Journey to the Center of Earth
There May Be a Second Massive Ocean Deep Beneath the Surface
Chemically bonded to minerals in the transition zone, Earth’s mantle may be rather wet
Let Us Introduce You to a Tiny Arctic Tyrannosaurs
Nanuqsaurus hoglund lived above the Arctic circle
Matching a Person’s Face With an ID Photo Seems To Be Something of a Crap Shoot
People fail to make a correct identification up to 20 percent of the time, at least in the lab
Copy Cats Are Universally Looked Down Upon by the World’s Children
Regardless of their nation’s stance on copyright and intellectual property laws, kids are not into others stealing their ideas
Restoring Cut Rainforests Might Not Work Well If There’s Light Pollution Nearby
Fruit-eating bats can’t do their job distributing seeds around the new jungle patch if they’re blinded by lights
Astronauts Are Really Sick of Houston, And Other Insights Gleaned From Spacefarer’s Diaries
Life in space is amazing and wonderful and beautiful and awesome, but sometimes it’s also really, really annoying
Male Peacocks Make Fake Sex Noises to Seem More Attractive Than They Are
Faking a noise usually reserved for sex makes male peacocks more attractive
Elephants Identify Dangerous People by Their Gender, Their Clothes And Even the Language They Speak
Wild Kenyan elephant have learned to identify Maasai men as dangerous threats
Activity Bands Can See You Run, But Not Deadlift
Bands are good at walking and running, but lose their accuracy for other types of exercise
In the Animal Kingdom, Couples Are Often More “Monogam-ish” Than Monogamous
That an animal “mates for life” doesn’t often mean what you think it means
There Are Indeed Side Effects to Sword Swallowing
From “sword throat” to putting a hole in your pharynx, sword swallowing comes with a few risks
Parents Playing With Their Phones Have Less Patience for Their Kids
Kids compete with Candy Crush and texting for a parental attention
Spider Monkeys Are the Only Other Primate Species That Segregates by Sex
Spider monkey females are basically living together in a feminist commune to escape the aggressive, greedy males
One Drink Might Be Enough to Make People 55 And Older Unsafe Drivers
Older adults may be more susceptible to the effects of alcohol on driving performance
Flying Snakes Glide Through the Air Like Mini-Tornadoes
Researchers are getting closer to understanding the physics behind this impressive reptilian feat
Could Giant Walls Prevent Tornadoes?
The idea is to build three walls, 1,000 feet high and 150 feet wide, running east to west across the country’s middle
Forget Storing Carbon. Why Not Capture It And Make It Into Something Useful?
New equipment could let manufacturers use atmospheric carbon dioxide as a raw material
What Season You’re Born in Might Influence How Your Brain Develops
Men born in December tend to have the most grey matter in a certain region of the brain, while men born in June have the least
Some Totally Normal People Just Don’t Like Music That Much
While some of us find ourselves quietly crying in the middle of a Target when some dumb song comes on, others are unmoved
If We’re Going to Climb Mountains, First the Earth Needs to Make Them
Temujin Doran’s video explores the processes that affect mountain evolution
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