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Population Growth Can Warm a City As Much As Climate Change
Urbanization in California’s Central Valley could raise local temperatures an extra one to two degrees Celcius
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Turns Out Urine Isn’t Actually Sterile
New research debunks the myth that urine doesn’t contain bacteria…and calls traditional lab techniques into question
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This Nasty Medieval Remedy Kills MRSA
An ancient brew could lead to modern-day drugs to fight the superbug
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Pandas Actually Hang Out Together
GPS tracking data sheds light on giant pandas secretive societies
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Crossing Your Fingers Could Reduce Pain (No Lie)
Researchers find the spatial arrangement of our digits affects the sensations they feel
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It Doesn’t Matter How Much Time Parents Spend With Their Kids
New research shows no link between amount of time spent with children and emotional, behavioral, or academic outcomes
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Why These Stone-Age Farmers Took the Flesh Off Their Dead
New research shows evidence of an early burial rite
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How ‘Waves’ Rippling Through Bird Flocks Help Them Escape Predators
Starlings are known for their coordinated movements and a common study animal for researchers seeking to explain such behavior
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Gold Nanoparticles Can Remote Control the Brain
It’s just the latest twist in nanotech that is using gold as medicine
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Why Would Cooling Rice Make it Less Caloric?
Scientists suggest a new way to prepare rice that they say could help slow the worldwide obesity epidemic
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New Census Data Shows Fastest-Growing Areas
Florida, Texas post big gains in 2013-2014 statistics
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How Tampons Might One Day Help Detect Cancer
New research suggests tampons could screen for endometrial cancer
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Want to Live Longer? Don’t Sleep So Much
New research links longer sleep duration with a shorter life
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Here’s How Music Really Could Soothe Your Soul
A leading scholar theorizes that music developed as an evolutionary adaptation to help us deal with the contradictory nature of life
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Journey to the Center of Earth
Largest Asteroid Crater Ever Discovered Underground in Australia
Deep in Earth’s mantle, scientists find evidence of a colossal impact that could reveal new information about Earth’s history
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Here’s Why Your Eyes Seem to Be Wired ‘Backward’
Light has to pass through nerve cells to get to the rods and cones, but that order is no mistake
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Here’s Why the Navy Designed a New Diving Suit
New design spurred by a global helium shortage
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Got Allergies? Air Pollution Could Be to Blame
New research suggests that ozone and nitrogen dioxide can alter allergens, creating more potent immune responses
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The Rules of Wrinkling, From Brain Folds to Pumpkin Ridges
Creases, ridges, folds and “delaminated buckles” are all different forms of wrinkling
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