New Research
Deaths From Drug Overdoses Are Soaring
Across America, the rate of drug overdose deaths has risen by 300%
Remnants of 3.5 Billion-Year-Old Bacteria May Be the Oldest Evidence of Life on Earth
The microbial sediment layers outdate previous evidence of life around 300 million years
Rethinking the Paleo Diet: Would You Eat the Contents of a Deer’s Stomach?
Animal stomachs for everybody!
This Scientist Let a Flea Live Inside Her In Order to Study It
To what lengths would you go for science?
Learning Another Language Could Help Delay Dementia
Kids who know two languages think faster and more creatively. And research even suggests that being bilingual could fortify the brain against dementia
Listen to “Huh”—a Universal Word—in Russian, Icelandic, Lao And Siwu
Researchers think "huh" is a great example of "convergent cultural evolution of linguistic items," or a word that came out of a conversational need
Porcupine Quills Can Kill
Researchers in Italy watched porcupines corner a dog and stab it to death
Analyzing Your Tweets Could Help Advertisers Understand Your Personality And Sell You More Stuff
By scraping your tweets, these researchers can get insight into your personality
This Robot Is Powered by Pee
From bug eaters to pee drinkers, these robots of the future will be part of the food chain
Americans Who Have Stereotypical Ideas About Race And Violence Are More Likely to Own Guns
These results held true even after controlling for conservative politics, being from the South and harboring anti-government sentiments and other factors
Elephants Never Forget When You Slaughter Their Family
Culling an elephant pack can destroy the survivors' social skills
Snakes’ Vision Sharpens When They’re Under Stress
This likely allows them to optimize their vision for situations that require the most attention to detail, and in the meantime save that visual energy
Your Dog’s Trying to Tell You Something by the Way He Wags His Tail
The tail wag is a complicated form of communication—left and right matter
How Much of a Subway Map Can One Person’s Brain Process?
A group at MIT has figured out how to build a better subway map, by replicating how the brain processes a map
Oysters Don’t Have Ears But Still Use Sound to Choose Their Homes
Oyster larvae find their homes by responding to the unique sounds of a reef
Stop That Foot Massage! Feet Are Not an Erogenous Zone
If you've been begrudgingly giving foot massages, you might want to check with your partner to see if they actually like them
The Gold Rush Left Behind Mercury That’s Still Contaminating California
Leftover mercury will continue to flush through the environment, eventually making its way into the San Francisco bay, for the next 10,000 years
Reindeer Eyes Change Color to Match the Season
Reindeers' wintery blue eyes are about 1,000 times more sensitive to light than their summery gold ones
Our Brains Evolved to Recoil at the Sight of Snakes
Around 60 million years ago, our primate ancestors figured out that the sight of a snake meant trouble
A Family Tree of You And Your 13 Million Closest Relatives
A big data project to connect all the people
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