New study maps what the world is drinking
What are you drinking right now?
Not eating enough fruits and veggies kills millions of people every year
You should probably eat more fruits and vegetables.
New threat looms for snow leopards: infection
As if snow leopards didn't have enough to deal with.
The ocean has much more plastic than we thought
There's more plastic in the deep than there is on the surface.
New mathematical model describes the growth pattern of plant leaves
The beauty of math is embedded in nature.
Researchers want free, open-access science — science publishers, not so much
Something needs to change in science publishing.
Sustainable, edible straws made from wild grass are zero-waste alternative
To make things even better, the straws are also edible.
Archaeologists discover ancient cereal rings in Austria
Prehistoric cereal rings? Sounds delicious!
Humans consume around 100,000 microplastics a year
It's not exactly clear what health effects this plastic has on human health.
Eggs might not be that bad for you after all, new study finds
Eggs are probably alright -- as long as you're healthy and don't eat too many saturated fats.
Acting out: mathematical model predicts the future of actors’ careers
Being an actor isn't easy -- at least for 90% of those trying to make it.
Lab engineered meat? How about lab-grown insect meat?
Would you eat lab-grown insect meat?
Prehistoric stone tools were invented multiple times before becoming a staple
It was a crucial and defining moment in human evolution.
Simple meditation app can make people more attentive in less than two months, new study finds
An 'East meets West' success story.
Sea sponges can act like surveillance cameras for the oceans
Call it underwater CCTV.
Could machine learning be the next big thing in earthquake prediction?
The team found a direct correlation between seismic signals and physical movements on the sides of the fault.
Fossil Friday: a fossilized school of fish
A common fish behavior evolved at least 50 million years ago.
Pluto’s volcanoes might spew out liquid water, new study finds
Talk about a surprising find!
Curiosity Rover finds clay cache on Mars — potential sign of water
Curiosity is finding water beneath the ground -- and in the sky.
Chimps also love to eat crabs, new study shows
This isn't the only thing that surprised researchers.
Why the SpaceX satellite fleet could spell major headaches for astronomers
It's an unexpected side effect of a useful plan.
A hotter Arctic means more extreme weather elsewhere on the globe
This helps us understand how climate change can cause more extreme weather -- both hot and cold.
Elephant poaching is going down, but we need more action
It's good news, just not *very* good news.
New law would require all Phillipino students to plant 10 trees to graduate
What do you think about this idea?
Scientists figure out how turbulent fluids make order from chaos
It's a problem Richard Feynman also addressed.
For the first time, researchers show what an electron actually looks like
Electrons are weird, but we're starting to understand them a bit better.
Scientists in India find new type of viper — and it looks stunning
A beautiful snake of which we know very little.
How to save the world — a practical guide
A book you need to read.
The ‘Age of Man’ is upon us — Anthropocene period close to becoming official
We are living in changing times.
Baby sharks eat land-based songbirds
Baby shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo -- eats birds.
Huge underwater eruption created giant volcano off the coast of Africa
This is one of the most exciting volcanic areas in the world.
This AI sounds just like Joe Rogan — and the possibilities are disturbing
Impressive and scary at the same time. Brace yourself for a new era of fraud.
Supermarkets in Thailand start using leaves as packaging instead of plastic
It's sustainable both environmentally and economically.
Karen Uhlenbeck officially receives the Abel Prize — the first woman ever to do so
We need more kings awarding prizes to people in STEM.
Chernobyl has turned into a thriving habitat for hundreds of species
The environmental pressure generated by humans is larger than a nuclear explosion -- a revealing vision of the type of...
It’s official: soda tax offers “net good” to society
It really works.
Pluto’s ocean might be held in place by a thin layer of gas
Comfortably insulated.
99% of the world’s electric buses are in China
They're miles and miles ahead.
The ISS starts experimenting with a photo-bioreactor
A hybrid bio-technology could pave the way for future space missions.
Bermuda might hold the key to a whole new type of volcano
We didn't know volcanoes can form in this way.
Scientists map global “Internet of Mushrooms”
“I haven’t seen anybody do anything like that before,” researchers commented.
*Something* is blasting “cosmic bullet holes” through our galaxy
Clumps of dark matter might be shooting through the Milky Way's stars.
Bedbugs roamed the land along with T-Rex
Bedbugs have been alive far longer than humans have.
Eating processed food linked to eating too much and being overweight
Simple takeaway: eat less processed food.
Researchers create bacteria synthetic DNA
Move away, Nature -- come in, Life 2.0.
Humans and Neanderthals diverged at least 800,000 years ago, new teeth study shows
This just goes to show how complex our evolutionary history really is.
NASA wants you to take photos of trees — to see how much carbon they can store
Help NASA by looking at trees.
The unlikeliest catch: sea creatures found trapped in amber
Talk about a stunning find!
These spiders have super-black patches to help their other parts vibrant and colorful
Birds of Paradise have similar structures.
In April, the US used more renewable energy than coal
Good news, but let's not get over-excited by this.