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With Wildfire Still Burning in Yosemite, Sequoias, At Least, Are Safe
Up and down the West Coast, extraordinary fire seasons are becoming more common—and making climate change worse
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Blame Climate Change for Australia’s 30-Year Long Dry Spell
Human-induced climate change is driving a drop in rainfall across southern Australia
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Lady Worms, Beware: Pick the Wrong Mate, End Up Dead
Sperm from the wrong species of worm will eat through a female worm’s innards
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The Difficulty of Burying Ebola’s Victims
No one knows how long Ebola viruses can live in the body of a victim
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This Deep-Sea Octopus Tended Her Eggs For More Than Four Years
It appears that the octopus mom also largely refrained from eating over those 53 months
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Don’t Bank on Groundwater to Fight Off Western Drought—It’s Drying Out, Too
Water losses in the west have been dominated by dwindling groundwater supplies
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Researchers Crack the Code of First Impressions
Mathematics identifies the subtle facial features that influence how we judge others
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The Average American Household Lost a Third of Its Net Worth During the Recession
A new study shows how much, exactly, the 2008 recession contributed to rising inequality in America
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How a Flock of 400 Flying Birds Manages to Turn in Just Half a Second
The birds’ patterns of movement are surprisingly similar to that of superfluid helium
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Saharan Dust Helped Build the Bahamas
Minerals blown off the Sahara fuel the microbes that undergird the Bahaman ecosystem
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Texas Just Started Building the Largest Carbon Capture Facility Ever
The plant will soak up most of the emissions from its coal-fired power production
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These Sexy Geckos are Lost in Space
These lizards have been accidentally left to fornicate all alone among the stars
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A Wyoming Cave Full Of Ice Age Animal Bones is Finally Being Opened To Scientists
After being closed for three decades, a remote sinkhole full of ancient bones will be opened to researchers
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Schadenfreude is a Childish Emotion
Even two-year-olds find the twisted joy in others’ pain
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That Weird Siberian Hole Has a Twin
Melting permafrost can change the land in really strange—and sometimes dangerous—ways
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Moose may use their antifungal saliva to keep the fungus on their favorite foods in check
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Lasers Make a Fiber Optic Cable Out of Thin Air
Just like a fiber optic cable, without the physical cable
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Playing Outside Enhances Kids’ Love of Nature and Animals
Exposure to the great outdoors could also influence kids’ ideas about the importance of conservation
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Science Proves That Kids’ Eyes Really Are Bigger Than Their Stomachs
Adults around the world uniformly clean their plates at dinner time, but not kids
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