What is hyaluronic acid
Let's take a look at this pretty unique substance which permeates our bodies.
A new study estimates English only takes about 1.5 megabytes of your brainspace
That's about the same size as.... 3 high-resolution memes or one-tenth of a second of video in 1080p.
It’s official: single-use plastics have been banned in the EU
Today's vote is "essential in order to protect the marine environment and reduce the costs of environmental damage attributed to...
Musical training makes your brain better at paying attention
Oh so THAT'S what I was missing!
New York county declares state of emergency over measles and bans unvaccinated kids from public areas
Unvaccinated children will be banned from entering public spaces for the next 30 days. And, honestly, I see no problem...
Ancient trash suggests climate change helped drive the Byzantine Empire into the ground
No army can fight on an empty belly. Neither can an empire.
Hubble captured the first evidence of a Great Dark Spot storm forming on Neptune
The data taught us a lot about how weather works on gas giants.
Largest T. rex skeleton ever found lived in Canada up to its early 30s
It was probably really polite and liked hockey, too.
Movies and shows may help people with attachment issues better navigate their own relationships
Any study that mentions The Office is a good study in my book.
Jupiter formed far from the sun and traveled closer during its early days
It also met a lot of asteroids it still hangs around with.
The genders kill differently — and one paper proposes it’s because of our ancient roles
I do like this theory.
Creativity hinges on churning as many ideas out as possible — then taking a break
It doesn't matter if your ideas suck -- get more of them!
Immigrants to the US are happier later in life than natives — despite generally being worse off financially
Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.
Divine punishment didn’t goad us into building civilization — it was the other way around
And then the gods said, "don't be a douchebag and we’re chill".
New method spots counterfeit food and medicine for cheap, by filming how it freezes
Be sure to post it on Instagram, too! #lunch #realfood
Time flies as we age because our brains get bigger and less efficient, a new paper proposes
'Clock time' is not the same as 'mind time'.
Paying attention shuts down ‘brain noise’ that isn’t related to what we’re looking for
You can miss the forest for the trees, or the trees for the forest.
New process can make hydrogen fuel out of seawater without destroying the devices
This was a VERY real issue up to now.
Eating bad PUFAs may put you at risk of developing asthma — but fish contains the good PUFAs
I'm thrilled that PUFAs is an actual scientific term.
Our ships carry invasive species, not just trade — and it is rapidly getting worse
Your package has arrived sir, it seems to be a pair of socks. The zebra mussel is on the house.
Ice ages may be caused by tectonic activity in the tropics, new study proposes
Pixar left this part out of Ice Age.
Researchers develop way to trap and study bacteria so we can fight disease and antibiotic resistance
Shhh! I'm hunting bactewwia!
Fossil Friday: Newly-found fossil teeth solve ancient monkey mystery
Take a bite out of this story.
Movies can be used to get people to help in anti-corruption efforts
Who said movies never teach you anything?
New research plans to keep drones in the air longer by giving them the ability to land
It's always good to take a breather!
Religious material promoting humanity as stewards make Christians care more about the environment
Do as the good book says!
Where did the “Seven Seas” come from?
It's a surprisingly-old story.
Human interference is destroying chimpanzee culture, a new paper reports
Culture shock squared.
Timeline for giant sloth extinction rewritten by new analysis
A little dirt makes a lot of difference.
People learn to predict which words come after ‘um’ in a conversation — but not with foreigners
Assuming they're paying attention, of course.
NASA puts InSight experiment on hold because one stubborn rock is blocking their instruments
InSight picked scissors, so it lost to rock.
Asia may have given the world beer yeast, new research finds
Thank you, Asia, you're the real MVP.
Art-integrated science lessons make some students ‘learn at 105%’, new study finds
That's not a typo. The authors were surprised, too.
Megalodon’s teeth evolved over 12 millions years, researchers find
This is not the Nemo you're looking for.
MIT’s newest, diminutive robot can do backflips and outrun you in every single way
It's cool, it's small, it can do a backflip off the wall.
Our social brains handle environmental issues poorly — “You can’t kiss and make up with the environment,” researchers say
"Terms like 'eco-friendly' or 'green' encourage the view that objects, behaviors and decisions with these labels are 'good' rather than...
Ancient tool pushes history of tattooing in the western US by over a thousand years
People were getting inked long before we even had ink!
Researchers map how our sensitivity to emotions change over time
In a bout of positive news, people are very good at spotting happiness throughout their lives. Anger and fear, not...