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Understanding the Controversy Behind the Dakota Access Pipeline
What to know as protesters and the oil company continue to clash
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New xkcd Comic Masterfully Shows How Climate Has Changed Through Time
Scroll through 20,000 years of humorously illustrated climate data
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Sugar Study Draws Attention to Food Industry’s Sour Secret
Food industries have long opened their wallets to snag a piece of the science pie
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Second Ship From Sir John Franklin’s 19th-Century Expedition Found
Two years and a day after its sister ship was discovered, Canadian researchers find the H.M.S. Terror
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What Does Science Say About the Five-Second Rule? It’s Complicated
The real world is a lot more nuanced than this simple rule reflects
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Fish Industry On the Hook for Rampant Mislabeling of Species
A new report identifies rampant fraud in the seafood industry
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A Starchy Sixth Sense Could Explain Why Humans Love Carbs
Our tongues may be even more sensitive than once thought
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There Are Four Giraffe Species—Not Just One
The downside to this revelation: several of the new species are critically endangered
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This Slo-Mo Sneeze Video Shows Just How Far Spray Clouds Can Spread
Gross as it may be, by mapping the ejected sneeze droplets, researchers hope to better control the spread of disease
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Thousands of Toilets Submerged in NY Harbor Go From Bathroom Throne to Oyster Home
It’s much too soon to eat them, though
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These Stunning Images Capture the Unseen Beauty of Booze
Drink to the magic of polarized light microscopy
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DNA from 17th-Century Teeth Confirms Cause of London’s Great Plague
Skeletons excavated from a mass grave during London’s Crossrail project yield new clues about the ancient mystery
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Your Brain Is Full of Magnetic Minerals, and You Might Not Like the Reason Why
Blame air pollution for the microscopic minerals that go up your nose and into your noggin
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Watch OSIRIS-REx Head to the Cosmos to Grab a Scoop of Asteroid Dust
Today, NASA will launch the spacecraft which will travel to the nearby asteroid Bennu
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Delayed InSight Mission to Mars Slated to Launch in 2018
With redesigned equipment, scientists hope to unearth how the Red Planet came to be
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Explore Skulls and Artifacts From a 16th-Century Warship
The Mary Rose was the pride of Henry VIII’s fleet before it sank at sea
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Remembering the Tasmanian Tiger, 80 Years After It Became Extinct
Today, the animal’s memory is alive and well in Australia
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Giant Pandas Are No Longer Endangered but Are Still in Danger
They aren’t the only ones in trouble: the state of the great apes is more dire than ever
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After Two Years of Searching, Comet Lander Philae Finally Found
Photographs of the small probe come just weeks before the mission ends with Rosetta’s comet touchdown
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