NASA is sending sperm to the ISS — here’s why
The first step to making spacebabies is to know if we can actually do it.
“Bowhead [whales] are jazz,” says researcher astonished by the diversity of their songs
They recorded 184 different songs from a population of about 300 individuals.
Braille Neue can be read just as easily with your eyes as with your fingertips
Writing that everyone can read.
Plants learned how to fight microbes even before they moved to dry land
Although their evolutionary paths diverged very early on, liverworts and other plants use similar proteins to fight off molds.
Could life be hiding in the clouds on Venus?
You wouldn't be wrong to call it 'hot' real estate.
How birds “see” magnetic fields
Seeing is believing.
Scientists use astronomy software to protect endangered creatures from poachers
Drones are hot on the poachers' hot traces.
Cyprian dolphins resort to chewing through fishing nets due to overfishing
We're not giving them any other option.
The CDC thwarted 220 cases of pathogens with ‘unusual’ antibiotic resistance last year alone
If there's something strange in your neighborhood, who you gonna call? It better be the CDC.
Researchers zero in on Lyme disease’s ability to resurface months after treatment
Its not really the bacteria that does most damage -- it's our bodies' response.
We’re all dupes for food we crave, willing to pay significantly more even when it’s bad for us
You don't need everything you want, and you don't want everything you need.
NASA’s next mission to Mars will map the planet’s interior, scheduled for May 5th
We'll learn more about our own home in the process, things that we never could here on Earth.
Nightmarish but brilliant blobs — AI-generated nudes would probably make Dali jealous
Hard to look at, harder to look away.
Water may, ironically, be the root of Mars’ dreariness — it could have sabotaged its magnetic field
The theory shows that as long as Earth's interior stays hot, it should avoid this fate.
US court deems disobedience a ‘necessity’ against climate change, environmental threats
It doesn't set any legally binding precedents, but it definitely sets an important precedent.
World-first case of antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea, identified in the UK
The man's partner tested negative for infection, and authorities traced the man's sexual partners to ensure that the strain didn't...
Mass extinctions don’t come out of the blue — and we’re seeing some of the signs today
An incoming mass extinction isn't as hard to spot as we'd believed.
The world needs more carnivores, according to an analysis of their habitats
"It's ironic, that many of these large carnivore species are moving closer to extinction, while at the same time scientists...
Novel material paves the way for atom-thin, invisible displays
The future is now!
How to win friends and keep employees happy? Make them feel that they matter, research shows
Best way to do that is... you know... actually making them matter to you.
Researchers capture first ever images of microglia eating brain synapses
Eating for success!
Humanity has contended with rising seas before — and it didn’t go well for us
It's a bad day when the ocean moves into your living room.
Chilling maps show just how scorching 2090’s US will be, thanks to climate change
100°F isn't something that puts a smile on your face.
Most grey wolves today are actually wolf-dog hybrids, due to cross-breeding
Who's a hybrid booooy?! Yes you are a hybrid booooy!
World’s first mass-produced, 3D-printed car is electric, looks cool and costs under $10K
Hope this leads to a future where you can download and print your own car.
Banana-sourced cellulose could level up our ice creams
NaNaNaNa, banana to the rescue!
Termite royalty wear chemical crowns to bedazzle their subjects
Bow down, plebs.
Human-secreted malaria antibody could usher in an effective, long-term treatment
Not one day too soon!
This century, glaciers will bleed — the fight is on to save what’s left of them in 100 years
"A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in."
As cities grow, we must bring the forest into our midst — or pay up
I, for one, welcome our new sylvan neighbors.
Compounds in essential oil may impact hormones, promote male breast development
They smell awesome, but maybe they're not meant to go on your skin.
Half a degree (C) more global warming would leave 5 million people homeless
Even if the goals set in Paris are met -- this doesn't look very good.
New method developed to stop bacteria from sharing antibiotic resistance genes
No multiplayer-evolution any longer, pleasethankyou!
The Arctic’s convection engine is grinding to a halt, flooded by meltwater
Melting Arctic ice is already leaving its mark on the oceans.
Walmart silently filed a patent for robotic bees meant to pollinate crops
As bee populations dwindle, robots are made to take their place.
AI can now tell if you’re a man or a woman, just by your smile
You know how everyone says 'smile' before you snap a pic? That was Skynet's plan all along!
Novel cell-in-a-shell is a like a body armor for tiny living things
It's like cells wearing power-armor!
Small populations of bacteria can elude antibiotics — here’s how we’re fixing that
Surprisingly, these bacteria survived through "random chance".
Solar storm expected to bring northern lights to the U.S. tonight
Maybe this is nature paying homage to Professor Hawking?
Hunt for planets through Kepler’s data with this newly released Google code
Space exploration made easy.
You can’t chase your happiness and have it too — you must let it come to you
Chasing happiness might be what's pushing it away.
Energy-positive fusion could be available within the next 15 years
This will change everything.
Citizen science called upon to study liverworts and help quantify climate change
These plants could become our climate "canary in the coal mine".
Why the WHO put a mysterious ‘Disease X’ on its most-feared list
We don't know anything about disease X -- that's the point.
Climate change is link between record-low Arctic ice cover, freak weather in Europe and the US
The Arctic's getting really hot.
Brexit and Trump’s nomination were caused by a ‘sleeping’ community neuroticism
The results were unexpected because we didn't understand what these campaigns woke in the public consciousness.
Researchers create the ‘crop hotspot’ map of Mars so we know where to settle
All work and no food would make the colonists very sad. Also very, very dead.
Penguins find unattended camera, snap a fabulous selfie
It's one of the coolest selfies out there -- it was made in Antarctica.