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Zebra Stripes Might Not Be Camouflage
The animals’ distinctive appearance is still a beautiful mystery
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Archaeologists Finally Know What Happened at This Brutal Reform School
The Florida School for Boys did anything but rehabilitate its students
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There Are Now More Americans Over Age 100 and They’re Living Longer Than Ever
Scientists are still trying to understand the longevity secrets of those most advanced in age
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Are We Living in the Plastic Age?
Scientists argue that this material may best define our current period within the Anthropocene
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Evidence Stacks Up for a Planet Beyond Pluto
A new paper provides the strongest evidence yet for a real Planet X
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Fairy Tales Could Be Older Than You Ever Imagined
Jack may have been climbing that beanstalk for more than 5,000 years
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Missouri Mathematicians Discover New Prime Number
At more than 22 million digits, it’s the longest prime yet
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Overfishing Has Been Even Worse Than We Thought
Official counts previously overlooked fish as bycatch, small-scale fishing and illegal fishing
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1,500-Year-Old Prosthetic Foot Discovered in Austria
The skeleton of a middle-aged man may have been missing a lower limb but in its place researchers found a wooden ‘foot’
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Chauvet Cave Paintings Could Depict a 37,000-Year-Old Volcanic Eruption
Mysterious paintings in the “Cave of Forgotten Dreams” led researchers to new evidence of ancient volcanic activity
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Signs of Food Allergies Might Be in Newborns’ Blood
Overactive immune cells could prime the immune system to attack normally harmless molecules found in food
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The Brightest Supernova Ever Observed Tests the Limits of Physics
This explosion blazes about 570 billion times brighter than our Sun, according to researchers
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Was the “Wow!” Signal From Aliens or a Comet Flyby?
The 1977 blast from space is often cited as our best evidence of alien contact, but a news study suggests it may have just been comets
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Archaeologists Find World’s Oldest Tea in the Tomb of a Han Dynasty Emperor
No word on how it tastes, though it probably made a good cup 2,150 years ago
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Incandescent Light Bulbs May Have a Bright Future After All
Nanotechnology could turn the inefficient bulbs’ weakness into a strength
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Geneticists Figured Out How Animals Get Their White Spots
The answer could help people with certain genetic conditions and diseases
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Microbe Cells Don’t Outnumber Your Own
For years people have cited the ten-to-one ratio, with microbes dominating human cells, but that number is probably wrong, according to recent research
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Thank Neanderthals for Your Immune System
Genes inherited from our ancient cousins may have helped fight off disease
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Dinosaurs May Have Dug Trenches to Woo Mates
Ancient grooves discovered in Colorado suggest dinos had bird-like mating rituals
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Old, Dense Star Clusters Might Be the Place to Look for Complex Alien Life
The age and density of globular star clusters could give alien life both the time and resources necessary to brew complex society
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