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Danish scientists use a new dating technique to find startling estimates for the age of the world’s longest-living vertebrate species.

Move over, cigarettes: ramen is the new king of prison currency. A new study for the American Sociological Association found that inmates are using the cheap food as currency.

It’s official – it’s a food intervention. Psychiatrist Drew Ramsey is going to be supportive, but he’s also going to tell you to clean up your diet, and eat right for brain health.

It’s a pretty impressive feat.

A new community planned for Amsterdam will provide all of its own food and energy, without negatively impacting the environment.

A handful of noble families own large tracts of the British capital – and have done so for centuries

Silicon Valley engineers and financiers make up the lion’s share of the movement.   

The UK sees Sealand as nothing more than a platform in its waters. The Bates Family disagrees.   

National Parks have long been a staple of American wildlife conversation. Why not have some underwater?

1 in 10 people in Acciaroli, Italy are over 100 years old. Their secret to longevity? Their biology, diet, and the high-levels of friskiness among the elderly. 

The famous inventor Nikola Tesla shared his views on dieting and exercising that helped him think better and live longer.

For some unknown reason, rare corpse flower blooms are occurring across the U.S.

A team of scientists demonstrates that the unique physical adaption of a blind cavefish from Thailand shows how land-walking species evolved.

I trail run early in the morning, in part, to avoid people. Los Angeles might be vast, but spacious it is not. By 6:30 am I’m running up one side […]

Is virtual reality the future of gaming? They might be, if controllers like this are anything to go by. 

A new study reports that political language is becoming more partisan and polarized. How is this new and what effects might this have on our republic? 

Healthy sounding foods aren’t always healthy. A 2014 study titled Truth, Lies, and Packaging: How Food Marketing Creates a False Sense of Health examined the difference between packaging claims of […]

Sean Curry takes aim at the rapidly evolving “gourmet” food industry that is warping our expectations, mindsets and first-world privilege to a scary new level. 

A group of expert geologists declared that a new epoch influenced by human impact has begun.

Not as cheerful as your standard cartography – but you might learn a thing or two

Poaching of African elephants has been a huge problem for decades, and the U.S. just took a major step toward addressing the issue.

Flesh-eating West African Nile monitors have invaded Florida, presumably thanks to careless pet owners.

Don’t believe every science study you read, because sometimes not even their authors believe them. Here are the issues corrupting good, honest science – and how to fix them. 

Shell has had an oil spill off the coast of Louisiana. We can compare it to BP, but the magnitude is much different. Cleanup strategies could be different too.

A lack of resources may have made the route once considered likely impossible.   

A new Italian study shows that women who eat pasta are skinnier. But there’s more to the research than that.

Rather than life arising on Earth, did it already exist in space prior to our planet’s formation? “When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it […]

Five of the Solomon Islands have vanished due to rising sea levels. The effects of climate change will be keeping cartographers busy as our borders continue to shift.

Scientists will combine stem cells, lasers, and other techniques to (hopefully) reanimate the brain stems of 20 brain dead patients. The technique has promise, and perhaps unforeseen pitfalls.  

Through human caused climate change, we are barreling toward a world with less stability, less resources, more disease, and more lives lost to extreme weather events.