Climate California’s dry spell may be officially over but some parts of the state will need decades for precipitation to recover April 12, 2017 - Updated on April 13, 2017
Animals Farmer ants unknowingly domesticated their fungi crops by sequestering them in dry environments April 12, 2017
Geology Venus does tectonics without any plates — and it’s possible young Earth did it too April 12, 2017
Animals Thousand-year-old penguin poop points to devastating colony collapse at the hand of volcanic eruptions April 12, 2017
Health The US alone spends $16 billion on plastic surgery — we’re dealing with 300,000 breast implants a year April 12, 2017
Science The Martian atmosphere might be cruel and inhospitable but at least it has metal ions April 11, 2017
News Security experts crack smartphone PIN using only the motion sensor data. By the third try, the algorithm was 94 percent accurate April 11, 2017
Animals Sleeping around makes it hard to speciate by mixing genes, paper shows April 11, 2017 - Updated on January 8, 2024
Health Scientists tie antibody escorts on white blood cells’ access points to stop HIV dead in its tracks April 11, 2017
Biology Zooplankton are armed to the teeth with spears and ballistic weapons, electron photography shows April 10, 2017 - Updated on April 11, 2017
Climate Most Americans believe climate change is real but the media war on science clearly shows its teeth April 7, 2017
Agriculture Farms could slash pesticide use without losing any yield or money, new study finds April 7, 2017 - Updated on April 10, 2017
Mind & Brain Trying to stay motivated? Shift your strategy from ‘do better’ to ‘avoid worse’ mid-game April 7, 2017
Climate Climate change will make flights worse too. Severe turbulences may increase by 150%, study finds April 7, 2017
News Six-month olds like people who protect the weak, suggesting we’re born with a love for superheroes April 7, 2017
Health Using e-charcoal to heat hookah pipes might kill eight times more lung cells than traditional charcoal April 6, 2017
Science How many calories does a human body have? Stone Age cannibals must not have been very satisfied April 6, 2017
News Radio observatory equivalent to the size of Earth sets its gaze to the center of the Milky Way to image a supermassive black hole April 6, 2017 - Updated on August 31, 2023
Animals A reef-killing starfish’s pheromones could be harnessed to exterminate them— and help the reefs! April 6, 2017 - Updated on April 16, 2017
Health There are now nearly a billion smokers in the world, more than ever despite smoking rates have come down April 6, 2017
Health One in ten pregnant women infected with Zika in the US had babies with birth defects April 5, 2017
Climate Mid-century CO2 levels might be as high as they’ve ever been in 50 million years April 5, 2017
Geology Forget Brexit, here’s how Britain lost the land bridge that connected it to Europe 160,00 years ago April 4, 2017 - Updated on May 19, 2017
Health Replacing nuclear power with coal plants may have caused babies to be born one-fourth of a pound lighter April 4, 2017 - Updated on April 6, 2017
Science Humanity is getting another “Doomsday Vault” in the Arctic — a digital archive for human knowledge April 4, 2017
