Puffins that migrate together make more chicks
Puffins mate for life but when they also travel together, they become better parents.
Found: oldest settlement in North America, confirms local tribe history
The ancient stories held some truth after all.
Farms could slash pesticide use without losing any yield or money, new study finds
More and more evidence is piling up against the use of pesticides.
Dank science: Jerusalem University launches marijuana study center
This new research center is set to deliver quite a buzz.
Researchers discover atmosphere around an Earth-like planet
Can we get excited yet? Mmm no, not really.
Humanity is getting another “Doomsday Vault” in the Arctic — a digital archive for human knowledge
Hopefully nothing happens though.
Astronauts aboard the ISS will grow crystals for drug development
Space crystals will help us make better drugs on Earth.
It’s not you — Scientific research is harder to read than ever
Science is getting harder and harder to read, and that's a problem.
Putin also said that emissions aren’t causing global warming
Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, just said that climate change is unstoppable and not caused by human activity.
Arctic ice is turning green, and now we know why
Green is not always good.
Beer giant Anheuser-Busch InBev commits to 100 percent renewable energy
Future beers will be made with 100% renewable energy.
Scientists identify new mechanism through which climate change causes droughts and flood
It's even worse than we thought.
PhD students are 2.5 times more likely to develop psychiatric disorders than highly educated general population
Science has confirmed what PhD students worldwide already knew.
Video games might make you more sexist, but not as much as religion
Video games have a negative impact, but religion was three times more likely to make teens sexist.
How the Internet of Things is already affecting our lives
The internet of things can make everyday objects "smart" -- connecting them to the internet and making them able to...
Wherever humans go, mice go too — since forever
The mouse in the house has been with us for 15,000 years.
How to identify granites
There's a rocky road ahead of us!
Inactive teens make for inactive bones
Exercising makes you stronger in every way.
Couple donates their $10 million insect collection to Arizona University
A heartwarming story of two brilliant and passionate researchers.
Despite Trump, more and more countries continue to ratify the Paris Agreement
It's a small step, but it's a much needed step.
Entertainment television might be partly to blame for the rise of populist politicians
Populism and television go hand in hand.
Beijing just closed its last coal station — What does this mean for the world’s climate
In 2013, Beijing officials promised that they will close the city's four coal stations by the end of 2017, and...
The US has no chance of reaching its Paris Climate Agreement objectives
The US had to work harder to have a chance at achieving their climate objectives, but now -- the country's...
These are the world’s fastest growing cities. They’re all in Africa
Worldwide, more and more people are starting to move from rural areas to urban areas. But nowhere is this as...
Intellectual humility might just be the most underrated personality trait
How likely are YOU to change your beliefs based on facts?
German Universities ready to give up subscription to Elsevier
When you put a paywall on science, no one wins.
Insect courtship behavior trapped in 100-million-year-old amber
It's Romeo and Juliet on steroids, with geology.
Oceans have been heating up even more than we thought, new study shows
It's even worse than we thought.
Researchers create mesmerizing tornado simulation algorithm [with video]
A storm of maths.
Researchers find the oldest ever crocodile eggs
Crocs emerged alongside the early dinosaurs.
Hydraulic Fracking leaks much more often than we thought
These oil and gas wells spill pretty often to the surface, a new study found.
Are you socially anxious? It might be your genes’ fault
It's all in the serotonin.
Shaquille O’Neal announced the Earth is flat… and we really shouldn’t care. Or should we?
Shaq just entered a select club of flat-earthers.
Trump’s Defense Secretary just called climate change a “National Security Challenge”
I mean, the EPA is against climate change, and the military understands the threat. Is the world upside down?
Scientists call out Pruitt’s false view of climate change
These "alternative facts" go against 150 years of research.
These fish have evolved the ability to leap onto land — to avoid being eaten
These fish are quite comfortable out of water.
This Lego tape is the best thing you never knew you wanted
Shut up and take my money!
3D map of the pancreas offers new tool in diabetes research
It's not flashy, but it might make a big difference.
How cobras developed their devastating flesh-eating venom
The cobra developed a crippling venom -- and it wanted the world to know.
Spiders eat up to 800 million tons of insects and pests a year — much more than humanity
Spiders eat much more than humans.
World’s oldest plant-like fossils indicate we might have to rethink emergence of multicellular life
We might have to recalibrate the tree of life.
Emotional Intelligence makes better doctors — but bossy doctors lose empathy
Does assertiveness make us lose our empathy?
Bees prefer rural flowers to urban ones, new study indicates
Bees are more of the rural type, it seems.
More and more people support legalizing marijuana — with economic arguments
A new Cornell study found that people who support legalizing marijuana are not potheads at all -- they have practical,...
Epilepsy patients turning more and more to medical cannabis
A new study revealed that 14% of people with epilepsy have turned to cannabis to alleviate their condition -- almost...
Endangered tigers and leopards get new National Park in China
In a massive win for big cats, Chinese officials have approved plans to establish a massive national park in the...
These are the world’s most livable cities
Eight of the top ten are in Europe, with the highest city in the US coming at 29th -- San...