How The Feeling We Call Awe Helped Humans Conquer the Planet
Getting your daily dose of awe inspires patience, altruism, and life satisfaction
When It’s Okay to Kill 80,000 Wild Goats
The Galapagos recently finished exterminating 80,000 invasive goats from the island
How An Unholy Alliance of Unusual Weather and Scarce Coal Nuked India’s Power Grid
Power grids supplying both the northern and eastern parts of India went down, throwing 620 million people, or 8.9% of the world population into darkness
Why You Shouldn’t Panic Over The Latest News About Bird Flu
New research reveals that the flu virus has mutated into a novel strain of influenza, which transfers not just from bird to seal, but from seal to seal
Why Experts are Almost Always Wrong
No one, not even the experts, really knows what’s about to happen
Teaching Molecular Biology with Watercolors
Molecular biology professor David Goodsell is just as skilled with a microscope as with a paint brush
We’re Biased By Our Body’s Dominant Side
A new study shows that right-handed and left-handed people make different choices
The Environmental Case Against Cheap Coffee
Bad news for coffee drinkers: It turns out that those cheap coffee pots found in offices are one of the biggest energy hogs in the modern workplace
How LOLCats and Laser Pointers Are Bad for Our Pets
The things we do to animals for the LOLs might not be as innocuous as they seem
If Humans Are Ever Going to See Alien Life, Here’s Where It Will Happen
Scientists are all atwitter over Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons and one of the most likely places in our solar system to harbor life
How The Fukushima Exclusion Zone Shows Us What Comes After The Anthropocene
Images of the evacuated area around the Fukushima Daiichi power plant offer a glimpse at a world without humans
Shark Teeth Have Built-in Toothpaste
Sharks may have the healthiest teeth in the animal kingdom
Live Bear Cam Shows Hot Bear on Salmon Action
A live webcam let’s you watch Alaskan brown bears hunt salmon during the fishes’ annual migration
Older Termites Blow Themselves Up to Protect Their Colony
After a lifetime of servitude to the colony, older termites sacrifice the only thing they have left: their lives
Science Proves: Pop Music Has Actually Gotten Worse
Science confirms what you’ve always suspected: music these days is worse than it used to be
Old People Aren’t Hiding Their Emotions, You Just Can’t Read Them Through Their Wrinkles
Wrinkles make it difficult for younger people to read the facial expressions of those older than them
How to Win Money by Predicting the Olympics
Statistics could help predict just how fast athletes will run and swim at this summer’s Olympics
Women’s Brains Age Faster than Men’s, Thanks to Stress
Research shows that despite the fact that women live longer on average, their brains age faster. Scientists are pointing to stress as the possible culprit.
If Syria Uses Chemical Weapons, Here’s How They’ll Work
Amidst the turmoil of an ongoing civil war, Syrian President al-Assad has been threatening to use chemical weapons if faced with international intervention
Real Life Hobbit Village Proves the Greenest Way to Live is Like Bilbo Baggins
Some Danes are taking to the dirt like Tolkien’s hobbits. Their own Shire-like eco-village is a model of sustainability, and one of the oldest of its kind
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