Many Animals, Including the Platypus, Lost Their Stomachs
Not only did those animals toss their stomachs out with the evolutionary garbage, they burned the genetic instructions, too
Great White Sharks Are Being Killed Before They Can Become Truly Gigantic
Sharks aren’t shrinking, they’re just being hunted and inadvertently killed by fishing nets so often that they’re no longer living long enough to grow up
What’s the Air Force’s Secretive Space Drone Been Doing in Orbit for the Past Year?
The Air Force’s experimental space drone has been in orbit for a year, and no one really knows why
Baby Mice Can Inherit Fear of Certain Smells From Their Parents
But researchers are far from pinning down the mechanism by which this may be possible, or what specific roles epigenetics plays in human disease
Neanderthals May Have Practiced the Ancient Art of Interior Design
Excavations showed that Neanderthals may have designed their homes with purpose
Your Online Dating Profile Picture Should Be With Other People
Skip the shirtless bathroom selfie and go with a group shot for your next online dating profile
Why Koalas’ Mating Bellows Sound More Like a Choking Tiger, Less Like a Small, Cuddly Herbivore
Koalas use a special pair of “fleshy lips” located outside of their larynx to produce these deep grunts
Cats Recognize Their Owner’s Voice But Choose to Ignore It
Researchers think cats’ dismissive attitudes are a product of their evolutionary history over the past 9,000 years
What’s the Best Way to Swing a Playground Swing?
There is physics everywhere, including on the playground
Poachers Are Using Scientific Papers to Guide Them to Their Next Victims
For scientists who discover new species, the prospect of their science being used to gather and sell the species they described is a strange one
If Cockroaches Are Conscious, Would That Stop You From Smushing Them?
Research has shown cockroaches are adept communicators, and can even show individual personality
Microbes May Be Responsible For Wine Regions’ Distinctive Flavors
Wines’ regionally-distinctive flavors may be caused by the bacteria and fungi that live on the grapes
Scientists Accidentally Captured the Sound of Poachers Killing an Elephant, And It’s Very, Very Sad
A microphone network meant to eavesdrop on elephants’ conversations ended up hearing something far more gruesome
This Hurricane Season Was Way Less Awful Than People Expected
This year’s hurricane season - which ends tomorrow - has been far more subdued than experts predicted
Meet Brazil’s Adorable New Wildcat Species
Also known as little spotted cats, tigrillo, tigrinas or tiger cats, it turns out these wild felines are not one but two distinct species
Same-Sex Parenting Can Be an Adaptive Advantage
Same-sex bird couples produced fewer offspring than traditional couples, but they still reared more chicks than solo parents
New Zealand’s Native Mantises Are a Little Too Attracted to Invasive Females
Nearly 70 percent of love-blinded males that were lured towards the invasive females were then eaten by the object of their desire
Here’s How Astronauts Will Eat Thanksgiving Dinner in Space
Yum yum yum, irradiated smoked turkey and thermostabilized yams
The Microbes Living in Our Bodies Were Probably Once Evil Pathogens
The Salmonella of the past may today help us break down food in our gut, for example
Cracking the Code of the Human Genome
Here’s Why the FDA Is More Than a Little Freaked Out by Personal Genetic Testing
Really, this debate isn’t about 23andMe, but about a broader question of how to deliver and interpret personal genetic data
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