New Research
Pot Smokers' Brains Are Different
But we can’t say for sure whether it's pot that made them that way
Chimpanzees Are Extremely Picky About Where They Sleep
The primates painstakingly rebuild their nest from scratch every night—a pre-bed ritual reminiscent of the "Princess and the Pea"
Dogs That Should Be Guarding Sheep Are Mating With Wolves Instead
Intimate encounters between dogs and wolves are relatively common in Georgia's Caucasus Mountains
What "Peak Beard" Says About Human Sexual Selection
Being sexy means standing out
We Might Hit Our Cognitive Peak Before 24
As we age beyond about 24, we become mentally slower and slower
A Fully Vaccinated Woman Contracted And Then Spread the Measles
This is the first time health officials have encountered a Typhoid Mary-like situation for measles
Mid-Day Naps Can Be a Sign of Bad Health
People who frequently take naps tend to die younger than those who don't, according to a new study
Online Food Reviews Say As Much About the Author As the Restaurant
These brief write-ups are surprisingly personal
Mathematicians Want to Fix Your Jet Lag—Fast
They've created a system that will tell you exactly how much light to get in order to fix your circadian rhythms
The American Dream Doesn’t Mean the Same Thing to White People And Minorities
While many see the American Dream including a home, not everybody thinks about that home the same way
In Need of a New Nostril? Scientists Can Grow One From Your Cartilage
Researchers in Switzerland just performed the first reconstructive nasal surgery using lab-grown cartilage
We Remember People We Met as Babies, Even If We Don't Remember Being Babies
Babies can subconsciously remember people they've met, even if they don't remember meeting them
Ice-Age Bees Uncovered at the La Brea Tar Pits
The samples were actually excavated back in 1970, but were set aside because there wasn't a way to analyze them at the time
In the U.S., Mentally Ill People Are Ten Times More Likely To Be in Prison Than in a Hospital
The number of mentally ill people in prison is going up, and the number in hospitals is going down
Oldest Fossilized Heart Found…It Belonged to A Shrimp
Researchers found the oldest-known cardiovascular system in a fossilized “shrimp-like” anima
It Is Possible for Grandmas to Overindulge on Time With Their Grandkids
One day with the kids is boon to cognitive performance, but five days is draining
Sea Otters Can Get the Human Flu
Scientists have no idea how the otters contracted the H1N1 virus, however
The "Gospel of Jesus' Wife" Is Most Likely Not a Modern Fake
Chemical analyses show the text was written thousands of years ago
There Are Regional Differences in Death Row Inmates’ Last Words
Southerners are more likely to say sorry, but that doesn't mean they actually feel remorse
Scientists Convince a Mouse's Organ to Roll Back Its Own Aging
By triggering the expression of a specific gene, the mouse's thymus reversed its aging
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