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When We're Lonely, Inanimate Faces Come Alive

Our minds are less particular about the source of comfort when we are craving contact with others

The World's Carbon Sinks May Be Running Out of Room

The Earth's biosphere may be absorbing less carbon than it used to

A model depicting a Viking ring fortress layout.

Newly Discovered Viking Fortress Could Have Been a Launch Point for Invading England

The ring-shaped complex could have been used as a military training ground

The cover of the 2014 State of the Birds 2014, the most extensive study of birds in the U.S. ever published.

The Most Extensive Report Ever on American Birds Says There’s Cause for Concern

Researchers from 23 groups just released the fifth State of the Birds report, which contains good and bad news

Peaches Were Domesticated in China 7,500 Years Ago

Preserved peach pits reveal the origins of this sweet fruit

Why Networking Can Make You Feel Dirty

Pursuing relationships to forward your career aspirations triggers a sense of moral disgust

Cockatoos Learn to Use Tools by Watching Each Other

With a teacher, Goffin cockatoo learn to use new tools more quickly

Why Environmentalists Should Keep Quiet About Geoengineering

If it seems like there's a technological fix, people lose interest in helping

Approximately a Third of Americans Have Been the Victim of Sexual Violence

The CDC's latest rape and sexual violence statistics are just as disturbing as ever

Lake Louise, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada

The World Has a Whopping 117 Million Lakes—For Now

A new survey catalogs the world's (steadily disappearing) lakes

Once Mexico Had a Wealth of Corn; Now It's Left With a Genetically Boring Monocrop

This lack of diversity does not bode well for food sustainability and economics in light of climate change

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Turns Out We Live in the Laniakea Galactic Supercluster

Add another line to your celestial address: Astronomers just found out we live in the Laniakea Galactic Supercluster

“Unschooled” Kids Do Just Fine in College

Children used to self-directed learning and intellectual freedom can handle the strictures of college

Home-Cooked Meals Are a Burden on Women

Cash- and time-strapped moms often feel pressured to cook meals for unappreciative kids and men

More Evidence That Arctic Warming Is Behind the Weak Polar Vortex

Scientists lay out how melting sea ice may destabilize the Arctic atmospheric circulation

Introducing Dendrogramma, a deep sea creature that resembles a mushroom but has more affinity to a jellyfish.

Deep-Sea Mushroom Creatures Found Off Australia

Neither fungi nor fish, these oddball organisms collected in 1986 may represent an early branch on the tree of life

Dry Grass Hints That Stonehenge Was Once a Whole Circle

Researchers find new evidence about the shape of Stonehenge

A bromeliad epiphyte growing on a branch of a giant ceiba tree in Ecuador

Flowering Plants Appeared in Forest Canopies Just a Few Million Years After Dinosaurs Went Extinct

A new study gives scientists some more insight into the weird history of flowering plants

Action Movies Encourage Charged-Up Viewers to Overeat

People watching action flicks ate nearly twice as much as those viewing a talk show

At "Slaves' Hill," Some Workers Ate Better Than Others

New research suggests that the workers at copper mines in the Levant were valued workers, not slaves

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