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Newly Discovered Hybrid Pythons Are Threatening Florida’s Wildlife
A new study has found that some invasive Burmese pythons carry DNA from another snake, which could make them more adaptable—and more dangerous
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Monster Galaxy Churns Out 1,000 Times As Many Stars As Our Own
COSMOS-AzTEC-1 is almost 13 billion years old highly organized but unstable and could shed light on galaxy evolution
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New Zealand Penguins Make an Epic, Pointless, Swim to the Southern Ocean
A new satellite study shows the penguins travel over 4,000 miles to feed, even though their home shores are teeming with food
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Climate Change Likely Iced Neanderthals Out Of Existence
Climate records gathered from stalagmites in Romanian caves show two extremely cold dry periods correspond with the disappearance of Neanderthals
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Goats May Prefer Happy Human Faces
A new study found that goats gravitate towards images of smiling people, suggesting that they can distinguish between human expressions
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Meet the Rosehip Neuron: A Newly Discovered Cell in the Human Brain
The neuron is not found within lab mice, possibly explaining why mouse studies often do not translate to human brains
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DNA of Extinct Cave Bear Lives on in Modern Brown Bears
A new genetic study has found that the two species interbred
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Climate Change Could Lead to Nutrient Deficiency for Hundreds of Millions
Carbon dioxide decreases zinc, iron and protein in food crops, which could add millions of people to the billions who don’t get enough nutrition
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Americans Have a Surprisingly Large Appetite for Giraffe Parts
An investigation shows 40,000 giraffe products representing 4,000 of the endangered animals have been legally imported over the last decade
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Air Pollution Is Stealing a Year of Life From People Around the Globe
Tiny particles that contribute to lung disease, strokes and heart attacks are robbing Americans of 4 months and over 1.8 years of life elsewhere
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STEVE the Purple Beam of Light Is Not An Aurora After All
In a second study of mysterious phenomena, researchers discovered that solar particles hitting the ionosphere do not power the violet, vertical streaks
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Ancient Mayan Clearcutting Still Impacts Carbon in Soil Today
Even 1,000 years after a forest regrows, the soil beneath still won’t hold as much carbon as it once could, a new study suggests
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Sequencing of Wheat Genome Could Lead to a Breadier Future
It took 200 scientists 13 years to finally figure out the complex genome of the important grain
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Egyptians Cracked Recipe for Embalming Resin Well Before Time of the Pharaohs
A new analysis shows that the Egyptian mummies were being made long before 2600 B.C.
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Magnets Help Keep Sharks Out of Fish Traps
Adding cheap magnets to the traps reduced shark and ray bycatch by a third and increased fish hauls by just as much, according to a new study
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Physics Reveals How to Break Spaghetti Cleanly In Two
Our collective culinary nightmare is over
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Sleep Deprivation May Cause Infectious Loneliness
A new study found that sleepless nights can make you—and the people around you—feel more socially withdrawn
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Why Astronomers Want to Look for Earth’s Mini-Moons
A new, powerful telescope in Chile will be able to detect tiny asteroid chunks circling our planet, which could be a goldmine for researchers
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Tools Offer More Complex, Cooperative Picture of Easter Island Society
Basalt axes from one quarry area indicate cooperation between clans, not warfare over resources as previously hypothesized
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Rare Desert Pterosaur Fossil Discovered in Utah
The rare Triassic fossil is the most complete early pterosaur ever found, and gives new insight into the evolution of the first flying vertebrates
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