Assumed Asteroid Remnant Leaves Crater in Nicaragua
A small rock from a passing asteroid left a crater in Nicaragua
Cockatoos Learn to Use Tools by Watching Each Other
With a teacher, Goffin cockatoo learn to use new tools more quickly
Why Environmentalists Should Keep Quiet About Geoengineering
If it seems like there’s a technological fix, people lose interest in helping
Approximately a Third of Americans Have Been the Victim of Sexual Violence
The CDC’s latest rape and sexual violence statistics are just as disturbing as ever
Rare, Red Mammoth Hair Found on Californian Artichoke Farm
Columbian mammoths roamed Western North America thousands of years ago, and now we have a better idea of what they looked like
Once Mexico Had a Wealth of Corn; Now It’s Left With a Genetically Boring Monocrop
This lack of diversity does not bode well for food sustainability and economics in light of climate change
Turns Out We Live in the Laniakea Galactic Supercluster
Add another line to your celestial address: Astronomers just found out we live in the Laniakea Galactic Supercluster
Meet Dreadnought, Largest Dinosaur In The World
Dreadnought is the largest dinosaur in the world to be scientifically described
More Evidence That Arctic Warming Is Behind the Weak Polar Vortex
Scientists lay out how melting sea ice may destabilize the Arctic atmospheric circulation
The Brain Will Go to Amazing, Sometimes Scary Lengths to Preserve Its Self-Constructed Narrative
Your life narrative gives meaning to chaos
Flowering Plants Appeared in Forest Canopies Just a Few Million Years After Dinosaurs Went Extinct
A new study gives scientists some more insight into the weird history of flowering plants
Extreme Drought in New Mexico Cost a 650-Year-Old Tree Its Life
The 7-foot-tall douglas fir named Yoda managed to weather many a drought over the centuries, but not this last one
Action Movies Encourage Charged-Up Viewers to Overeat
People watching action flicks ate nearly twice as much as those viewing a talk show
Icelandic Volcano Is Erupting Spectacularly (And Relatively Quietly)
The eruption, currently spewing lava fountains, could go on for a year
Radioactive Boars Are Roaming Around Germany
The boar’s meat is too contaminated from Chernobyl’s radiation to be fit for human consumption
The Surprisingly Complicated Reason Why Stars Look Like They Have Points
Stars are star-shaped because of imperfection in our eyes
Ghostly Neutrinos Created in the Heart of the Sun Are Finally Detected
This is the most direct evidence supporting researchers’ ideas about how the Sun is powered
Ebola Drug ZMapp Cured 18 Monkeys
How well the drug works in humans, however, isn’t so clear
Your House’s Germs Are Yours, And They’ll Follow You If You Move
Your house is laced with microbes shed by your body
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