Employees forced to smile for customers drink more, new study finds
Here's to annoying customers!
Going vegan might not be the greenest diet — but giving up meat, is
The main takeaway: eat less meat.
Did the Maya civilization really use chocolate as currency? New study suggests so
I say we bring back this currency.
Scientists record unimaginably rare radioactive event
It has a half-life of about a trillion universes.
Most detailed survey yet finds 200,000 species of viruses living in the oceans
There's a lot of life in the oceans.
World’s second-largest language family originated in northern China during the Neolithic
This multidisciplinary study could settle a long-lasting debate.
Scientists present device that transforms brain activity into speech
This could be transformative for so many people suffering from speech impairment.
Chinese lunar rover shows dark side of the Moon like you’ve never seen it before
Take a walk on the dark side -- of the moon.
Why depressed people listen to more sad music
It's probably not what you think.
How much are Americans sitting
Are you sitting down for this?
Greenland ice is melting 6 times faster than in the 1980s
Requiem for an ice sheet.
Arctic warming accelerates climate change — and will cost $70 trillion
Take action against climate change -- or pay up.
Like meal kits? You might be doing the environment a favor
Have you ever tried a meal kit? You might be doing the environment a favor.
Slime moulds learn by absorbing substances
This simple creature can learn, teach, and memorize, without a nervous system.
How Japanese astronomers discovered the most distant object in the Kuiper Belt with a $3,000 telescope
This is a real victory for little projects.
Even moderate intake of red meat substantially increases risk of bowel cancer
Bacon is not so good for you after all.
Coffee not essential for life, Switzerland decides
Say what now?
Even mountain glaciers are now contaminated with microplastic
Truly, no place on Earth has escaped pollution.
Russian researchers extract liquid blood from frozen 42,000-year-old foal — plan to clone it
You want Jurassic Park? Because this is how you get Jurassic Park.
The world’s first AI-written textbook showcases what machine learning can do — and what it can’t
The technology could have a surprising use.
Dogs really help people stay fit, new study shows
As if dogs weren't precious enough, they also help with our fitness -- new research shows that dog owners are...
Japanese university professor taught students how to produce MDMA, risks up to 10 years in prison
Japanese Breaking Bad? Not really -- this time it's about science, not profit.
Air pollution from corn kills thousands of people each year
Researchers are trying to map the pollution impact of all the foods we eat.
Scientists create artificial material capable of metabolism, self-assembly, movement, and organization — key traits of life
If it was capable of multiplying, it would essentially be life.
Cherokee cave inscriptions tell tales of ritual ball game
Researchers have translated the famous Cherokee inscriptions from Manitou Cave — but it’s not the story they were expecting to...
NASA female astronaut set to break record
Congrats, and good luck!
Two of the world’s oldest universities team up to digitize treasured medieval manuscripts
Some works will come straight from the Vatican.
Archaeologists find first prehistoric figurative cave art in the Balkans
It's the first find of its kind in the area.
It’s official: there’s more plastic in the oceans than ever before
Researchers are calling for change on all levels of society.
Sleep myths are unscientific and potentially dangerous
If there's one thing we should appreciate, it's sleep -- and myths proliferated on the internet aren't doing anyone any...
The best black hole photo memes the internet has to offer
Get sucked into the joyous celebration of the black hole image.
Researchers 3D print a miniature heart — using a patient’s own cells
Yes, scientists 3D-printed a heart.
The kill rate in Game of Thrones is actually quite realistic, a new study reveals
Don't blame George Martin or HBO for killing your favorite character -- blame reality!
How the snailfish survives more than 6 km beneath the surface
This could help us understand how creatures can survive in the crushing and frigid depths of the oceans.
Meteorite impacts are squeezing water from the moon
The moon has a hydrological cycle, but it looks nothing like the one on Earth.
Microplatics can also travel by wind, new study shows
Even pristine mountainous landscapes are now polluted with microplastics.
Britain’s earliest farmers were immigrants from Greece and Spain
The farmers did not interbreed with local foragers.
Deep methane lakes revealed on Titan
Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, hosts liquid hydrocarbon lakes and seas on its surface. During the last close encounter with Titan,...
This is what the photographed black hole’s “neighborhood” looks like
You came into the right neighborhood.
The photographed black hole now has a name
It literally translates to "embellished dark source of unending creation."
Child suicide rates are surging in the US — and we’re not really sure why
The median age of children was 13.
Stunningly beautiful maps from Hungarian cartographer Robert Szucs
Science, meet art!
Wolves can cooperate with humans as well as dogs, but in different ways
Wolves take more initiative, whereas dogs are more human-oriented.
Screen time has little impact on teen wellbeing — even right before bedtime
It's the study all teenagers have been dreaming to see.
Rare wolves are two unique species — and this fact might save them both
The new study might end up saving both species.
Over 13 tons of pangolin scales have been seized in a single bust in Singapore
We need to save the pangolins -- and this is the first step.
The US wealth gap hasn’t been this big since the “Roaring ’20s”
The "Roaring 20s" ended with the Great Depression. How will this decade end?
Poacher in South Africa gets trampled by elephant, eaten by lions
A search party could only retrieve his skull and a pair of pants.
“Beowulf” had a single author, computer study suggests
The literary style is consistent throughout the entire text, researchers say.
Famous Revolutionary War Hero might have been a “she” or a “they”
"He" may have been a "they."