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Dick-Shaped, Wood-Munching Clams Are More Diverse Than We Thought, Study Finds

2 years ago

Dick-Shaped, Wood-Munching Clams Are More Diverse Than We Thought, Study Finds

Jake Buehler

What’s The Oldest Disease?

2 years ago

What’s The Oldest Disease?

Here Is An Important Scientific Study About How Animals Relax

2 years ago

Here Is An Important Scientific Study About How Animals Relax

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

What’s The Least Useful Body Part?

3 years ago

What’s The Least Useful Body Part?

Fascinating Experiment Suggests Some Humans Can Sense Earth’s Magnetic Field

3 years ago

Fascinating Experiment Suggests Some Humans Can Sense Earth’s Magnetic Field

George Dvorsky

Incredible Experiment Gives Infrared Vision To Mice — And Humans Could Be Next

3 years ago

Incredible Experiment Gives Infrared Vision To Mice — And Humans Could Be Next

George Dvorsky

Time Now For Some Gnarly Photos Of Spiders Eating Other Animals

3 years ago

Time Now For Some Gnarly Photos Of Spiders Eating Other Animals

George Dvorsky

Simulated Mission In Chilean Desert Shows How A Rover Could Detect Life On Mars

3 years ago

Simulated Mission In Chilean Desert Shows How A Rover Could Detect Life On Mars

George Dvorsky

NASA Produces Building Blocks Of Life In Experimental Recreation Of Ancient Earth

3 years ago

NASA Produces Building Blocks Of Life In Experimental Recreation Of Ancient Earth

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Body Of A Cancer Patient Left Radioactive Material At Arizona Crematorium

3 years ago

Body Of A Cancer Patient Left Radioactive Material At Arizona Crematorium

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Do Dogs Get Headaches?

3 years ago

Do Dogs Get Headaches?

Freaky Eight-Letter DNA Could Be The Stuff Aliens Are Made Of

3 years ago

Freaky Eight-Letter DNA Could Be The Stuff Aliens Are Made Of

George Dvorsky

You Need More Than Just Testes To Make A Penis

3 years ago

You Need More Than Just Testes To Make A Penis

Mark Green and Andrew Pask

2-Billion-Year-Old Squiggles Could Be The Earliest Evidence Of A Mobile Life Form

3 years ago

2-Billion-Year-Old Squiggles Could Be The Earliest Evidence Of A Mobile Life Form

George Dvorsky

Rare Spider Fossil Preserves 100-Million-Year-Old Glowing Eyes

3 years ago

Rare Spider Fossil Preserves 100-Million-Year-Old Glowing Eyes

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

How Fast Can You Travel Before It Kills You?

3 years ago

How Fast Can You Travel Before It Kills You?

World’s Oldest Wild Bird, Now 68, Still Fucks And She Has The Baby To Prove It

3 years ago

World’s Oldest Wild Bird, Now 68, Still Fucks And She Has The Baby To Prove It

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Cartoonishly Well-Preserved Fossil Is The Earliest Bird Of Its Kind

3 years ago

Cartoonishly Well-Preserved Fossil Is The Earliest Bird Of Its Kind

Spooky New Photos Show The Alien Creatures Of The Deep Ocean

3 years ago

Spooky New Photos Show The Alien Creatures Of The Deep Ocean

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

A Fish Just Passed A Mirror Test For Self-Awareness, But What Does That Mean?

3 years ago

A Fish Just Passed A Mirror Test For Self-Awareness, But What Does That Mean?

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Mountain Lion Attacks Runner In Colorado, Runner Strangles It To Death

3 years ago

Mountain Lion Attacks Runner In Colorado, Runner Strangles It To Death

Intriguing New Research Suggests Honeybees Can Do Simple Maths

3 years ago

Intriguing New Research Suggests Honeybees Can Do Simple Maths

Newly Discovered Spiked Dinosaurs From South America Look Like Creatures From ‘No Man’s Sky’

3 years ago

Newly Discovered Spiked Dinosaurs From South America Look Like Creatures From ‘No Man’s Sky’

Doctors Zap The Brains Of Awake Brain Surgery Patients To Make Them Laugh And Have Fun

3 years ago

Doctors Zap The Brains Of Awake Brain Surgery Patients To Make Them Laugh And Have Fun

Rare Fossil Of Triassic Reptile Discovered In Antarctica

3 years ago

Rare Fossil Of Triassic Reptile Discovered In Antarctica

Gemologist Finds Insect Trapped In Opal Instead Of Amber

3 years ago

Gemologist Finds Insect Trapped In Opal Instead Of Amber

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

China’s Latest Cloned-Monkey Experiment Is An Ethical Mess

3 years ago

China’s Latest Cloned-Monkey Experiment Is An Ethical Mess

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

See What Trees Look Like To A Bird’s Ultraviolet-Sensitive Eyes

3 years ago

See What Trees Look Like To A Bird’s Ultraviolet-Sensitive Eyes

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Ancient Shark With Spaceship-Shaped Teeth Named After Vintage Video Game

3 years ago

Ancient Shark With Spaceship-Shaped Teeth Named After Vintage Video Game

Report: Evidence Of Life Found In Lake Deep Beneath Antarctic Ice

3 years ago

Report: Evidence Of Life Found In Lake Deep Beneath Antarctic Ice

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Fascinating Experiment Uses A Robot To Recreate The Walking Style Of An Early Land Dweller

3 years ago

Fascinating Experiment Uses A Robot To Recreate The Walking Style Of An Early Land Dweller

Potatoes Have A Form Of ‘Depression’, But Scientists Have An Idea To Cure Them

3 years ago

Potatoes Have A Form Of ‘Depression’, But Scientists Have An Idea To Cure Them

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Seeds Have Sprouted On The Moon For The First Time

3 years ago

Seeds Have Sprouted On The Moon For The First Time

Iguanas Reintroduced To The Largest Galapagos Island After Nearly 200 Year Absence

3 years ago

Iguanas Reintroduced To The Largest Galapagos Island After Nearly 200 Year Absence

George Dvorsky on Earther, shared by Harrison Weber to Gizmodo

Monogamous Species Share Deep Genetic Similarities

3 years ago

Monogamous Species Share Deep Genetic Similarities

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Let’s Make Tomatoes Spicy With Genetic Engineering, Scientists Proclaim

3 years ago

Let’s Make Tomatoes Spicy With Genetic Engineering, Scientists Proclaim

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

DIY Organ Removal, Pain, And Bloody Miracles: The Grisly World Of First Surgeries

3 years ago

DIY Organ Removal, Pain, And Bloody Miracles: The Grisly World Of First Surgeries

Charming, Newly Discovered Treefrog Has A Mysterious Claw

3 years ago

Charming, Newly Discovered Treefrog Has A Mysterious Claw

The Scientists Who Brave Angry Hawk Parents, Wasps And 80-Foot-Falls To Save Endangered Chicks

3 years ago

The Scientists Who Brave Angry Hawk Parents, Wasps And 80-Foot-Falls To Save Endangered Chicks

Jake Buehler

Industrial Waste From Ants Emits Potent Greenhouse Gas

3 years ago

Industrial Waste From Ants Emits Potent Greenhouse Gas

Report: Scientists In China Are Losing Track Of Gene-Edited CRISPR Patients

3 years ago

Report: Scientists In China Are Losing Track Of Gene-Edited CRISPR Patients

George Dvorsky

What’s Wrong If You Have Red, Shiny Nose?

3 years ago

What’s Wrong If You Have Red, Shiny Nose?

Ancient Flying Reptiles Featured Distinctly Dino-Like Feathers

3 years ago

Ancient Flying Reptiles Featured Distinctly Dino-Like Feathers

George Dvorsky

What’s The Newest Animal?

3 years ago

What’s The Newest Animal?

Antarctic Scientists Are About To Drill Into One Of The Most Isolated Lakes On Earth

3 years ago

Antarctic Scientists Are About To Drill Into One Of The Most Isolated Lakes On Earth

George Dvorsky

Rare Brain-Eating Amoeba Kills Woman Who Filled Her Neti Pot With Tap Water

3 years ago

Rare Brain-Eating Amoeba Kills Woman Who Filled Her Neti Pot With Tap Water

George Dvorsky

Ancient Black Plague Found In Swedish Gravesite

3 years ago

Ancient Black Plague Found In Swedish Gravesite

George Dvorsky

World’s Oldest Wild Bird Just Laid Another Dang Egg

3 years ago

World’s Oldest Wild Bird Just Laid Another Dang Egg

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Dolphins Had A Jurassic-Era Reptile Twin Featuring Blubber And Warm Blood

3 years ago

Dolphins Had A Jurassic-Era Reptile Twin Featuring Blubber And Warm Blood

George Dvorsky

Chinese Scientist Responsible For Gene-Edited Babies Has Reportedly Gone Missing

3 years ago

Chinese Scientist Responsible For Gene-Edited Babies Has Reportedly Gone Missing

George Dvorsky

Toothless, 33-Million-Year-Old Whale Could Be An Evolutionary ‘Missing Link’

3 years ago

Toothless, 33-Million-Year-Old Whale Could Be An Evolutionary ‘Missing Link’

George Dvorsky

The Human Origin Story Has Changed Again, Thanks To New Discovery In Algeria

3 years ago

The Human Origin Story Has Changed Again, Thanks To New Discovery In Algeria

George Dvorsky

Spider Milk Is Real And Their Babies Love It, New Study Shows

3 years ago

Spider Milk Is Real And Their Babies Love It, New Study Shows

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Rogue Scientist Defends Gene-Edited Babies — And Reveals A Second Pregnancy

3 years ago

Rogue Scientist Defends Gene-Edited Babies — And Reveals A Second Pregnancy

George Dvorsky

Infected ‘Zombie Spiders’ Forced To Build Incubation Chambers For Their Parasitic Overlords

3 years ago

Infected ‘Zombie Spiders’ Forced To Build Incubation Chambers For Their Parasitic Overlords

George Dvorsky

DNA That Should Only Pass Down From Mothers Can Come From Fathers, Too

3 years ago

DNA That Should Only Pass Down From Mothers Can Come From Fathers, Too

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

What’s The Smartest Plant?

3 years ago

What’s The Smartest Plant?

Second Case Of Rat Hepatitis In A Human Reported In Hong Kong

3 years ago

Second Case Of Rat Hepatitis In A Human Reported In Hong Kong

These 4,000-Year-Old Termite Mounds Can Be Seen From Space

3 years ago

These 4,000-Year-Old Termite Mounds Can Be Seen From Space

Bizarre Microbes Represent A Major New Branch On The Evolutionary Family Tree

3 years ago

Bizarre Microbes Represent A Major New Branch On The Evolutionary Family Tree

The Biologists Using Toy Guns To Thwart A Pacific Snake Invasion

3 years ago

The Biologists Using Toy Guns To Thwart A Pacific Snake Invasion

Joshua Learn

Upsettingly Large Fungus In Michigan Weighs 440 Tons And Is 2,500 Years Old

3 years ago

Upsettingly Large Fungus In Michigan Weighs 440 Tons And Is 2,500 Years Old

DNA Testing Reveals Baffling Bird Is Three Species In One

3 years ago

DNA Testing Reveals Baffling Bird Is Three Species In One

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

How Much Human Skin Does A Person Ingest Over The Course Of Their Lifetime?

3 years ago

How Much Human Skin Does A Person Ingest Over The Course Of Their Lifetime?

Extinct, 3-Metre-Tall Bird May Have Been Nocturnal

3 years ago

Extinct, 3-Metre-Tall Bird May Have Been Nocturnal

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Why Do Birds Have Colourful Eggs? Because They’re Dinosaurs

3 years ago

Why Do Birds Have Colourful Eggs? Because They’re Dinosaurs

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Dogs Can Sniff Out Malaria In Worn Socks

3 years ago

Dogs Can Sniff Out Malaria In Worn Socks

We Talked To The Graduate Student Who Made Bricks From Human Pee

3 years ago

We Talked To The Graduate Student Who Made Bricks From Human Pee

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Shallow Waters Allowed Early Fish-Like Creatures To Experiment With Evolution

3 years ago

Shallow Waters Allowed Early Fish-Like Creatures To Experiment With Evolution

These Crows Are Smarter Than Non-Human Apes When It Comes To Building Compound Tools

3 years ago

These Crows Are Smarter Than Non-Human Apes When It Comes To Building Compound Tools

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Demand For Chocolate Labs Is Making Them Sick And Prone To Early Death

3 years ago

Demand For Chocolate Labs Is Making Them Sick And Prone To Early Death

New Theory Explains Why Europe’s Original Dogs Vanished

3 years ago

New Theory Explains Why Europe’s Original Dogs Vanished

New Clues May Explain Why This Fearsome Marsupial Lion Disappeared From Australia

3 years ago

New Clues May Explain Why This Fearsome Marsupial Lion Disappeared From Australia

Ancient Steroid Suggests Sea Sponges Were One Of Earth’s First Animals

3 years ago

Ancient Steroid Suggests Sea Sponges Were One Of Earth’s First Animals

George Dvorsky

This Hilarious Optical Illusion For Birds Could Save Your Life

3 years ago

This Hilarious Optical Illusion For Birds Could Save Your Life

George Dvorsky

Hungry Dinosaurs May Be The Reason Humans Need Sunscreen

3 years ago

Hungry Dinosaurs May Be The Reason Humans Need Sunscreen

George Dvorsky

Tasmania’s Newly Discovered Volcanic ‘Lost World’ Is A Haven For Marine Life

3 years ago

Tasmania’s Newly Discovered Volcanic ‘Lost World’ Is A Haven For Marine Life

George Dvorsky

Neanderthals Survived In Ice Age Europe Thanks To Effective Healthcare

3 years ago

Neanderthals Survived In Ice Age Europe Thanks To Effective Healthcare

George Dvorsky

Suspicious Packages Mailed To Pentagon Contained Only Castor Beans, Not Refined Ricin

3 years ago

Suspicious Packages Mailed To Pentagon Contained Only Castor Beans, Not Refined Ricin

Photosynthesizing Bacteria Found Thriving Thousands Of Feet Below Earth’s Surface

3 years ago

Photosynthesizing Bacteria Found Thriving Thousands Of Feet Below Earth’s Surface

George Dvorsky

Science & Health

3 years ago

Award-Winning Microscopic Video Of Growing Zebrafish Embryos Is Mesmerising

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Moths Caught Drinking Tears From The Eyes Of Sleeping Birds

3 years ago

Moths Caught Drinking Tears From The Eyes Of Sleeping Birds

George Dvorsky

New Story, Same Big Old Bird

3 years ago

New Story, Same Big Old Bird

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Why Female Octopuses Self-Destruct After Laying Eggs

3 years ago

Why Female Octopuses Self-Destruct After Laying Eggs

George Dvorsky

Would Perfect Memory Be A Burden Or A Superpower?

3 years ago

Would Perfect Memory Be A Burden Or A Superpower?

George Dvorsky

A Dog With Cancer Got A New, 3D-Printed Titanium Skull

3 years ago

A Dog With Cancer Got A New, 3D-Printed Titanium Skull

George Dvorsky

Check Out This Incredible Extinct Bird From The Cretaceous Period

3 years ago

Check Out This Incredible Extinct Bird From The Cretaceous Period

George Dvorsky

Extraordinary Evidence Suggests 558-Million-Year-Old Fossil Is The Oldest Known Animal On The Planet

3 years ago

Extraordinary Evidence Suggests 558-Million-Year-Old Fossil Is The Oldest Known Animal On The Planet

George Dvorsky

Dear Lord, Praying Mantises Can Actually Catch Fish

3 years ago

Dear Lord, Praying Mantises Can Actually Catch Fish

George Dvorsky

3 years ago

Watch A Moth Keep Its Balance While Being Pelted With Tiny Cannonballs

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Primate Relationships Are Messier Than We Thought, New Research Suggests

3 years ago

Primate Relationships Are Messier Than We Thought, New Research Suggests

George Dvorsky

Watch The Awesome Way In Which Plants Defend Themselves Against Threats

3 years ago

Watch The Awesome Way In Which Plants Defend Themselves Against Threats

George Dvorsky

Plan To Build A Genetic Noah’s Ark Includes A Staggering 66,000 Species

3 years ago

Plan To Build A Genetic Noah’s Ark Includes A Staggering 66,000 Species

George Dvorsky

Drama Over Shirtless Selfie In Houseplant Hobby Group Inspires Wave Of Plant Nude Trolling

3 years ago

Drama Over Shirtless Selfie In Houseplant Hobby Group Inspires Wave Of Plant Nude Trolling

Toddlers And Chimpanzees Share A Surprising Unspoken Language

3 years ago

Toddlers And Chimpanzees Share A Surprising Unspoken Language

Fishermen Find 10,000-Year-Old Skull And Antlers Of Extinct Giant Elk

3 years ago

Fishermen Find 10,000-Year-Old Skull And Antlers Of Extinct Giant Elk

Bizarre Reaction To Antibiotics Gave Woman ‘Black Hairy Tongue’

3 years ago

Bizarre Reaction To Antibiotics Gave Woman ‘Black Hairy Tongue’

Scientists Have Discovered The First Known Omnivorous Shark

3 years ago

Scientists Have Discovered The First Known Omnivorous Shark

New Research Sheds Light On How Opium Poppies Evolved Their Powerful Painkillers

3 years ago

New Research Sheds Light On How Opium Poppies Evolved Their Powerful Painkillers

Ryan F. Mandelbaum