Bug bombs don’t kill the bugs, but they do expose you to pesticides
Bombs never solve anything :(.
The European Space Agency wants to mine the moon for oxygen and water
Should everything go according to plan, ESA wants to launch the mission by 2025.
Despite their amazing achievements, leaf-cutter ants don’t coordinate work
Work hard, not smart!
Humans mutate more slowly than believed, and it could rewrite our evolutionary history
So.... no X-men, then? Sad.
Our brains are pretty awesome — the price may be a greater tendency for disorders, though
Please hotfix, thanks!
We can eradicate malaria — but we need to use new tricks
Improvise, adapt, eliminate.
The North Sea could become the UK’s largest battery — one that lasts for the whole winter
It would be green, too!
New research shows air pollution sours our mood and makes us unhappy
The study was performed on Chinese cities -- but the air pollution problem is very much a global one.
Paleontologists discovered a new species of ancient shark — and it was so, so tiny
" teeth are the size of a sand grain. Without a microscope you'd just throw them away," says one of...
Perturbations in Saturn’s rings reveal how long a day is on the gas giant
Can I have weekdays in Saturn-days and weekends in Earth-days?
Happiness exercises could help those recovering from substance abuse
I'm not recovering from anything and I still need these exercises in my life.
The worst of multiple sclerosis can be avoided or delayed with early treatment
The study is the first to provide evidence that currently-available treatments can delay the progress of MS.
Japan start-up planning to sell “shooting stars on demand” launched their first satellite
No word on how much one of these shows will cost just yet.
Engineers study the in-depth structure of wings to make better adhesive materials
"We believe that these structures could serve as inspiration for an interlocking one-directional adhesive or a material with directionally tailored...
Over half of the world’s wild coffee faces extinction, new research finds
We're not facing a shortage of coffee right now, but scarcity is possible in the near future.
Researchers find black hole that spins almost as fast as (we think) they can spin
Hope it won't get dizzy and stumble our way!
Traditional zebra-like tattoos protect tribes-people from insect bites
A stripe a day keeps the bug bites away!
Part-time workers with flexible schedules work more unpaid overtime — especially mothers
How do you 'not bring work home with you'.... when working from home?
What’s the difference between an asteroid and a meteorite?
The meteorite only lives as it is falling.
Tetris therapy could help reduce flashbacks for PTSD patients
Pre-Tetris stress disorder?
Your brain pays more attention to objects it knows are small — no matter how large they seem
Want more attention? Science says, be smaller.
Artificial intelligence still has severe limitations in recognizing what it’s seeing
They're endearingly bad at it, to be honest.
Police officers face and dole out more violence when their weapons aren’t concealed
Even with non-lethal weapons.
Bees use a small number of neurons to count, and they’re one of the best counters we know
They're so cute and fuzzy, too <3.
Irish dirt might cure the world of (most) multi-drug-resistant bacteria
Dirt me uuuuupppp.
Engaging in cultural activities can stave off depression in old age
If nothing else, at least you'll have some fun attending!
Giving, not receiving, is the secret to happiness unceasing
Hope you prepared a lot of gifts this Christmass!
Sea level change isn’t constant across the East Coast — because of long-past glaciers
Gone but not forgotten.
Novel vaccine might spell the end of Zika
Good riddance.
Saturn’s rings are raining down — in about 100 million years, they’ll be gone
If you like it then you should have kept the rings on it.
New sensor backpacks could turn bees into crop-monitoring drones
BEEEE cause we can, that's why.
Building blocks of life can spontaneously form in outer space
Biology -- it may literally be out of this world.
Stanford designed software to spot every solar panel in the US (there’s a lot of them)
America's getting sun.
Environmental cleanups return on investment — and they return big time
Cleaning up makes economic sense.
Nuclear-powered ‘tunnelbot’ could probe the depths of Europa’s oceans
Europa's almost as cold as your ex's heart, just as frozen.
Exposure to graphic images shifts your perception of reality, video games study shows
More pew pew, less QQ.
Researchers want to vaccinate bees so we don’t run out of food
I can’t BEElive this!
“Prehistoric Pompeii” answers the question of when animals first moved on land
It's so sad though :(.
Search and rescue operations might soon call on foldable drones to find victims
A simple but elegant solution.
Thawing Canadian Arctic permafrost is releasing “substantial amounts” of mercury into waterways
In the Canadian Arctic, mercury isn't rising only in thermometers.
Sharing a plate helps with both love and work
"Basically, every meal that you're eating alone is a missed opportunity to connect to someone," the authors say.
NOAA’s annual report says 2018 was the “second-warmest year on record” in the Arctic
Could I have some ice with this? Oh... oh wait.
Being empathetic might put you at risk of relapsing as a coping mechanism
With great empathy comes great stress as well!
Voyager 2 enters interstellar space
Take me with you!
Shamans were the first professional class in human history
"Sorry, we can't hire you, you don't have the qualifications."
China launches new rover aimed for the dark side of the moon
The natural satellite, not the 1973 album by Pink Floyd. Sadly.
Novel AI can master games like chess and Go by itself, no humans needed
How do you spell "checkmate" in binary?
New AI solves most Captcha codes, potentially causing a “huge security vulnerability”
Please prove that you are human.