New Research
This Holograph Can Be Touched and Manipulated
Tiny interactive displays use lasers to create touchable plasma
Weird New Type of Carbon Is Harder (and Brighter) Than Diamond
Dubbed Q-carbon, the material is magnetic, emits a soft glow and can be used to grow diamonds faster and cheaper than ever before
Amazon Tree Census Makes Clear Just How Many Species are in Trouble
More than half of the Amazon's trees could qualify as threatened species
Hundreds of Dinosaur Tracks Discovered Along the Scottish Coast
Giant sauropods once roamed the Isle of Skye
There’s No Such Thing as a Male or Female Brain
When it comes to sex traits, brains are consistently inconsistent
Europeans Only Started Digesting Dairy 4,000 Years Ago
They can enjoy that cheese thanks to ancient nomadic herders
Which Countries Are Most Open to Curbing Greenhouse Gas Emissions?
A new study shows large gaps between concern about climate change and the willingness to act
Chocolate Fountains are Great for Physics Lessons
Delicious, delicious physics
This Gross-looking Worm Gives Clues About Humans' Ability to Breathe and Talk
Humans share about 70 percent of their genome with the lowly acorn worm, according to recent research
A New Rose Is Part Plant, Part Color-Changing Machine
Innovation has never looked so pretty
Introducing Smeagol the Eyeless Arachnid
This newly discovered cave-dwelling daddy longlegs resembles the fictional Tolkien character
Big Baby Dinosaur Finally Goes Home
An infant oviraptorosaur smuggled out of China decades ago comes back to Henan Province with new stories to tell
Parents Have Been Reshaping Their Kids’ Skulls for 45,000 Years
A new find in Patagonia adds to the list of possible reasons for such extreme cranial modification
This Parasite Is Really a Micro-Jellyfish
Somewhere along its evolution this jellyfish-turned-parasite got really strange
This Is How Bats Can Land Upside Down
Bats spin like ice skaters to stick their landing
Domestication Saved the Pumpkin (and Squash)
The pumpkin in that holiday pie wouldn't be here today without domestication
DNA from a Huge Tooth Confirms a New Ancient Cousin
The Denisovans may have co-existed and interbred with Neanderthals and Homo sapiens
A Victoria’s Secret Perfume Works Great as Mosquito Repellent
A scent named “Bombshell” is almost as good as DEET
History and Culture of the 1960s to 1980s Is Disintegrating With the Tapes That Recorded It
But a new test and a bit of chemistry can help preserve the past
A New Earth-Sized Planet Is Getting Astronomers Riled Up
It could be a rare opportunity for scientists to study an exoplanet’s atmosphere
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