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Giant Sperm Cells Belonging to 17 Million Year Old Shrimp Are the Oldest Ever Found
The sperm were longer than the male shrimp’s entire body
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Small, Quiet Drones Let Conservationists Peek Inside Bird’s Nests
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is using remote-controlled drones to monitor nests of endangered species
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NASA’s Going to Mars in 2020 And Wants to Bring Back Martian Rocks
The next NASA Mars rover, scheduled for 2020, may be the first step in a sample return mission
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Is This the Oldest Living Tree?
This Norway Spruce in Sweden has roots that are over 9,000 years old
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The “Star Wars” Prosthetic Arm Was Approved for Sale in the U.S.
The advanced prosthetic reads muscle contractions and turns them into motion
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When We’re Threatened, We Try to Show What Good People We Are
Outside observers, however, tend to see through flimsy claims of innocence
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In an Emergency, We Act Like Ants
Like many animals, we tend to clump together when danger presents itself
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This Is How Much Hotter Nights in Phoenix Are Because of A/C
Waste heat from air conditioners causes a significant amount of warming outside
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Hurricanes Katrina And Rita Caused At Least 117 Uncounted Deaths, of Stillborn Babies
Higher rates of stillbirths overlapped with the most devastated areas in the aftermath of those 2005 natural disasters
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One More Way Cities Might Mess With Birds—By Throwing Radio Waves at Them
Radio waves disrupt birds’ migratory patterns, but birds may have a natural work-around
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To Save the Apples We Love Today, We Need to Save Their Ancient Ancestors
Apples aren’t set to cope with our changing world. To help them, first we’ll need to protect the past
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Breathing Deeply May Actually Boost Your Body’s Immune System
The power of the trained mind over the body is truly an amazing thing
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France Is Spending 3 Million Euros to Save the Great Hamster of Alsace
There are only a few hundred left!
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Government Says Oil and Gas Development Have Raised Risk of Earthquakes in Oklahoma
Oklahoma’s recent surge in earthquake activity due in part to wastewater injection
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Ancient Birds Avoided Mass Extinction By Shrinking
The shrinkage process was well underway before an asteroid brought doom to the dinosaurs 66 million years ago
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Butterflies And Bees Drink Crocodile Tears
To the delight of winged invertebrates, crocodiles cry when they eat
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Surgeons Are Ready to Put Trauma Patients Into Hibernation
By chilling the body, trauma surgeons can buy more time
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The MERS Virus Has Been Detected in the U.S.
But the specter of what the SARS-like virus could do is scarier than what it actually is doing right now
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Environment Matters As Much As Genes for Kids Who Develop Autism Spectrum Disorders
A new study found that environmental and genetic factors were equally important in assessing kids’ risk of developing an autism spectrum disorder
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Scientists Transformed Men’s Skin Cells Into Immature Sperm Cells
When inserted in mice testes, men’s skin cells were coaxed into becoming immature sperm cells
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