It's remarkable what evolution can do in millions of years.

Researchers have theoretized for some time that our languages are skewed towards happy words - with some more skewed than...

We tend to think of pollution as a modern thing; after all, industrial pollution should be, well... industrial, right? Well,...

What is the heaviest living creature in the world? It's not an elephant or a blue whale, the heaviest organism...

The most extensive DNA survey of the NYC subway has revealed that New Yorkers really like pizza and mozzarella, but...

It's hard to think that the crust's thickness (which varies between several and several tens of km) can be affected...

If two tape worms infect the same host, they can either cooperate to thrive, or battle it out for complete...

In just 7 years, a disease called white-nose syndrome has killed more than 5 million North American bats, almost wiping out...

If you want to know what the biggest organism in the world is, then you're in for a big surprise...

Approximate position of Doggerland highlighted in red. Image via University of Bradford. We all know that Earth used to look...

So, we've already discussed about the largest and heaviest organisms in the world, now it's time to see what the...

They're cozy, beautiful, and surprisingly efficient!

National Geographic chose this as the best picture of 1987, and for good reason.

NASA is requesting 30 million dollars to begin working on a mission to Jupiter's moon, Europa, hoping to unlock some...

A whopping 66 out of the country's 74 major cities don't meet the basic air quality requirements, China's Ministry of...

We often hear about China being polluted, about the hard to breahe are, the smog, the soot, the carbage flowing...

Coffee beans undergo several processes before they become the delicious brew we all know. The coffee beans we're used to...

The World Health Organization (WHO) says that after more than half a year, the number of new cases of Ebola...

At least in the US, there is a huge difference between what the general public thinks and what scientists think...

Sir David Frederick Attenborough is an English broadcaster and naturalist, with a voice recognized by millions. In an interview from 2013,...

If you're one of those people who believe green coffee pills can do wonders for your health, then I've got...

Book Pages In one of the most beautiful projects I've seen in a while, artist Pyanek uses macro photography to show...

Although generic drugs are often identical to their brand-name counterparts, the effect is often not the same. It's not because...

When the US Senate finally agreed that global warming is real, I thought we're finally going to get some progress....

An ancient skull found in Israel indicates that early Homo sapiens likely interbred with Neanderthals 50,000 years ago. The female skull is...

The living standard of everybody in the world can be increased while also reducing CO2 emissions and limiting global warming to 2...

If life is a balancing act, then I hope it looks like Michael Grab's work. The artist and photographer first dabbled...

A PhD student from Netherlands has demonstrated a technique which could massively cut down the production costs of graphene. With...

The Bangkok's New World Mall is one of the most dystopian places on Earth - initially 11 stories high, now the...

According to a new study, water once flowed on the surface of Vesta, the second-largest asteroid in the solar system....

A team of Mexican researchers found a way to save 20 trees and 56,000 liters of water for every ton...

For most people, brains are pretty similar - our connections follow the same pattern, and while there are certainly exceptions,...

What is it like to see for the first time? Most of us can't even imagine that, because it happened...

Some fires are big enough to see from outer space, others burn for a very long time, but from what...

Aboriginals around what is today Melbourne have been telling a story for thousands of generations - a tale of waters...

The harbor in Hong Kong sparkled with an eerie blue glow, creating a surprising and beautiful picture. But few people...

In the video above, you can see PhD student Mason Bretan from the Robot Musicianship Group at Georgia Tech in the...

Piotr Naskrecki, a Harvard biologist, did what few people would have the courage to do - he let maggots grow...

Divers off the coast of Norfolk have discovered a submerged prehistoric forest, hidden underwater for 10,000 years. The forest was...

The states of Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais are running out of water. According to a Brazilian...

The big news in climate is that 2014 is the hottest year on record - but the bigger picture is...

A team of researchers has managed to make metallic glasses from pure, monoatomic metals. These metals are amorphous like glass,...

“The Oldest Living Things in the World” By Rachel Sussman University Of Chicago Press, 304pp | Buy on Amazon When...

“Colliding Worlds” By Arthur Miller W. W. Norton & Company, 352pp | Buy on Amazon Scientists are logical, calculated and rational,...

For the first time, scientists have developed a treatment for Multiple Sclerosis (MS) that actually reverses the disability. Dr. Richard...

The Permian was a geologic period that ended some 250 million years ago, with the largest extinction our planet has...

It's a remarkable day for NASA and space observations: the Solar Dynamics Observatory has taken its 100,000,000th photo! The mission,...

Based on latest evidence and calculations, our entire galaxy, the Milky Way, might be a a huge wormhole, stable and...

It's hilarious and sad at the same time: the US Senate had to vote whether or not climate change is...

If you find it hard to focus, you're feeling a lack of enthusiasm or simply are stressed, a walk during...