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After death, you’re aware that you’ve died, say scientists
Your subjective experience might not end the moment your heart stops, research on near-death experiences suggests.
Pizza math: For the best price, you should always order the biggest pie
Pizzanomics isn't an official field of research, but it can save you big money.
Black or white? Ancient Egyptian race mystery now solved
A study describes how researchers conducted the first successful DNA sequencing on ancient Egyptian mummies.
What happens when two different respiratory viruses infect the same cell?
A new study looks at what happens when you get infected with two viruses at the same time.
Exoplanets with moons may be likelier to host life
Life finds a way — particularly if it has a moon.
Clever wild boar brings rescue party to save young from a trap
A female boar's intelligence, resolve, and empathy stun researchers.
What do Putin and Bieber have in common? A lot, if you think they look alike
A study reports that people think those with similar personality traits look alike and vice versa.
Glow-in-the-dark milky seas of maritime lore really exist – satellite proves it
To date, only one research vessel has ever encountered a milky sea.
Ripples in Saturn’s rings give us a peek inside the planet
The universe's largest seismometer reveals clues about the Gas Giant's interior.
Black holes caught eating neutron stars for first time
The stars stood no chance against the more-massive black holes.
Understanding how ancient electrons began life on earth
Primordial Earth exists in a small chamber in New Jersey.
Science in pop culture
From Godzilla to The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, it's everywhere.
Yale scientists restore cellular function in 32 dead pig brains
Researchers hope the technology will further our understanding of the brain, but lawmakers may not be ready for the ethical challenges.
Will humans form emotional bonds to robots? Probably — especially if they’re cuddly.
Its emergence will challenge what it means to be human.
NASA scientists are developing rocket fuel made from Martian soil
Scientists at NASA are currently developing methane-creating robots to overcome this challenge.
NASA spots perfectly rectangular icebergs in Antarctica
Geometric or tabular icebergs are a thing, and they're kinda beautiful.
3 stunning ways Earth and spacetime could be destroyed
A well-known cosmologist comes out with very stark warnings about particle accelerators.
Mount Vesuvius eruption boiled people’s blood, made skulls explode
The eruption quickly killed those caught in its intense wake.
Study: How to give up your cake and eat it too
A new study shows how reciprocal generosity can benefit you.
Birds have plastic in their bellies via plastic-eating mosquito larvae
Microplastics are everywhere in the ocean food chain. A new study suggests they might have another route into terrestrial animals.
Prime numbers aren’t so random after all
They actually have a quasicrystal-like structure
Major study: Drug overdoses over a 38-year period reveal hidden trends
It's just the current cycle that involves opiates, but methamphetamine, cocaine, and others have caused the trajectory of overdoses to head the same direction
Early Halloween in this Greek town: 1,000-foot spiderweb
It happens every few years. Not just in Greece, but also parts of the United States.
Stem cells help restore damaged teeth, new study finds
Stem cells have endless uses. This study suggests they can even bring half dead teeth back to life.
What is the ‘pure carnivore diet’?
It's all the rage right now after the Paleo and keto diet sensations took the world by storm. But is it healthy?
How NASA’s ICESat-2 will track ice changes in Antarctica, Greenland
Using advanced laser technology, scientists at NASA will track global changes in ice with greater accuracy.
Why are we so critical of ourselves after meeting someone new? Self-protection.
A new study discovers the “liking gap” — the difference between how we view others we’re meeting for the first time, and the way we think they’re seeing us.
Scientists discover what caused the worst mass extinction ever
How a cataclysm worse than what killed the dinosaurs destroyed 90 percent of all life on Earth.
Wider-faced politicians are seen as more corrupt
New research offers a tip for politicians who don’t want to be seen as corrupt: don’t get a big head.