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A tiny, resourceful, and potentially dangerous bacteria.
Who wants to drink fish guts?
Eons ago, many millennia before written history, bizarre animals roamed the Earth.
An original view on Fermi's Paradox.
Everything you wanted to know about climate. No -- really.
The viral infections share many symptoms but the flu can be a lot worse. Deadly worse.
It's not exactly accurate, but it's a dazzling display.
Biohacking offers great promise, but is do the possibilities outweigh the risks?
Geology just rocks!
Big differences hide in tiny things.
One of the most advanced civilizations on Earth at its time, the Harappans tragically never made it out of Antiquity.
Fascinating creatures that have been confusing biologists for centuries.
Who knew sound and current can intertwine so much?
Who doesn't love a good meal?
Both are passive transport processes that are essential to both living and non-living systems.
There's not nearly as much as you think.
Not only do fish have feelings, but this ability might have evolved hundreds of millions of years ago.
Einstein is also often misinterpreted and even misquoted. So what did the brilliant man think of the Universe?
Their anatomy was staggeringly complex, like intricate pipe works.
Sometimes there's a fine line between what's scientific and what's just fantasy.
Everything you learned in the history books is wrong. Christopher Columbus did not "discover" the Americas.
Eating sins for a living is a rough job.
It's crazy how similar they look!
About 7.7 million American 'superusers' own between eight and 140 firearms.
It's being build today using only tech and know-how from the 13th century. Loads of fun!
The answer has stumped scientists for decades.
It's also known as the "Viagra of the Himalayas".
As beautiful as it gets.
Like many other NASA technologies, this also proved to be really useful on Earth.
Disclaimer: this is not an actual snake.
Bird's eye view.
Dementia is a syndrome while Alzheimer's is a disease. More key differences between the two after the jump.
Despite traveling more than ten billion miles in four decades, Voyager-1 is still at it.
We can't deduce everything, but we can deduce A LOT.
Feeling cold all the time isn't necessarily a bad thing but there are things you can do to raise temperature.
You shouldn't use the two interchangeably.
In science, there's no room for certainty. But we can get close enough by using statistical significance.
It has to do with your parents, and a bit of luck.
They changed our society from the ground up. And will do so again.
Chocolate is… who am I kidding — we all know what chocolate is. It’s sweet, delicious pleasure. But chocolate, this seemingly simple product has a rich and complex history which stems for almost 4,000 years. Before it took the beloved form we know today, chocolate had medicinal and ritualistic uses. The Early Mesoamerican days The Aztecs […]
An overview of some of the most important natural satellites in our solar system. They're quite a few.
THC has beneficial health outcomes but also carries risks. Let's see what the science says about it.
We've been looking at smiles all wrong.
Those majestic lions, with a harem of females? They're just compensating for something.
Find out why!
While it's not the most precise instrument, it's certainly one of the most attractive.
Truly one of mankind's great successes.
There's a big difference between wet saunas and dry saunas.
A glimpse at the future: the electric, self-driven vehicle of choice for the average American home.
Spoiler alert: it's probably not China. Or Australia.
