back to the Ediacaran period
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New Gadget Brings Fish Up From the Ocean’s “Twilight Zone”
The portable decompression chamber allows SCUBA-diving scientists to safely collect specimens without them, well, exploding
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World’s Largest Iceberg Is Melting Away After 18 Years Adrift
In the last two years, the Jamaica-sized berg began venturing north, melting and splintering into pieces along the way
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The Next Flu Pandemic Might Come From Dogs
A new study found two strains of swine flu in sickly pups in China
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Why Rattlesnakes Are Just as Dangerous Dead or Alive
After receiving bite from decapitated Western diamondback, Texas man required 26 doses of antivenom
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Jupiter’s Lightning Is More Earth-Like Than We Thought
Juno is providing scientists with new insights into the gas giant’s flashes of light
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New Evidence Shows That Humans Could Have Migrated to the Americas Along the Coast
Dating of rocks and animal bones shows Alaska’s coast was glacier free around 17,000 years ago, allowing people to move south along the coast
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Watch Kīlauea’s Lava Flow Into the Ocean, Creating Billowing Clouds of ‘Laze’
The interaction between the lava and the water creates a hazardous mix of hydrochloric acid, steam and volcanic glass particles
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Disgusting Things Fall Into Six Gross Categories
Open sores, body odors and other indicators of possible disease transmission top the list of things that gross us out
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Earthquakes Rumble Under East Antarctica Much More Frequently Than Thought
A new study reveals that the region trembled with 27 minor earthquakes in 2009 alone
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What Dogs Really Think of Your ‘Puppy’ Voice
Dog-directed speech may improve animals’ attention skills and strengthen human-pupper bonds
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How Does Your Vision Compare to Other Critters in the Animal Kingdom?
A new review of visual acuity compares the sight of 600 species, from mosquitoes to eagles
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A Mysterious Dinosaur Skeleton Was Auctioned Off to a Private Buyer
And paleontologists are not happy about it
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Is the Mysterious Planet Nine Just a Swarm of Asteroids?
Researchers investigate alternative explanations for wacky orbits of objects in our solar system
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Why Delayed Gratification in the Marshmallow Test Doesn’t Equal Success
Socioeconomic status, family background amongst factors accounting for children’s varying levels of self-control
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Whale Dies in Thailand With 80 Plastic Bags in Its Stomach
A five-day rescue effort could not save the animal, which started vomiting up pieces of plastic before it died
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Five Things to Know About Guatemala’s Deadly Volcanic Eruption
The massive blast is affecting nearly 2 million people, and more may still be in store
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