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Why a Tanzanian Village Chased Six Elephants Off a Cliff
Not all animal killings are linked to the illegal wildlife trade
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One Conversation Can Change Same-Sex Marriage Opponents’ Minds
Voters change their stance after a face-to-face conversation with a gay or lesbian person hoping to get married
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Introverts Give Their Extroverted Colleagues Bad Performance Reviews
Studies of students show that extroverts don’t get rewarded for being outgoing when introverts are judging
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Teachers Can Control Who the Cool Kids Are
Children nestled in the center of the classroom are deemed the coolest
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The Oldest Olive Oil Ever Found Is 8,000 Years Old
Chemical analyses unveil traces of olive oil in ancient Israeli pottery
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Europe Is a Great Place to Be a Large Meat-Eater
In a rare success story for wildlife, bears, lynx, wolverine and wolves are increasing in numbers across the continent
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Congratulations, Humanity! We’re Living Six Years Longer Than We Did in 1990, on Average
Global life expectancy is increasing, especially in the developing world
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You Eat Millions…Even Billions!…of Microbes Every Day
Yes, plenty of live microorganisms lurk in your yogurt, but they are everywhere else as well
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Even A/C Can’t Keep Our Economies From Slacking Off on Hot Days
As global warming turns up the temperature on the planet, it’s going to be tougher to get anything done
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The Cutest Climate Change Culprits: Arctic Ground Squirrels
By digging burrows in permafrost, Arctic ground squirrels help destabilize the vast stores of carbon in the soil
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When Sperm Meets Egg, Zinc Sparks Fly
Billions of tiny zinc particles explode from the surface of mammalian eggs when a sperm cell touches down
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Why the Pantheon Hasn’t Crumbled
Ancient Roman concrete has some benefits over modern equivalents
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Pollution Is Turning the Taj Mahal Brown
Workers must periodically cover the Taj Mahal in clay to remove the pollutants stuck to its marble walls
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You Wobble Like No Other Person on the Planet
Analysis of the frame movements in footage from head-mounted cameras is just as unique as a fingerprint
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A Better Way Than Torture to Obtain Information: Acting Friendly
Friendly methods get information from suspects faster and more reliably, oh and they don’t violate human rights
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Bad Hangover? Blame It (Partly) On Your Parents
Susceptibility to hangovers is partly due to genetics
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Killing Wolves Actually Leads to More Livestock Deaths
On the surface, killing wolves that kill sheep and cattle seems like a way to control predation, but the data paints a not-so-simple picture
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Christmas Research Papers Tackle Goofy Problems in Medicine
The British Medical Journal’s holiday issue includes an investigation of old magazines in waiting rooms and finds that men can be idiots
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In the Past 40 Years, 105 City Neighborhoods Gentrified; 2,000 Slipped Further Into Poverty
America’s Move Toward Concentrated Poverty
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