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This Dying Star Is the Coldest Place We’ve Found in the Universe
The Boomerang Nebula is just one degree above absolute zero
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At 26,700 Feet, This Is the Deepest-Swimming Fish Known
Researchers found a new fish in the depths of the Mariana Trench
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Introverts Give Their Extroverted Colleagues Bad Performance Reviews
Studies of students show that extroverts don’t get rewarded for being outgoing when introverts are judging
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Teachers Can Control Who the Cool Kids Are
Children nestled in the center of the classroom are deemed the coolest
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The Oldest Olive Oil Ever Found Is 8,000 Years Old
Chemical analyses unveil traces of olive oil in ancient Israeli pottery
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Congratulations, Humanity! We’re Living Six Years Longer Than We Did in 1990, on Average
Global life expectancy is increasing, especially in the developing world
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Wisdom, the World’s Oldest Albatross, Laid an Egg
This is about the 35th time Wisdom has been a mother-to-be
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You Eat Millions…Even Billions!…of Microbes Every Day
Yes, plenty of live microorganisms lurk in your yogurt, but they are everywhere else as well
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Even A/C Can’t Keep Our Economies From Slacking Off on Hot Days
As global warming turns up the temperature on the planet, it’s going to be tougher to get anything done
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The Cutest Climate Change Culprits: Arctic Ground Squirrels
By digging burrows in permafrost, Arctic ground squirrels help destabilize the vast stores of carbon in the soil
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When Sperm Meets Egg, Zinc Sparks Fly
Billions of tiny zinc particles explode from the surface of mammalian eggs when a sperm cell touches down
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Why the Pantheon Hasn’t Crumbled
Ancient Roman concrete has some benefits over modern equivalents
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Now the Danes Have Staked a Claim for the North Pole, Too
The ultimate decision over who controls the North Pole will come down to the United Nations
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You Wobble Like No Other Person on the Planet
Analysis of the frame movements in footage from head-mounted cameras is just as unique as a fingerprint
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A Better Way Than Torture to Obtain Information: Acting Friendly
Friendly methods get information from suspects faster and more reliably, oh and they don’t violate human rights
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There Are Probably Just Five Northern White Rhinos Left
The death of a captive rhino at the San Diego Zoo brings the species closer to imminent extinction
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Bad Hangover? Blame It (Partly) On Your Parents
Susceptibility to hangovers is partly due to genetics
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Killing Wolves Actually Leads to More Livestock Deaths
On the surface, killing wolves that kill sheep and cattle seems like a way to control predation, but the data paints a not-so-simple picture
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