A nasty disease might not be able to travel around much longer.
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Most homes are using insufficient methods to determine when chicken is done cooking and safe to eat.
This map of Europe’s 20 most populous islands holds a few surprises and unlocks a truckload of trivia.
On the list of animals at risk are several endangered species.
These alien-like creatures are virtually invisible in the deep sea.
An experiment in Botswana suggests a non-lethal deterrent for predatory lions.
Researchers at UCSF have trained an algorithm to parse meaning from neural activity.
Scientists often find that they cannot replicate prior findings.
The problem is that what’s true of magnets is not at all true of romance.
A new study examines the under-researched area of water theft around the world.
Your cat thinks your taste stinks. Also that you’re mingy with the laser pointer.
New research provides insights on the effect of the lunar cycles on wildlife behavior.
Some intriguing examples of people grooming the land for the unseen observer above.
Groundbreaking neurological research on songbirds provides insight on human learned behavior and speech.
All of these conflicts have a long history. They may also have a long future.
Let’s talk about swans. All swans are birds or, more specifically, waterfowl. They are large and sport long, slender necks. They migrate south for the winter, traveling in that eye-catching […]
New research sees dogs checking a North-South axis on their way home.
Even the ones hunting for aliens aren’t excited. Here’s the reason why. In this world, there are very few issues more polarizing than the notion of aliens. For as long as […]
It’s one of the nation’s worst oil spills on record.
To get a sense of faraway places, these ‘atlases’ let the locals give you their perspective.
Perspective twisting books on biology, social science, medical science, cosmology, and tech.
We catalogue seven more board games to teach children science, problem-solving, and even foster their creativity.
The only doubts are completely unreasonable. Where did the virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, come from? Over the past few weeks, there’s been a tremendous push — largely among politicians but also […]
The following is an excerpt from Viruses, Pandemics, and Immunity by Arup K. Chakraborty and Andrey S. Shaw. Reprinted with Permission from The MIT PRESS. Copyright 2021. Koch’s Postulates, Anthrax, […]
The oldest known cave-dwelling arthropods have been discovered preserved in amber.
Despite the enormous flood of recent reports, there’s no good evidence for a lab leak. At the very end of 2019, a new disease began to emerge in humans: COVID-19. Originally […]
Spiders, fish, birds, and bats all break with their daily routines.
If you forgot to defrost your turkey, definitely don’t put it in a deep fryer. Every year, households all across the United States face a troubling dilemma with no good solutions: […]