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A Grand Unified Theory of Pooping
Why you and an elephant spend the same amount of time on the john
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Cassini Sends Back First Images From Its Saturn Dives
The stream of raw images include new pictures of the strange hexagonal storm swirling around its north pole
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Threatened Species? Science to the (Genetic) Rescue!
This still-controversial conservation technique will never be a species’ panacea. But it might provide a crucial stop-gap
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What Coconuts Can Tell Us About Escaping Alcatraz
Researchers are using GPS-enabled coconuts to monitor currents to determine if three men could have survived a 1962 escape from “The Rock”
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DNA Could Identify the Sailors (Including Women) of the Doomed Franklin Expedition
New analysis on bone and and tooth fragments will allow researchers to learn more about the ill-fated crew
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Remarkable New Evidence for Human Activity in North America 130,000 Years Ago
Researchers say prehistoric mastodon bones bear human-made markings
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This Caterpillar Can Eat Plastic
The find could lead to new techniques for breaking down our ever-growing plastic waste
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Bones of the Hawaiian Petrel Open Up a Window Into the Birds’ Changing Diet
Industrial fishing may play a role in the shift
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The “Hobbits” Could Be Much Older Than Once Thought
The Flores hobbits’ ancestor may have ventured out of Africa much earlier than previously thought
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How Scientists Use Teeny Bits of Leftover DNA to Solve Wildlife Mysteries
Environmental DNA helps biologists track rare, elusive species. It could usher in a revolution for conservation biology
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Amateur Skywatchers Spot New Atmospheric Phenomenon
Its name is Steve, and it’s more common than you might think
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Naked Mole-Rats Can Survive for 18 Minutes Without Oxygen
Just when you thought the wrinkly creatures couldn’t get any stranger
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Watch the Causes of Death Change Across America
The patterns highlight key social and economic issues in the country
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California May Lose Popular Surfing Spots to Rising Seas
A changing climate may make iconic breaks disappear
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The Remarkable Return of Sea Otters to Glacier Bay
Rarely do apex predators recover from human oppression. These otters are an exception
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Ocean Currents Are Sweeping Billions of Tiny Plastic Bits to the Arctic
Currents are acting like a conveyor belt for plastic, dumping the bits in pristine northern waters
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Researchers Work to Take the Bias Out Of Facial Reconstruction
Instead of relying on European-centric data sets, researchers used a global database to help image a 13,600-year-old woman from Thailand
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Social Networks May Give Runners a Motivational Leg Up to Hit the Pavement
Friends’ running habits may have more influence on your workouts than you might think
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Salty Food Might Make You Drink Less, Not More
You can thank a future trip to Mars for a surprising new theory on how salt affects the body
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Exoplanet Discovery Arrives in Time for New Telescope Technology
Astronomers call LHS 1140b one of the “best targets” for hunting liquid water with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope
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