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Journey to the Center of Earth
Tides Trigger Tiny Earthquakes Along the San Andreas Fault
The spring tides trigger small tremors deep in the fault, revealing the fault’s structure
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Keep Your Eyes to the Sky for the Delta Aquarid Meteors This Month
The late-July meteor shower heralds the popular Perseids
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Five Things to Know About the New GMO Labeling Bill
Congress just passed a bill requiring GMO labeling, but it’s not as straightforward as you might think
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Browse Though the Amazon’s 12,000 Tree Species in This New Master List
Gotta count ‘em all
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Mice Watching “Touch of Evil” Teach Scientists About the Mind’s Eye
By tracking mice neurons, scientists hope to understand consciousness
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Did Rembrandt Have Help With His Most Famous Paintings?
A new study suggests the old master also knew his optics
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No, China’s Tiangong-1 Will Not “Rain Molten Metal Down Onto Earth”
It’s not spiraling out of control, and even if it was, it wouldn’t enter the atmosphere until 2017
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Researchers Travel to the Amazon to Find Out if Musical Taste is Hardwired
Members of the Tsimane tribe showed no preference between consonant and dissonate tones, meaning Western music is probably not biologically based
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Breathtaking New Images Capture Failed Stars and Planet-Sized Objects Inside the Orion Nebula
It’s the deepest look into the nebula ever seen before
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The Secret Life of Urban Hedgehogs
Though city-dwelling hedgehogs have adapted to metropolitan life, some need a little help to thrive
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The Code That Sent Apollo 11 to the Moon Just Resurfaced Online and Is Chock-Full of Jokes
Published on GitHub, the array of in-jokes, pop culture and Shakespeare asides in the comments on the code show the human side of the project
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Journey to the Center of Earth
Mission to Mariana Trench Records Dozens of Crazy Deep Sea Creatures
The Okeanos Explorer has spent three months mapping the seafloor and recording deep sea life in the ocean’s depths
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Self-Lubricating Swordfish Secrete Oil to Swim Faster
Greased lightning, go greased lightning
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What Do Goats, Puppies and Horses Have in Common?
Goats communicate with humans using eye contact, according to a new study
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Juno Will Eventually Go Up in Flames to Protect Theoretical Alien Life
Juno, we hardly knew you
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New Study Calls the Reliability of Brain Scan Research Into Question
Three million analyses point to a problem with fMRI brain activity studies
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Hong Kong Beaches Are Swamped With Trash, and No One Knows Why
The piles of rubbish could be transported by ocean currents or recent floods
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Check Out the Best Illusions of 2016
Baffle your brain with these contest-winning mind-benders
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