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Giant Tortoises Have Made a Comeback From 15 to 1,000
Española giant tortoises have been reintroduced to Galapagos National Park and are breeding on their own
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The Antares Rocket Explosion Wasn’t Orbital Sciences’ First Big Malfunction
Orbital Sciences has lost some of NASA’s gear before, because going to space is really, really hard
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Found: Millions of Gallons of Missing Oil From Deepwater Horizon
Oil that sank to the seafloor left a ring the size of Rhode Island
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What Appears to Be a Complete Mammoth Skeleton Was Discovered in an Idaho Ditch
A nearby reservoir has just covered the fossil in water, however, postponing the excavation
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Lava Is Poised to Consume Some Homes in Hawaii
Lava is creeping across the Big Island’s Puna district at a rate of about 10 to 15 yards per hour
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We’re Terrible at Distinguishing Real And Fake Schools of Fish
You can test your fish school savviness in a free online game created by scientists
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Newsflash: Technology Cannot Guarantee a Baby
The unregulated egg freezing industry is profitable for those involved, but prone to failure for those looking to get pregnant
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Rosetta’s Comet Smells Really, Really Bad
If you could breathe in space, you wouldn’t want to breathe this air
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40 Percent of Adult Internet Users Have Been Harassed Online
Harassment runs rampant online
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Invaders From Cuba Force Florida Lizards to Quickly Evolve (Or Get Out)
In just 15 years, green anoles changed their behavior and evolved bigger, stickier toes to escape alien competitors
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Build a Cloud Chamber for Cheap And See Particles From Outer Space
A simple device lets you see cosmic rays’ effects with your own eyes
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Male Great Bustards Eat Poison to Look Sexier for the Ladies
The toxic compound can kill mammals - including humans - but helps the birds rid themselves of pests
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From Lightning on Jupiter to Apollo 13’s Call for Help, Hear Some of NASA’s Greatest Recordings
An audio archive captures some iconic moments of space history
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A Swarm of Comets Around an Alien Star Hints at Our Solar System’s Youth
The comets fall in two groups — one older and one younger — and have to contend with the orbit of a gas giant
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Lose Ice in Alaska, See Temperatures Spike By 7°C
This puts the goal of keeping temperature rises below 2°C to shame
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The Amazon Rainforest Disappeared Way More Quickly This Year
Widespread deforestation is even worse than you think
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Sea Coral Makes Excellent Human Bone Grafts
Coral’s porous structure, with some chemical tweaks, is the perfect place for new bone and tissue to grow
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Like Ants, Small Backpackers Are Adept at Carrying Proportionally Heavier Loads
The weight a person or animal can carry does not increase uniformly with size
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You Don’t Even Want to Know About All the Stuff Living on Your Eyeball
Even eyes can’t escape the microbiome
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