New Research
Dark Lightning Is Just One of the Crazy Types of Lightning You’ve Never Heard Of
Dark Lightning is not the only weird form of lightning you've probably never heard of
You’re Lying to Yourself About How Good Your Future Will Be
In a psychology experiment, people assumed that bad things would not happen to them in the future, but that those bad things could happen to their friends
The Secret to Biofuels Might Be Hidden in Poop
A fungus that grows on manure and breaks down the leftover plant material could be a key clue for biofuel researchers
People Search for Information About Mental Health Less Often in the Summer
As flowers start to reemerge, people seem a whole lot happier. And they might actually be happier, if Google searches are any indication
Our Closest Ape-Like Ancestor Is Reshuffling Thinking About Human Evolution
Australopithecus sediba included a strange mix of both modern Homo and ape-like australopith features
Don’t Blame the Awful U.S. Drought on Climate Change
Scientists can attribute particular natural disasters to climate change--just not the 2012 Great Plains drought
Does ‘You Look Like a Sarah’ Actually Mean Anything?
Most likely, you've been told that your name does, or doesn't suit you, or that you look like a "Rachel" or "Sarah" or "John," but what does that even mean
Animals Use Medicine, Too
From chimps to caterpillars to birds and flies, all sorts of animals use medicine
This Woman Was Born With Three Fingers, But Her Brain Knew All Along What Having Five Would Feel Like
This woman's brain knew what having five fingers felt like, even though she herself had never in her life had five fingers
People May Consume More Soda If Supersized Drinks Are Banned
When given a choice between buying one large drink or several smaller drinks, people went with the latter option, which adds up to more total soda consumed
Nearly Every American Has Had to Deal With Some Weather Disaster Since 2007
Around four out of five Americans live in a counties declared federal disaster areas in the past six years
Scientists Breed Exercise-Crazy Rats
Thirty-six genes may hold the secret for why some rats preferred running on wheels ten times as much as other rats
Chins Prove There’s No Such Thing As Universal Beauty
Dartmouth researchers studied chin shapes of 180 recently deceased male and female skeletons from Australia, Africa, Asia and Europe
Climate Change Could Make Us Choose Between Wine And Pandas
According to the new models, around 70 percent of the area currently suitable or used for grape growing could be gone by 2050
Scientists Just Found the Teeny Bones of Fossilized, Embryonic Dinosaurs
From southwestern China, baby dinosaur bones and preserved eggs
Unhealthy Eating And Not Enough Sleep—Not Genes or Laziness—Driving Surge in Childhood Obesity
Child “obesity is not a disease of inactivity," and the fixes won't be simple
All the Conditions Required for Life to Appear Are Here, in Antarctica’s Amazing Ice Stalactites
Brinicles, more than ice fingers of death, may have driven the formation of life
How Women May Have Shaped Men’s Penises
Whether women's preference is indeed solely responsible for driving the way penises look today remains an open-ended question, however
Anti-Vaccine Tweets Spread Faster Than Pro-Vaccine Messages
Not all messages are created equal, and when it comes to Tweets about vaccines it's the anti-vaccine messages that spread the fastest
Climate Change Means More Adélie Penguins
Climate change seems to be giving an unexpected boost to this penguin species
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