We Burn Just Half the Calories Other Mammals Do
Our slow metabolism helps explain why it takes us so long to grow up—and why we live such long lives
Ancient Walking Fish May Have Walked on All Fours
A fossilized pelvis shows the fish had functioning rear “legs”
One More Point for Coffee: It Might Boost Memory-Making Abilities
Research indicates that two cups of caffeine-laced coffee might enhance your ability to remember certain details
A Permit to Hunt a Critically Endangered Black Rhino Just Sold for $350,000
Proceeds will supposedly go toward conservation of the species
Kids Start Forgetting Early Childhood Around Age 7
Memories of that awesome zoo trip? Those first few birthday cakes? All gone
What’s the Real Effect of “16 and Pregnant”?
Don’t make major life choices based on something you saw on TV
The Cold Snap Wasn’t Actually That Extreme, Global Warming Has Just Made Us Wimpy
The recent cold snap wouldn’t have been so unusual in the past
These Slave-Making Ants Use Stealth, Not Force, to Take Prisoners
Chemical camouflage allow these tiny ants to sneak past enemies’ defenses and steal their babies
The More Fires Firefighters Are Exposed to, the More Heat Resistant They Become
As firefighters are exposed to more and more fires, their bodies evolve a tolerance for those inhospitable environments
International Space Station to Get a Four Year Life Extension
Then, in 2024, it has to crash into the ocean
Emperor Penguins Have Some Tricks to Help Cope with Climate Change
Some penguin colonies live off the ice
This Drug Turns Back Time in Your Brain, Until, Like a Kid, You Can Learn New Skills
By increasing neural plasticity, this drug could open your mind to new abilities
Astronomers Find What May Be a Star Within a Star
The best candidate yet for an elusive Thorne-Żytkow Object
The Dutch Nearly Beat James Cook to New Zealand
A shipwreck discovered off New Zealand dates to a time before Cook’s arrival
Being the Victim of Racism Seems to Accelerate Aging
This study brings further evidence to the scientific belief that “social toxins” such as racism have a very real impact on people’s lives and health
Expose Wounds to the Right Kind of Sounds, And They Heal Faster
Treatment with low-intensity ultrasound could help chronic wounds to heal
Finally, an Opiate Test That Doesn’t Confuse Poppy Seeds With Heroin
The days of heroin users leaning on bagels as a scapegoat are probably numbered
Hunter-Gatherers Ruined Their Teeth by Eating Too Many Acorns
Wild nuts such as acorns, pine nuts and pistachios are highly cariogenic, or those “producing and promoting the development of tooth decay”
Meet Some of the Lucky(?) People Shortlisted for a One-Way Trip to Mars
Applicants who missed out on this selection round but who are still bent on living out their final days 140 million miles away can reapply in the future
People Don’t Make More Friends, They Just Replace Their Old Ones
We each have a limited capacity for maintaining friendships, so to make new friends, we have to let one go
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