Why is the U.S. Navy interested in Cicadas?
It turns out the swarms of loud, creepy insects serve a human purpose beyond frying those tasty little suckers in butter. When the Brood II cicadas emerge in the northeastern […]
The lifelong self-experiment of Santorius Santorius
Throughout history, certain scientists have solved the moral dilemma of experimenting on animals by turning themselves into guinea pigs instead. While this might not be the safest or even the […]
Moon or frying pan?
NASA may be an agency of extremely intelligent science buffs, but that doesn’t mean they can’t have a little fun on April Fools’ Day. For their Astronomy Picture of the […]
The oldest light in the universe gets its closeup
Don’t worry, it’s much less terrifying than Norma Desmond, and infinitely more complex. Researchers at the European Space Agency (ESA) released their image of the light produced by the Big […]
Car traffic driving micro-evolution?
It’s hard to think that you can evolve to avoid fatal car crashes, but apparently, you can. Well not you, but other creatures like cliff swallows can. Ecologist Charles Brown at […]
Probably the cutest Kickstarter yet
What good is science if it doesn’t inspire the younger generations? Not much good at all, really, which is why this fourth grade class from North Carolina is positively joy-inducing. […]
It’s definitely maybe the Higgs boson
Scientists at CERN now say they have definitely found the Higgs boson… sort of. The European Organization for Nuclear Research – CERN – stated today that the research gathered last […]
I’m not hunting wabbits
Had Elmer Fudd been around when the Neanderthals walked the earth, he would have been very disappointed to find they were not, in fact, hunting rabbits. At least according to […]
This DNA isn’t on fire
How do you keep your T-shirts from lighting on fire? Roll around in some herring sperm DNA. That’s obviously not the intrinsic response; researchers at Italy’s Politecnico di Torino lab led […]
A safe haven for chimps
The days in the lab are over for 110 chimpanzees. The chimps previously used for medical research at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s New Iberia Research Center are exploring their […]
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