In the U.S., Water is Starting to Get Way, Way More Expensive
In the past few years the price of water rose 23%, and water utilities are taking on crushing debt to keep up
Homo Sapiens’ Family Tree May Be Less Complicated Than We Thought
If this new research holds, we’re about to lose a whole pile of evolutionary ancestors
There’s a Universal Law of Urination in Mammals
They all take an average of about 21 seconds to empty their bladders, nearly regardless of how big they are
Some Seemingly Harmless Snakes Possess a Secret Venom Gland
These attacks are extremely rare, however, and victims were probably doing things they should not have been doing
Up to 31,000 People in Britain Carry the Prion for Mad Cow Disease
What this means for the people who silently carry the abnormal protein, however, remains unknown
Zombie Corals Can Come Back From the Dead
Killed by bleaching, this weird kind of coral can regrow from cryptic tissue
These Scientists Are Trying to Take the Internet Underwater
Have you ever been underwater and thought, “man I really wish I could watch some YouTube videos right now?”
Hungry Animals Would Take Down a Zombie Invasion
If large creatures were overwhelmed by the bounty of food available, the microbes and insects would not be
A Giant Oarfish Just Washed Up in California
Every time an oarfish washes up on the beach, the world freaks out. Here’s the most recent one
Music Makes Working Out Hurt Less
Music doesn’t solely work by distracting us or syncing our motions up with its encouraging beat
Agricultural Pollution Is Threatening America’s National Parks
Gases from heavy fertilizer use are threatening the ecological balance of America’s natural parks
Dolphins Have Interspecies Hunting Parties
A real life tale of animal BFFs
This New Burial Technique Turns a Corpse Into a Tiny Pile of Freeze-Dried Fertilizer
In the future wills may include specifications for the type of flower or bush we’d like to fertilize rather than the make of coffin or urn
It Might Rain Diamonds on Jupiter
Take some methane, add lightning and massive pressures, and what do you get? Diamond hail
Even Babies Can Be Depressed
For a long time, people didn’t believe that children could become depressed, but they certainly can
Being Around Predators Changes the Shape of This Fish’s Penis
Armadillos have bony plates, stick bugs evolved camouflage, and the Bahamas mosquitofish evolved a bigger penis
Hurricane Phailin Is As Strong as Katrina, Twice as Wide as Sandy And About to Devastate India
India is bracing for what is potentially the strongest hurricane they’ve ever seen
Hibernating Turtles Are Still Aware of What’s Going on Around Them
Researchers assumed they entered a coma-like condition during winter hibernation, but turtles are paying attention to the things that matter most
How We Spot Friends in the Crowd Before Being Able to See Their Face
Facial recognition is already very much in place in all sorts of ways, from Facebook to surveillance cameras. Perhaps now they’ll add body recognition too
There’s a New Breed of Botulism, And We Don’t Have a Cure for It
It’s new, it’s deadly, and it fights off our best anti-toxins
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