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Flour Was Part of the Human Diet 32,000 Years Ago
A stone pestle inside an Italian cave bears traces of starch from wild oats
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Reaching the End of a Task Makes People More Likely to Cheat
A study shows that when given a repetitive task and the ability to get away with cheating, people will be sneaky
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Some Ocean Populations Declined by Nearly 50 Percent Between 1970 and 2012
Is there still a chance to stave off a growing crisis beneath the waves?
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Here’s Why Chimps and Humans Look So Different
Thank genes for the lack of family resemblance.
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Scientists Recently Realized That 1,240 Miles of Volcanoes Were Connected
Now the Cosgrove Volcano Track is the longest on Earth
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Microbiologists Keep Finding Giant Viruses in Melting Permafrost
Researchers find several new species in a single soil sample.
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Ozone Is Making Flowers Smell Different to Bees
New research shows that ozone-exposed flowers aren’t as delicious to pollinating insects
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Mysterious “Vampire Squirrel” Finally Caught on Camera
The newly discovered squirrel has the fluffiest tail of any animal, may also disembowel deer
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Snowpack in the Sierra Nevada Just Hit a 500-Year Low
The last time California was this dry, European explorers hadn’t yet reached San Diego
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Here’s What Would Happen if All the World’s Fossil Fuels Burned Up at the Same Time
Nice knowing you, Antarctica
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These Scientists Survey Rainforest Diversity Using Leeches and the Blood They Suck
DNA from their host animals can persist in adult leeches for at least four months
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Meet the 17th Century Female Entomologist Who Illustrated Butterfly Life Cycles
Maria Sibylla Merian’s work fought superstition and societal norms
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Detailed Pluto Photos Reveal Dunes, Melted Plains and More
“If an artist had painted this Pluto before our flyby, I probably would have called it over the top — but that’s what is actually there.”
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Intel Drops Sponsorship of the Science Talent Search
The prestigious competition has been held every year since 1942
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Sleep Scientists Say School Days Should Start Later
For better learning, some researchers say school days should start at 10 AM.
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Why A Single Vial Of Antivenom Can Cost $14,000
It’s not because all antivenom is expensive to make.
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NASA Has Specific Rules For Naming Its Spacecraft
From Project Mercury to Space Shuttle Atlantis.
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Invasive Ants Could Be Beaten Back With a Targeted Virus
The idea is sound, but work needs to be done to ensure the virus doesn’t take out other insects as well
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Whales Have Dialects. Could They Have Cultures Too?
Unique click patterns point to the possibility of differing cultures among groups of sperm whales
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