Anthropology Mysterious Russian idol is the oldest wooden object in the world January 12, 2016 - Updated on February 16, 2017
Materials This electric generator is only a few atoms thin January 12, 2016 - Updated on January 13, 2016
Mind & Brain Your brain on gambling: neural connection strength predicts risky behaviour January 11, 2016 - Updated on August 11, 2016
Environmental Issues Scientists examine over 1,000 chemicals from fracking fluids: many linked to reproductive or development toxicity January 11, 2016 - Updated on November 16, 2020
Agriculture How fruits and veggies looked like before we domesticated them January 9, 2016 - Updated on April 30, 2023
Environment What is the Anthropocene: how people are pushing forth a new geological era January 9, 2016 - Updated on August 24, 2023
Earth Dynamics What are sinkholes: how they form and why they’re so dangerous January 9, 2016 - Updated on May 21, 2023
Mind & Brain Interbreeding with Neanderthals gave humans an immunity boost, but also allergies January 8, 2016 - Updated on November 16, 2020
Health Mother who birth more children age slower, not faster January 8, 2016 - Updated on November 16, 2020
News Dinosaur love dance impressed on sandstone offers first glimpse of dino courtship January 8, 2016 - Updated on November 16, 2020
Economics Mexico’s soda tax is working, sales drop by 14% January 7, 2016 - Updated on January 8, 2016
Climate Study finds why New Year’s resolutions to lose weight fail January 6, 2016 - Updated on January 12, 2016
News A pocket-sized gadget uses spectroscopy and tells you what’s inside food January 6, 2016 - Updated on May 11, 2023
Mind & Brain Forgot how to speak a foreign language? Maybe. Your brain didn’t, though January 5, 2016 - Updated on April 9, 2024
Design The tiny Egloo keeps your room warm for about 20 cents a day January 5, 2016 - Updated on January 6, 2016
News Energy storage hardware cost to drop 41% by 2020, further accelerating clean tech January 5, 2016 - Updated on January 6, 2016
Books First SciFi novel ever: A 2nd century AD book about traveling to outer space, meeting aliens and Homer January 5, 2016 - Updated on April 30, 2023
Health Ketamine might become our secret weapon against depression January 4, 2016 - Updated on December 18, 2020
Inventions Engineers create first true sonic tractor beam January 4, 2016 - Updated on January 5, 2016
