Beluga whales, killer whales, and narwhals also go through menopause
It actually makes a lot of sense.
We’re living in the Milky Way, version 2.0
Our galaxy is like a phoenix.
Anti-vaxx fears fuel measles outbreak in Europe — with 37 fatalities already
We're all in this together -- we can't let the diseases win.
Kalashnikov presents retro-futuristic electric car
It's interesting, but how many rounds per minute does it fire?
Scientists analyzed the composition of dinosaur DNA — and it’s really similar to birds’
Life, uhm, finds a way.
Extinct cave bear DNA pops up in modern brown bears
Looks like some DNA is able to bear the test of time.
In ancient Rome, political discourse was sometimes like an internet fight
Talk about thick skin!
Europe set to ban halogen light bulbs
Here's why this is a good thing.
Human hybrid — Ancient human relatives interbred with each other
How I met your Neanderthal mother.
Losing sleep can lead to more extra pounds
If you have sleep issues or weight issues, you should read this.
This year, the UK had a tropical summer — and you can probably thank global warming for that
Have you noticed summers getting hotter and hotter?
Macaws can communicate with each other by blushing
We may have forgotten how to blush, but macaws certainly haven't.
Arctic seabirds also affected by climate change
Global warming meets the circle of life: water heats up, krill gets killed off, krill-eating birds suffer.
Roots evolved at least twice — independently
Roots branched out a long time ago.
Ants develop division of duties, even in groups as small as six
Division of labor, once thought to be a hallmark of mankind, is also present in the animal world.
California is generating so much renewable energy, it’s about to take a break
California's green policy is so successful it needs to slow down for a bit.
The oldest life on Earth may have appeared 4.5 billion years ago, according to detailed ‘family tree’
The lineage which led to humans, however, only emerged a billion years later.
Stretchable electronics could be as ‘multipurpose as your phone’
A new approach in how we can work with electronics.
NASA finds ice on the Moon — raising prospects of a lunar colony
Finally, something to put in my lunar glass of whisky.
Police militarization doesn’t bring more safety and might do more harm than good
A new study sheds some much-needed light on a controversial topic: police militarization.
This core thinking error underlies both creationism and conspiracy theories
Maybe this is not so surprising after all.
Almost 40% of teen drivers text while driving
Don't text and drive. That's all.
Google just let an Artificial Intelligence take care of cooling a data center
This could save Google millions of dollars -- and it also ushers in a new age of technology.
Scientists spot traces of titanium in scorching hot planet’s atmosphere
The planet is almost as hot as the Sun.a
Scientists show how a mineral could be used to suck CO2 from the atmosphere
This could be big.
Ancient galaxies found in our cosmic neighborhood
The galaxies date from the so-called cosmic Dark Ages.
Your lack of sleep might be the reason why you’re lonely
Get your good 8 hours of sleep, if you don't like being lonely.
Mathematicians solve old mystery about spaghetti breaking
Here's a question you never knew you wanted to answer.
Korean supermarket wins at selling bananas
I need this in my life.
The dirty link between deforestation, illegal fishing, and tax havens
Tax havens are even more problematic than we thought.
You Instagram photos may look cool — but they’re almost certainly not original
Originality is a scarce commodity on the web.
France trains birds to pick up the litter
It's an interesting man-animal collaboration.
Unwise opioids for wisdom teeth
Opioids don't really do any good here, and they might pave the way for an unwanted addiction.
Youtube now adds facts below conspiracy theory videos
This is probably a good thing, but it remains to be seen whether it will actually make a difference.
If the whole world ate like America, we wouldn’t have enough land in the world
We need to be more responsible -- starting from our plates.
You’re really only as old as you feel — or rather, as you think
How old do you feel, really?
Older adults less likely to recognize their errors
Don't let this fuel the inter-generation conflict though.
Enigmatic creatures that lived 630 million years ago were animals — but not like anything we’ve seen before
To the untrained eye, they look just like plants, static and seemingly inactive. But things are not always as they...
Europe is so hot right now that it has to stop its nuclear plants
There's a particular irony to this situation.
Geoengineering the Earth against climate change might do as much harm as good
It looks like we'll have to tackle climate change the good old-fashioned way
Smart clothes may be right around the corner, thanks to a new fabrication technique
Smart clothes -- not watches -- are the future of wearables.
Where crows go in the winter — and other stories about migration
We see them ever so often, but there's so much still shrouded in mystery.
Study calls for regulating energy-intensive Bitcoin transactions
Bitcoin has a lot of work to do before it fulfills its promise.
NASA’s brand new TESS telescope is already sending back impressive footage
Even before it actually started doing science, TESS sent back awesome footage of a passing comet.
Bizarre, rogue planet boasts impressive magnetic aurora
It's a planet -- no, it's a brown dwarf. No, it's... both?
Vaccinating against livestock disease could reduce poverty in eastern Africa, study finds
Vaccines could go a long way towards alleviating poverty in the area.
Angry people are more likely to overestimate their intelligence — but that’s not the whole story
Results are intriguing, but psychologists are faced with a weird problem.