Light’s Mach-cone, its ‘sonic boom’ equivalent, filmed for the first time
It makes less of a racket though.
Ants plot the position of the sun and memorize their surroundings to navigate
New insights into what makes ants such fantastic navigators.
Mindblowing fact of the day: sharks are older than trees
That's seriously badass!
Scientists learn why hair is almost as strong as steel. One immediate application is a hairy body armor
That soft, mushy mass on your scalp is stronger than you think.
How palm trees thrive in Vancouver despite the freezing Canadian weather
Palm trees in Vancouver aren't fake.
This app lets you virtually travel the globe and listen to (almost) any radio station
It's like Google Earth for radio stations.
Book review: ‘Welcome to the Universe’
The best guided tour to the universe published thus far.
Fast or slow talker, in the end it’s all the same. Study suggests information is conveyed at the same rate
We say about the same thing at the end of the day.
Airbus plans to test an autonomous flying car this year
The Jetsons, here we come!
If Donald Trump won’t lead on climate, China is ready to take the reins
Trump should know better.
When you don’t need sex, like these salamanders, you get lazy. And that’s a problem in the face of climate change
Sex is good for more than just procreation.
Who invented the flushing toilet?
A historical account of one of mankind's most important inventions.
Elusive ruby dragon seen alive in the wild for the first time
There's a hidden biodiversity in the sea.
World’s first floating city might be built off the French Polynesian coast
It was supposed to be in the middle of the ocean but costs moved the project in territorial waters.
The world lost 7% of its pristine forests since 2000
Some countries might lose all their virgin forests in the next 20 years.
Tightest molecular knot could lead to better, stronger materials
It was made from strands made of over 190 atoms coiled around a triple loop which crosses itself eight times.
A computer algorithm designed Hamburg’s new concert hall and it’s simply amazing
When art and technology work together.
If water rates get hiked at current rate, U.S. households unable to afford water could triple in five years
Water is a fundamental right -- but you still have to pay for it.
New deposit of 30 billion tonnes of carbon found trapped in Congo’s peatland
The carbon trapped there is equivalent to 20 years worth of U.S. emissions.
All electric Dutch trains are now 100% powered by wind energy
The trains consume as much electricity as all Dutch households.
Preschool children absorb aggression more than altruism from superhero culture
For some preschoolers, the line between hero and villain can be blurry.
Earth might have had 20 moonlets before they coalesced to form *the* Moon
Our humble satellite just got a heck of a lot more interesting.
Paper centrifuge can separate blood into plasma in under two minutes, all manually. It weighs 2 grams and costs ¢20
Human ingenuity knows no limit.
You can’t see a black hole but this timelapse is the next best thing
And things are about to get even more exciting.
Mars-eye view of Earth and the Moon
This will make you feel insignificant.
Vegetarian athletes can perform just as well — or even better — as meat-eaters, nutrition study finds
No matter what they chose to put in their mouths, both meat-eating and vegetarian athletes performed equally well.
Scientists use sound waves to ‘listen’ for decay in trees
The longer a sound wave takes to transverse the trunk, the more decayed the tree is.
Chimps use dipping sticks to harvest water from tree holes. They’re the only ones that can reach the resource
Researchers say these chimps have a 'drinking culture'.
You can now heal wounds without scar tissue
Newly discovered growth factors can regenerate the skin once a wound heals, instead of forming scars.
People who swear a lot are more f***ing honest
Profanity and honesty go hand in hand.
First humans might have arrived in North America 10,000 years earlier during the Last Glacial Maximum
A new study seems to suggest that an old but controversial hypothesis may be true. Humans might have first arrived...
Revenge is sweet because it repairs mood after becoming rejected or hurt in some way
Being aggressive to people around you can enhance mood after feeling rejected. You should know better, though.
Human teenagers and young worms can be just as ambivalent and erratic
According to this study, teenage brains are more flexible.
China’s north is crippled by winter smog crisis. People advised to stay indoors because ‘The snow is very dirty!’
One city in China registered an air quality index of 999, which is literally off the charts.
The dead center of North America is serendipitously located in a small town called Center, North Dakota
This was actually very challenging to pinpoint.
Time space synesthesia: Into the minds of those who can literally see time
Synesthesia can put some very unusual things into the 'mind's eye'.
Exotic carbon molecule has six bonds, breaking the four-bond limit
This molecule doesn't play by the rules.
Why there is no global warming hiatus — new study confirms the obvious
The planet is still warming , and fast.
Can you catch a bullet like you can catch a cold? Intriguing study looks at gun violence under epidemiology lens
Is gun violence contagious?
Meet the new organ of the human body: the mesentery
It's the 79th organ in the human body.
Dinosaur eggs may have needed as much as half a year to incubate. Too long for their own good
Unlike birds, dinosaurs spent a lot of time incubating their eggs.
Mice cells get reprogrammed. The rodents aged slower and lived longer
Cell() { Turn_Younger('happier_rodents'; null); }
The world’s most lightning-prone areas. The top spot gets zapped more than 200 times/square kilometer
A famous lake in Venezuela is where you'll find the most zaps per unit area.
Finland starts basic income trial with 2,000 citizens. Each will get US$587/mo to spend as they wish
The new year kicked off with a historic pilot program in Finland.
Ded Moroz: the story of the soviet Santa Claus
The Soviet Santa is a lot more badass, I'll give him that.
Non-toxic spray stops mosquitoes from reproducing, halts spread of malaria
We now have a new weapon against the malaria-causing parasite.
Leonardo Da Vinci’s to-do list from 1490 makes you look like a pleb
Every day in this man's life seemed to have been remarkable.