Christmas traditions: In Catalonia, a man is pooping in the nativity scene
It's supposed to bring good luck!
The statistic of the year: 90.5% of plastic has never been recycled
Some stats are better than others.
Dutch researchers grow bananas without soil to protect them from disease
Bananas, as we know them, are undergoing huge challenges.
Dementia symptoms reversed in mice — human trials are next
The key is a combination of microbubbles and ultrasound.
Coastal erosion reveals incredibly well-preserved dinosaur footprints in southern England
It's like Disneyworld for paleontologists.
Blind creature that buries its head in the sand named after Donald Trump
The resemblance is uncanny.
Giraffes quietly dropped down to ‘Endangered list’
Giraffes have been undergoing a silent extinction.
Working out in the evening doesn’t cause any sleep problems
Work out anytime you want -- no excuses!
Germany’s word of the year is a climate change pun
It's a hot topic.
Johnson & Johnson knew its baby powder has cancer-causing asbestos — but it lied
A story worth reading.
Tourists might be bringing diseases to Antarctica’s penguins
Tourists are bringing dangerous pathogens to the Antarctic.
Shark numbers plummet by 92% in Australian waters
Sharks are declining at an alarming rate.
Virgin Galactic tourist space rocket passes first test
Fancy a trip to outer space?
Luxembourg to become the first country to make public transportation free
It's Luxembourg's moment in the spotlight.
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?
How pink poop and satellites revealed a giant penguin colony
Don't eat the pink snow.
A geological hallmark of human activity: chicken bones
It's not a very pleasant thought.
Giant marsupial predator was “unlike any living animal”
It was a fierce beast.
Yes, the Trump administration really pitched coal at a climate conference
Well... this is awkward.
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.
Here’s why you should never eat raw cookie dough
It's delicious, sure -- but cook it before you eat it.
People aged 70 and over who exercise regularly have the bodies of 40-year-olds
It's never too late to start exercising -- and the results are impressive.
City frogs are more attractive than their countriside cousins, new study shows
Female frogs like city boys, a new study finds.
Helium exoplanet inflates like a balloon
Helium was predicted to be one of the most common elements of exoplanets, but was only recently observed for the...
Contrary to ‘propaganda’ myths, migrants are actually good for a country’s health and economy, new study reports
Think migrants are bad? Think again, science says.
After millions of tests, researchers find the most promising compounds against malaria
This is far from being a final drug, but it's still extremely exciting.
Researchers repurpose wasp venom peptides as antibiotics
Finally, a use for wasps.
Archaeologists find 50,000 year-old tiara, made from wooly mammoth ivory
It's still beautiful to this day.
Nutritional study taking a jab at “Joy of Cooking” withdrawn — among many others
There's still some joy in cooking.
Young Hawaiian seals are showing up with eels stuck in their noses — and we’re not really sure why
Sure you've had bad days, but have you had an 'eel up your nose' day?
252 million years ago, climate change nearly wiped out life on Earth; something similar is happening today
If this sounds a bit alarming... it should.
Christmas dinner launched towards the ISS
It's hearty space food.
The Large Hadron Collider shut down for upgrades — until 2021
This time, it's all going according to plan
Finland’s 100-year gift to itself: a beautiful, futuristic, and free library
What better gift could there be?
Rats and pigeons are slowly replacing iconic species, and it’s our fault
The "losers" are exactly the ones you want to protect.
Why Shakespeare’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ is a brilliant sneaky innuendo
This just goes to show how amazing Shakespeare was at his craft -- and also that he probably had a...
Ancient haute cuisine — Mesolithic people had caviar feast
It was a fishy affair.
“Wearable microbrewery” could serve as radiation exposure marker
Yeast badges could be the radiation sensors of the future.
Young drinkers beware: binge drinking is bad for you. Real bad
You might wanna reconsider getting hammered at that party.
Most people who think they have a penicillin allergy don’t — and it can be a problem
The good news, researchers say, is that there's a simple allergy test you can take.
“Collapse of civilization is on the horizon”, David Attenborough tells UN climate summit
Time, he stressed, is running out.
Google’s AI algorithm could usher in new age of protein understanding
We're entering a new age of scientific breakthrough, and this could be absolutely huge.
Blue-blooded crustacean could pave the way for greener biofuels
The unusual creature is able to extract sugars from wood.
Scorpion venom protein might be used to ferry drugs to the brain
A brilliant way to use a natural danger to our advantage.
Green roofs can be effective against climate change — in the right climate
Green roofs are making a comeback -- at least in some parts of the world.
Buried Celtic chariot discovered by amateur treasure hunter in Wales
An unprecedented finding in the area.
Widely used insect repellent also kills off salamander larvae
Careful with that insect repellant.