Archaeology Stanford students brew 5,000 year old Chinese beer, say it’s fruity and tasty February 8, 2017
News Neil deGrasse Tyson rants about scientific illiteracy in the US: ‘A threat to the nation’ February 8, 2017 - Updated on May 1, 2023
Chemistry Helium can, in fact, react with other elements to form a stable compound. Better re-write those textbooks February 8, 2017
Health Female genital mutilation falls sharply in Iraq’s Kurdish region, gives hope for eradication February 8, 2017
News Astronomers discover the first white dwarf pulsar in history, ending half a century of searching February 7, 2017 - Updated on July 25, 2023
Animals Newly discovered ‘escape artist’ gecko species evades predators by shedding its scales February 7, 2017 - Updated on February 8, 2017
Economics The Netherlands is shutting down prisons. It doesn’t have enough criminals, and prisons aren’t effective at rehabilitation February 7, 2017
Archaeology The Amazon Stonehenge: Drones discover hundreds of ancient earthworks in the basin February 7, 2017
Biology Carnivorous plants all over the world used convergent evolution to start eating flesh February 7, 2017
News Mystery of Mars’ liquid past deepens. New study finds CO2 levels were too low to keep the planet warm February 7, 2017
Biology Condomless, reversible male contraceptive treatment shows its worth in rhesus monkey trial February 7, 2017
Geology Martian meteorite reveals volcanic activity on the Red Planet is at least 2 billion years old February 6, 2017 - Updated on February 7, 2017
News Personality traits are “contagious among children” — especially good ones February 6, 2017 - Updated on July 20, 2023
Health Can’t stand the sound of chewing or heavy breathing? It’s called misophonia and here’s what goes on in the brain February 6, 2017
Environment Early life kept oxygen in check and stalled evolution for billions of years, model suggests February 6, 2017
Economics Chinese factory replaces 90% of human workers with robots. Production rises by 250%, defects drop by 80% February 3, 2017
Health How weekend camping resets your body clock, explained by science February 2, 2017 - Updated on September 3, 2017
News Blueprint for large scale supercomputer could open the road for billion-qubit machine, and the secrets of the universe with it February 2, 2017
News Superdense-coded logo of an oak leaf sets new record for transfer rate over optic cable February 2, 2017
Geology Kilauea volcano in Hawaii creates spectacular lava stream February 2, 2017 - Updated on April 25, 2019
Electronics Thought 4K was impressive? New tech can triple the sharpness of TVs and other displays while reducing power demand February 2, 2017
Science Deadly, mysterious child disease in India caused by skipping meals and lychee, study finds February 1, 2017
Health Mind-reading device enables completely locked-in paralyzed patients to communicate with the outside world February 1, 2017
Animals Tinder-like app for orangutans lets females in zoos chose who they mate with February 1, 2017
Chemistry How to cook graphene using only soybean oil. Seriously, these scientists did it February 1, 2017
Genetics People are more willing to accept embryonic stem cell research than politicians January 31, 2017
Mind & Brain We dislike hypocrites because they deceive us, not because they do things they disapprove of January 31, 2017
Animals More than 100 natural world heritage sites degraded by human activity, study finds January 31, 2017
Archaeology A novel website lets you become a space archaeologist — just by looking at pictures January 31, 2017
News Earth’s oxygen has been emigrating to the Moon for billions of years, study finds January 31, 2017
