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Burials Suggest Icelandic Vikings Had a Thing for Stallions
Adding some insight into their little-known funerary practices, DNA analyses confirm that sacrificial stallions were buried in Viking graves
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Blue Pigments in Medieval Woman’s Teeth Suggest She Was a Highly Skilled Artist
A new study posits the woman was licking brushes covered with pigments of lapis lazuli, a rare and expensive stone used to decorate illuminated manuscripts
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Planet Hunter TESS Is Already Spotting Hundreds of Crazy New Worlds
The first data from the space telescope’s mission tallies more than 200 potential planets, including some just 50 light-years away
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Sorry, the Mona Lisa Is Not Looking at You
A new study suggests the famous painting’s eyes don’t follow viewers around the room but are looking off to their right instead
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Dragonflies Embark on an Epic, Multi-Generational Migration Each Year
Monarch butterflies aren’t the only migratory marathoners in North America
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Scientists Identify Gene Pattern That Makes Some Animals Monogamous
A new study has found that 24 genes show similar activity in the brain tissue of five species that stick with one mate at a time
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A Lot of American Adults Have Food Allergies—and a Lot Mistakenly Think They Do
A new study found that 19 percent of adults believe they had a food allergy, but only 10 percent have symptoms consistent with the condition
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Some Hummingbirds Evolved Bills That Make Them Better at Fighting—but Worse at Feeding
A new study adds complexity to the notion that hummingbirds are ‘all about drinking efficiently from flowers,’ as one researcher puts it
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Could These Fossils Push Back the History of Flowers?
A study analyzing 200 tiny flowers from 174 million years ago suggests angiosperms were around during the Jurassic, but paleobotanists are skeptical
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Tourists Are Getting Too Close to Volcanoes
Visitors to Iceland’s volcanoes are ignoring the rules, many to get the perfect selfie
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What Is a Shark Tooth Doing in the Neck of a Flying Pterosaur?
A new study suggests that the winged reptile fell prey to a hungry predator lurking in the water
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DNA Can Help Repatriate the Remains of Aboriginal Australians
A new study was able to match genetic material of ancient remains to the DNA of living Aboriginal communities
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Cardinals in Different Regions Could Actually Be Distinct Species, Their Songs Suggest
Populations of the ubiquitous red bird have different calls and genetics in the American southwest
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Cliquey Adriatic Dolphins May Have Strategies for Avoiding Each Other
You can’t swim with us
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Past Global Flood Shows Antarctica’s Ice Is More Fragile Than We Thought
Data indicates the West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapsed after a small rise in temperature, meaning sea level could rise faster than predicted
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A Dracula Ant’s Snapping Jaw Is the Fastest Known Appendage in the Animal Kingdom
A new study found that the ant can snap its mandibles at a speed of up to 200 miles per hour—5,000 times faster than the blink of an eye
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Meet Farout, the Solar System’s Most Distant Minor Planet
Observations suggest the object is 300 miles in diameter, pinkish-red and 3.5 times as far away from the sun as Pluto
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Biologists Describe Legendary, Two-Foot-Long Salamander for the First Time
The reticulated siren was known locally as a ‘leopard eel’ until two researchers tracked it down and revealed its true identity
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Solar Probe Sends Back First Image and Data From the Sun
The Parker Solar Probe survived its first swoop around our star and will get even closer on its next two dozen trips
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