Features Squished-booms: looking at the behavior of underwater explosions October 7, 2016 - Updated on January 29, 2021
Animals Apes can also understand what’s in other people’s heads, and can even spot false beliefs October 7, 2016
Mathematics Struggling with math? You might have what scientists call a ‘math disability’ October 7, 2016
Animals Bees can feel optimism, possibly other ’emotion-like states’ as well, study finds October 7, 2016
Animals Five genes could give dogs their unique human interaction — and they share four with us October 6, 2016
Agriculture Globalization offers us a huge choice of foodstuffs — but we’re not having it October 6, 2016 - Updated on May 24, 2021
Climate Americans are worried about climate change but, paradoxically, aren’t talking about it (and this doesn’t help at all) October 6, 2016 - Updated on April 30, 2023
Animals Romania clamps down on hunting big carnivores for sport October 6, 2016 - Updated on November 15, 2016
News Blue Origin passes key emergency espace test for its capsule with flying colours, then soft lands its rocket too October 6, 2016
News Aerial survey shows the ‘Great Pacific Garbage Patch’ is much larger than we thought October 6, 2016
Animals Nutmeg the Cat celebrates 31st birthday. He’s the oldest ca in the world October 6, 2016 - Updated on May 5, 2017
Health Human lifespan might have hit the ceiling at 115 years of age — can we live longer than this? October 6, 2016
Archaeology What the villa of a wealthy roman from Pompeii looked like before it was buried by ash October 5, 2016 - Updated on October 7, 2016
News New ancient car-sized species identified by paleontologists. It was related to Megalodon October 5, 2016
News China wants to build the biggest spaceplane ever. It would be capable of carrying 20 space tourists October 5, 2016
News The safest locks might be those encrypted by passwords transmitted through the body October 5, 2016 - Updated on November 27, 2021
Chemistry The 2016 Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to trio of molecular machine pioneers October 5, 2016
Environmental Issues Why meat is unsustainable and what the protein chain of the future ought to look like October 5, 2016
Archaeology Ancient Chinese 2,500-year-old grave was covered in a shroud of 13 Cannabis plants October 4, 2016 - Updated on October 5, 2016
News Programmable 3-D printed soft materials helps robots and drone make a soft landing October 4, 2016
Electronics This vinyl playing under an electron microscope is mesmerizing October 4, 2016 - Updated on April 30, 2023
Animals The US steps up for the bees, adding seven Hawaiian species the Endangered Species List October 4, 2016
Archaeology Archaeologists unearth a huge dinosaur footprint in the Gobi desert October 4, 2016 - Updated on August 24, 2023
Animals Alcohol and rapid antidepressants share the same brain pathway, which might explain a lot of things October 3, 2016
Great Pics World’s deepest underwater cave discovered in Czech Republic — explorers still haven’t reached the bottom October 3, 2016 - Updated on April 30, 2023
Health The 2016 Nobel Prize in medicine goes to Yoshinori Ohsumi for his work on autophagy October 3, 2016
Climate India, world’s 3rd biggest polluter, ratifies Paris Agreement — vows to reach 40% renewables by 2030 October 3, 2016
Biology Fossil Friday: the earliest known shells from 809 million years ago September 30, 2016 - Updated on February 13, 2024
News The Golden Records re-created for Voyager’s 40th anniversary September 30, 2016 - Updated on October 3, 2016
News Moms today spend twice as much time caring for their kids than in 1965. Dads quadruple that September 30, 2016
Climate Stop patting yourself on the back for the Paris Agreement, researchers say September 30, 2016
Climate Hydropower: not that clean after all. Study finds reservoirs around the world emit as much CO2 as Canada September 30, 2016
Biology First case of Zika transmitted through touch in Utah was a freak occurrence, paper finds September 30, 2016
News New wind turbine could harness typhoons and generate enough electricity to power Japan for 50 years September 29, 2016
Great Pics Reykjavik switches city lights off for Nothern Lights, and it looks amazing September 29, 2016
Genetics Science explains why some people age faster and die younger regardless of lifestyle September 29, 2016
News Mark Zuckerberg just shared pictures from Facebook’s Data Center, and it’s like a dystopian sci-fi September 29, 2016
