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Where Do Hallucinations Come From? It May Just Be What You’ve Seen
It may be our brains overriding what is there with what it expects to see, according to new research
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New Video of Floating Blobs of Fizzy Water in Space
Microgravity is the best place to figure out why raindrops are round
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Stunning New Views of Enceladus, Saturn’s 6th-Largest Moon
A new flyby has revealed a spidery network of cracks crisscrossing its northern pole
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Why a Denmark Zoo Publicly Dissected a Lion
The zookeepers say it is an educational opportunity
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When You Space Out, Parts of Your Brain go to Sleep
Midday drowsiness might mean you’re already drifting off
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Prosthetics Could Soon Have a Sense of Touch
A technology suprisingly inspired by Darth Vader
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See at a Bee’s Eye Level With 9 Award-Winning Microscopic Photos
The winners of Nikon’s annual photomicrography competition have an eye for detail
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Hunter-Gatherers Sleep Little and Get Up Early
Our ancestors probably didn’t need nine hours of sleep either
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Can Eggshells Crack the Case of Whether Dinosaurs Ran Hot or Cold?
Dinosaurs may not be cold or warm blooded, but somewhere in between
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High Definition Video of Jupiter Reveals New Weather in the Great Red Spot
Video portrait shows massive storm changing as it shrinks
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When critters get used to tourists, they may be less aware of both predators and poachers
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Declassified Spy Maps Show Melting Arctic Ice
Maps reveal how climate and politics are heating up in the Arctic
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America’s in the Midst of a Lobster Boom
With the lobster catch up sixfold in the last 30 years, can we eat without worry?
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Learn Physics From Nobel Prizewinner Richard Feynman for Free
The physicist’s legendary lectures are now available online
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Watch These Giant Rats Sniff Out Landmines
Giant rats can detect TNT decades after it was buried
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This Gene Might Be Why Elephants Don’t Get Cancer
Their large bodies and many cells mean more elephants should be dying of cancer, scientists are trying to figure out why not
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How a Metronome Could Save a Life
An simple device could help save lives by keeping CPR on the beat
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Wet Weather Causes Shortage of Pumpkins (and Pie)
Intense summer rains cut pumpkin yields in half
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How the Giraffe Got Its Long Neck: It Happened in Spurts
New fossils resolve this lengthy debate
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