People know mythical creatures better than real life beasts, study suggests
What's real, a gruffalo, or a hirola?
Hurricane Irma: 90% of the buildings on the Caribbean Island of Barbuda “destroyed by storm”
Our thoughts go to the victims.
Hurricane Harvey pushed Houston’s crust down by 2 cm
The 275 trillion pounds of water are taking their toll.
Hurricane Irma already being picked up by seismographs — instruments that detect earthquakes
It might be even worse than Harvey.
Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks have been completely digitized — and you can read them for free
It's a challenging but very rewarding read.
How northern lights and stranded whales might strangely be connected
The northern lights might be a brilliant spectacle for some, but they spelled doom for some unfortunate sperm whales.
Hurricane Irma is the strongest ever recorded in the Atlantic. It’s set to make landfall in the US
If you thought Harvey was bad, Irma promises to be even worse.
Diverse landscape are more resilient and productive in the face of climate change
If we want to save the planet, we need to keep it diverse.
More problems in Texas — Chemical plants start leaking after Harvey
Everything is bigger in Texas -- floods and pollution included.
Amazing timelapse video shows Harvey flooding a parking lot
A flood of biblical proportions.
The best photos from the 2017 Bird Photographer of the Year
These are some brilliant entries.
Starting school half an hour later could help students and save $9 billion / year
How is 8AM school time still a thing?
Insects see in much better resolution than we thought
I spy, with my little thousand eyes...
Researchers find tantalizing evidence of mid-sized black hole in the Milky Way
If confirmed, this could indicate a remarkable progress in modern physics.
How science knows when nations are testing nuclear bombs — even when they are lying
We can't deduce everything, but we can deduce A LOT.
World’s biggest X-ray laser comes online in the Germany city of Hamburg
We will be able to see the very fabric of the world make and break.
Every other day, a new species is discovered in the Amazon
There's also some bad news...
CDC: Homeopathic “healing bracelet” dramatically increases lead levels in babies’ blood
You know how you call alternative medicine that works? Medicine.
Nanomachines destroy cancer by drilling holes into it
Zap the cancer away.
Chinese scientists create supercapacitors from fallen autumn leaves
From fallen leaves to hi-tech electronics.
Scientists combine spider silk with graphene, create incredibly powerful web
The best part? The spiders themselves produce it.
Harvey flood: Fire ants make raft from their body to survive and protect their eggs
It's the stuff of nightmares.
Human bones in underwater Mexico cave dated to 13,000 years ago — thanks to a pelvis-stalagmite
Thieves plundered the cave, but they left researchers a bone.
Stunning triceratops fossil discovered by chance on construction site
It's an exciting and intriguing find.
MDMA is now officially labelled a “breakthrough treatment” for PTSD
Researchers have been suggesting this for decades.
Book Review: ‘Face Value: The Irresistible Influence of First Impressions’
We place a lot of emphasis on face reading... but we're also very bad at it.
Book Review: ‘Dark Ecology’
It's an exhausting but extremely rewarding trip.
Not art nor Instagram: Food art does not represent reality
Your Instagrams are not original. Painters have been doing it for centuries.
‘I Detest America’ — trove of Alan Turing letters give unique insight to his life
A spectacular mind treated unfairly by society.
Rare Amazon monkey spotted for the first time in 80 years
We've found it, but we may soon lose it again to hunting.
Exxon did know about climate change since the 70s — and it lied, knowingly
They knew about it and yet they did everything they could to hide it.
High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) releases endorphins in your brain
Work hard, endorphin hard.
The first new Thorium salt reactor comes online after 40 years
This could be huge.
Knowing more doesn’t change false beliefs about science
People often project their religious and political beliefs onto science.
British Royal Mail to start piloting sleek electric trucks
They're sleek, red, and bring your packages on time -- now with zero emissions.
These are the cities with the worst traffic (continent by continent)
Europe's and North America's leaders are quite surprising.
Finally, a large-scale probiotics trial is successful — it combats infant sepsis
It's one of the few major trials that actually reported success.
Ocean exploration reveals trove of natural diversity off Cuba’s shores
The reefs seem healthier... let's try to keep them that way.
Scientists figure out the “recipe” for magic mushrooms
Psilocybin has repeatedly shown promise in treating some mental issues -- this might usher in a new age of testing.
Baby dolphin killed as hundreds of selfish tourists take pictures with it
Please stop taking photos with wild animals!
Untouched 106 year old fruitcake found in the Antarctic — it’s probably still edible
No one touched it for more than a century, not even the penguins.
Blood test can find cancer even before any symptoms emerge
Genetic sequencing could pave the way for a new age of cancer detection.
Researchers hijack plant to produce polio vaccine
Anti-vaxxers finally have a natural option.
Knee arthritis has doubled since 1950, and we don’t really know why
Aging and obesity alone cannot explain it.
Popular pesticides are killing of bumblebees by preventing them from laying eggs
It's time to face it: our pesticides are killing off bees -- and bumblebees.
New tectonic plate discovered off the cost of Ecuador
We might be missing a few more.
Same-sex couples have no influence on child’s gender identity
It's a prejudice that just has to go.
Chinese doctors replace woman’s vertebrae with 3D printed titanium implants
Medical technology is entering a new era.
Chicago tree map reveals intriguing pattern: trees seem to reduce crime rate
The benefits that trees provide -- both in terms of the environment and our health -- should not be understated.
UN declares Somalia polio-free
Soon, we might truly eradicate polio.