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Blink and you’ll miss it — new study shows that blinking can be significant nonverbal cues
Do you pay attention to how the people you talk to blink?
Neanderthal genes may explain our unique rounded skull shape
Neanderthal genes may be making some people’s skulls more elongated — they may also explain some modern human brain evolution.
Exploding stars may have wiped off large ocean life 2.5 million years ago
The planet’s largest shark may have been killed by a supernova.
How pink poop and satellites revealed a giant penguin colony
Don’t eat the pink snow.
Viking cats show that domesticated felines have grown bigger in time (as well as a gruesome history)
The Vikings used to skin cats for their pelts.
Thawing Canadian Arctic permafrost is releasing “substantial amounts” of mercury into waterways
In the Canadian Arctic, mercury isn’t rising only in thermometers.
A geological hallmark of human activity: chicken bones
It’s not a very pleasant thought.
NASA spacecraft beams back first image from inside the Sun’s atmosphere
We have a spacecraft inside the sun’s atmosphere — take that in for a moment.
An ant colony has memories that its individual members don’t have
The whole is larger than the sum of the parts.
More evidence showing that flu vaccination lowers risk of death in heart failure patients
Flu vaccines also offer protection against heart failure.
Scientists break record for superconductivity at cozy Arctic temperatures
We’re nearing a breakthrough moment!
Sharing a plate helps with both love and work
“Basically, every meal that you’re eating alone is a missed opportunity to connect to someone,” the authors say.
Giant marsupial predator was “unlike any living animal”
It was a fierce beast.
Megalodon may have been warm-blooded — and this may have ultimately doomed the huge predator
The largest fish in history may have been doomed by its active metabolism that couldn’t keep up with a tough ice age.
NOAA’s annual report says 2018 was the “second-warmest year on record” in the Arctic
Could I have some ice with this? Oh… oh wait.
Yes, the Trump administration really pitched coal at a climate conference
Well… this is awkward.
Being empathetic might put you at risk of relapsing as a coping mechanism
With great empathy comes great stress as well!
Older people believe their own lies
We’re still not sure what lying does to the brain.
Dracula ants have the fastest body parts known to man: their jaws
After all, they are called Dracula ants.