New Research
Middle School Jocks Actually Get the Best Grades
The fittest kids on the playground are also the ones who excel in the classroom at standardized tests and good grades
Lions Are Disappearing From Africa
Research shows that lions are quickly disappearing across Africa's once-thriving Savannah due to human population growth and massive land use conversion
Does Blood Doping Even Work?
A recent study found no evidence that using blood doping drugs gives elite athletes any advantage
Your Cell Phone Could Soon Become Part of a Massive Earthquake Detection System
In the future, your cell phone's accelerometer could help detect earthquakes
Birds Harness the Deadly Power of Nicotine to Kill Parasites
And city birds are stuffing their nests with cigarette butts to poison potential parasites
Why Senior Citizens May Be Overly Trusting
Out ability to judge the trustworthiness of faces diminishes with age, a new study shows
Like Pinocchio, When You Lie, Your Nose Gives You Away
When a person lies, the area on and around the nose increases in temperature, giving away the anxiety lurking below the surface of an otherwise cool facade
World’s Greatest Extinction May Have Actually Been Two Extinctions in One
The Permian-Triassic extinction nearly wiped out life on Earth
Sometimes, Being the Best Dad You Can Be Gets You a Giant Metal Hook in the Face
Fishing selectively targets the best largemouth bass dads
Hagfish Slime May Cover Models in Future Fashion Shows
The hagfish aims to make a slimy splash on the fashion runway with a tough, silk-like material harvested from its bountiful snot-like secretions
Urbanization Is Supersizing Spiders
City-dwelling spiders are bigger than their country-living brethren
Lobsters Have Age-Revealing Rings, Just Like Trees
Scientists have figured out a way to determine the age of your lobster
Sometimes Blue Whales Do Barrel Rolls While They Eat
If you were to attach yourself to a Blue Whale, this is what you would see
The Great Lakes Have More Garbage Per Square Inch Than the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Huge concentrations of small plastic pellets were found in the Great Lakes
Are People Who Are Obsessed With Themselves Actually Hotter?
Being narcissistic also tends to make you more physically attractive
Humans Have Been Evolving Like Crazy Over the Past Few Thousand Years
The past 5 to 10 thousand years have seen a surge in human genetic diversity
Like Snowbirds Heading to Florida, Galapagos Tortoises Head to the Mountains for the Cold Season
Birds do it, butterflies do it, and now, we know that Galapagos giant tortoises do it, too - but why?
Bacterial Life Abounds in Antarctic Lake, Cut Off From the World for 2,800 Years
From a frozen Antarctic lake, researchers pulled samples teeming with bacteria
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