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How birds stay slim even when they overeat
It’s not only about what you eat — it’s also about how you use that food.
Honeybee clusters act as ‘super-organisms’ to keep everyone safe during bad weather
Intelligent behavior emerging from a group of relatively unintelligent organisms.
Worse foods cause higher rates of cancer, new study concludes
A new study confirms something that, at a basic level, seems pretty clear: if you eat unhealthy foods, you’re more likely to be unhealthy. In particular, you’re more likely to develop cancer. Bad food, good labels The connection between nutrition and risk of cancer remains a complex and intricate topic. Sure, it’s clear that good foods are better than bad
California to launch its “own damn satellite” to monitor air pollution, climate change
Go Cali, go!
Both males and females perceive women wearing makeup as more open to casual sex — and they’re wrong
It sounds a lot like wishful thinking.
Almost half of all resident physicians suffer from heavy burnout
This is a growing problem which needs to be addressed as soon as possible — otherwise, we all lose out.
Want people to buy more electric cars? Simply put green license plates
Several countries are already doing it.
Volcanoes on dwarf planet ooze ice instead of molten lava
Ceres just got a heck of a lot more interesting to researchers.
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa will be the first Moon tourist — and he’s bringing artists along
Very Renaissance-y, I love it!
EU to stop using daylight savings as of 2019
Finally, people are ditching DST.
Otters can use paws and whiskers as accurate sensors
Not ony are they very precise, but they’re also very decisive.
Air pollution soots its way into mothers’ placentas — maybe the fetus, as well
Very Not Good™.
How the dragonfly got its wing patterns
Dragonflies have been around for 200 million years, long before humans stepped in. They also feature intricate wing patterns, which humans are now studying using an algorithm.
Canada bans artificial trans fats which cause heart disease
A welcomed policy that will save thousands of lives.
We might have our own natural ‘night vision’, new study says
The retina changes both software and hardware components to see better in the dark.
It Is Possible Jupiter Could Support Life, Scientists Say
The chances of it happening are pretty slim though.
Mammals’ evolutionary success relied on our ancestors growing very tiny
Sometimes it pays to be the smallest fish in the pond.
Thawing arctic lakes are bubbling methane, amplifying global warming
An understudied phenomenon may double the amount of methane released into the atmosphere by the thawing Arctic permafrost.
A Czech dog just made a stunning archaeological discovery
Indiana Bones!