Could you survive the Home Alone booby traps?
Kevin is a menace and should belong in prison.
Facebook will now tell you if a story might be fake
Better late than never.
Telling truthful lies is a distinct type of deception and it can be just as harsh as blatant lies
When you're lying and not lying at the same time.
Crop spray boosts wheat yield by 20% without the use of GMOs
The improvement is simply astonishing.
One in ten airline pilots are suffering from depression and they keep it a secret
At the end of the day, flying is still the safest mean to travel.
Oldest footprints paint unique picture of our ancestors’ lives millions of years ago
Our early ancestors may have comprised social groups similar to those seen in gorillas today.
Solar energy in the United States had its best quarter ever. Can it keep it up, though?
It's been a wonderful year for solar in the U.S.
The mysterious Inca practice of multiple-trepanation
We all feel like drilling a hole inside our skulls sometimes, but the Inca literally meant it.
Feeling besieged, climate scientists start archiving data before Trump gets a chance to shred it
Some are concerned that the new administration will destroy vital data on climate change.
Optics-based tech lends a human touch to soft robot arm
Now, that's a handshake!
Mysterious collapse of massive Tibetan glacier now attributed to global warming, scientists say
The 'roof of the world' is on fire.
Why undercooked chicken meat can cause paralysis
Don't go overboard with tonight's dinner, though.
Novel refrigerator turns waste heat into sound waves to cool down stuff
Next level cooling right here.
Badass ancient marsupial had strongest biting force of any mammal ever, pound-for-pound. It even hunted dinosaurs
This badger-like creature did not budge easily -- one tough mammal!
Anti-smoking images on cigarette packs are twice as effective than text-only, ‘smoking kills’ labels
A picture a thousand 'smoking kills' words.
Bushmeat trade threatens 7% of all land animals with extinction. ‘Endangered species are NOT a delicacy’
Hunting is still a thing in the 21 century, and we risk losing hundreds of species because of it.
Monkeys have the vocal hardware required for speech but lack the brains
A monkey could speak just as well as you or me, were it to have the dedicated neural machinery.
Mummified child found in 17th century Lithuanian crypt might crack the mystery of smallpox virus
Though smallpox is now extinct, we need to learn about the origin of the virus.
The fish that evolved to survive toxic pollution 8,000 times the lethal dose
A mutant success story.
What happens in the brain when you get ‘knocked out’
Knockouts are a thing because the brain is trying to product itself.
Beautiful 99-million-year-old dinosaur feather trapped in amber speaks of feathery evolution
Dinos wore plumage before it was fashionable.
Why the Earth’s core is two and a half years younger than the crust
Because relativity, that's why.
Not too long ago, Greenland stayed ice-free for 280,000 years
The Vikings were late a million years. Back then this was 'really' Greenland.
How a vital Tequila ingredient could help us adapt to climate change
Climate change is throwing a party. Let's prepare the drinks.
Record sea ice retreat in the Arctic and Antarctica. Polar bear populations could drop by a third by 2050
It's not looking too good.
Mummified knees likely belonged to one of Ancient Egypt’s most famous queens, Nefertari
Scientists only had her knees to work with but are confident they belonged to the late queen.
Obi-Wan Kenobi, the goggles-wearing parrot, teaches us a thing or two about flight physics
The experiments proved current animal flight models are inaccurate.
The oceans have their own ‘bees’ too — tiny crustaceans that pollinate seagrasses
The buzz of the ocean.
Why cats bring dead animals home to you
You should actually be honored.
Scientists take snapshots that show how water conducts electricity
Finally, someone found out how charge is transferred between water molecules.
Scientists find the supergene that codes the reproductive traits of flowers
The genes that code sexual diversity in flowers.
Evolution in a lab flask: scientists witness virus speciating into two distinct species
Real-time evolution, what more proof do you need?
Flints and bone from at least 300,000 years ago could be the first non-dietary tool use
Digs at one of the most amazing anthropological sites in the world come across something big.
FDA approves final trial before Ecstasy can be prescribed for PTSD
MDMA is no longer 'just a party drug.'
Scientists find 2.5-billion-year-old fossils of bacteria — there was no oxygen in the atmosphere then
Who needs oxygen when you got ... sulfur?
People use more bikes than cars now to enter Copenhagen’s city center
Copenhagen seems to be the capital of cycling in the world.
What China’s latest X-ray positioning satellite means for deep-space exploration
Made in China might become a stamp for innovation, not replication.
Dallas will turn Dangerous Floodplains into the nation’s Biggest Urban Park — 10,000 acres of nature
Things are moving in the right direction in Texas.
How a self-driving car sees the world
The road through the eyes of a self-driving car.
Gene variant that makes people less inclined to drink alcohol might help treat addiction
Genetic influence on drinking is real.
Boom Supersonic XB-1 unveiled: the aircraft that will take you from NYC to London in 3.15 hours
Fashionable supersonic flight is back!
Theory of Evolution might be in for an overhaul. Top biologists discuss much needed update
The Theory of Evolution has not been proven wrong once -- that's not to say it's perfect.
West Antarctic ice sheet is melting from the inside, signaling an accelerated collapse
The ice shelf is far more fragile than we hoped.
Fiji ants were the first plant farmers some three million years ago
Most ants scavenge your picnic, but these ones don't need anything.
Finland plans to completely ban coal use by 2030. Decision soon to come in front of Parliament
A completely radical approach to fighting the dirtiest energy source.