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Food Tasting Too Healthy? Just Add Scent
How scientists use smell to trick tastebuds—and brains
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Tree Rings Help Circle in on Dating Pre-History Events
Solar flares create spikes in the Carbon-14 of woody plants that can provide anchor years for more accurate dating of artifacts
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Scientists Have Found The Most Efficient Way to Hold a Coffee Mug
Drinking it is a different story
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Science Officially Debunks Chemtrails, But the Conspiracy Will Likely Live On
A panel of 77 atmospheric scientists and geochemists weigh in on the controversial streaks in the sky
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Soon Everyone Will Be Able to Read NASA-Funded Research
Get ready for a lot more space science
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Ginormous Goldfish Are Invading Australian Rivers
Abandoned by their owners, the fish run rampant and impact the environment
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DNA Analysis Reveals What Ötzi the Iceman Wore to His Grave
He rocked surprisingly complex fashion for the Copper Age
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Journey to the Center of Earth
This 340-Million-Year-Old Ocean Crust Could Date Back to Pangaea
Researchers believe they’ve found the world’s oldest ocean crust
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Give it Up, Sneaky Males: These Lady Fish Have You Outwitted
Female ocellated wrasses have developed a surprising trick to control who fathers their offspring
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Part of Your Suntan Comes From Photons That Are Billions of Years Old
Thank bodies from beyond the galaxy for a bit of that golden glow
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This Deadly Plant Virus Attracts Bees
The cucumber mosaic virus alters the scent of tomato plants to attract more bees to their ailing hosts
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The Solar Storm That Nearly Set the Cold War Ablaze
How radio interference from a 1967 solar storm spooked the U.S. military—and launched space weather forecasting
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First Humans Entered the Americas Along the Coast, Not Through the Ice
Evidence mounts against the traditional story of early human migration through an ice corridor
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Fertility Problems for Man’s Best Friend Could Spell Trouble for Man
Dog sperm quality has decreased likely from household chemical exposure
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These Ridiculously Long-Lived Sharks Are Older Than the United States, and Still Living It Up
The lifespans of these marine methuselahs may double those of oldest living tortoises, a creative dating method finds
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Ancient Hominids Used These 250,000-Year-Old Tools for Butchery
Traces of blood on the prehistoric tools, suggest our ancestors had a much more varied diet than once thought
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When It Comes to West Nile Virus, Atlanta’s Cardinals May Be Our Feathered Saviors
New research suggests the bright red birds are viral “super-suppressors”
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Researchers Discover the Blue Whirl, a New Type of Flame
Naturally occurring fire tornadoes are scary, but a new clean-burning, controlled version could help clean oil spills
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Humans Still Threaten Endangered Condors
Thanks to industrial byproducts and pesticides, birds face more contamination than their cousins inland
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Today’s Smooth-Running Horses May Owe Their Genetics to the Vikings
Scientists have determined the likely origin for the “gaitkeeper” gene, which controls gaitedness in horses
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