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Frog Slime Could Prevent The Next Pandemic

4 years ago

Frog Slime Could Prevent The Next Pandemic

George Dvorsky

This Alien Worm-Creature Will Haunt Your Nightmares

4 years ago

This Alien Worm-Creature Will Haunt Your Nightmares

George Dvorsky

Australian Scientists Have Discovered Sea Urchins’ Terrifying Self-Defence Strategy

4 years ago

Australian Scientists Have Discovered Sea Urchins’ Terrifying Self-Defence Strategy

George Dvorsky

A Deceptively Simple Test Just Taught Us Something New About Elephant Intelligence

4 years ago

A Deceptively Simple Test Just Taught Us Something New About Elephant Intelligence

George Dvorsky

Your Most Distant Animal Relative Is Probably This Tiny Jelly

4 years ago

Your Most Distant Animal Relative Is Probably This Tiny Jelly

George Dvorsky

Newly Discovered Chill Dad Prawn Gets Best Name Ever

4 years ago

Newly Discovered Chill Dad Prawn Gets Best Name Ever

Rae Paoletta

Lady Puffins Basically Holding Everything Together In Puffin Marriages

4 years ago

Lady Puffins Basically Holding Everything Together In Puffin Marriages

Rae Paoletta

These Badarse Little Snakes Eat Bigger Snakes

4 years ago

These Badarse Little Snakes Eat Bigger Snakes

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Ancient Humans Didn’t Turn To Cannibalism For The Calories

4 years ago

Ancient Humans Didn’t Turn To Cannibalism For The Calories

George Dvorsky

10 Per Cent Of Pregnant US Women With Zika Had A Fetus Or Baby With Birth Defects

4 years ago

10 Per Cent Of Pregnant US Women With Zika Had A Fetus Or Baby With Birth Defects

George Dvorsky

The World’s Deadliest Scorpion Strike Is Even More Terrifying In Super Slow Motion

4 years ago

The World’s Deadliest Scorpion Strike Is Even More Terrifying In Super Slow Motion

George Dvorsky

This New Amber Discovery Is Like The Start Of Jurassic Park But With Ancient Monkeys

4 years ago

This New Amber Discovery Is Like The Start Of Jurassic Park But With Ancient Monkeys

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

The Hunt For Undiscovered Drugs At The Bottom Of The Sea

4 years ago

The Hunt For Undiscovered Drugs At The Bottom Of The Sea

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

These Fish Inject Predators With Opioid Venom And That Isn’t Even The Coolest Part

4 years ago

These Fish Inject Predators With Opioid Venom And That Isn’t Even The Coolest Part

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Freaky Experiment Allows Tadpoles To See Out Of Eyes Implanted On Their Tails

4 years ago

Freaky Experiment Allows Tadpoles To See Out Of Eyes Implanted On Their Tails

George Dvorsky

This Elusive Giant Octopus Snacks On Giant Jellies

4 years ago

This Elusive Giant Octopus Snacks On Giant Jellies

George Dvorsky

Scientists Have Created Self-Flowing Liquids That Don’t Need Pumps To Move Around

4 years ago

Scientists Have Created Self-Flowing Liquids That Don’t Need Pumps To Move Around

Andrew Liszewski

Mice Have Been Mooching Off Humans For An Astounding 15,000 Years

4 years ago

Mice Have Been Mooching Off Humans For An Astounding 15,000 Years

George Dvorsky

Smart Female Guppies Don’t Wind Up With Losers

4 years ago

Smart Female Guppies Don’t Wind Up With Losers

Rae Paoletta

Mammals ‘Battle’ For Greatness In March Madness For Science Nerds

4 years ago

Mammals ‘Battle’ For Greatness In March Madness For Science Nerds

Summer Ash

You Don’t Wanna Know How A Climate Change-Induced Mass Extinction Can End (Hint: Lizards)

4 years ago

You Don’t Wanna Know How A Climate Change-Induced Mass Extinction Can End (Hint: Lizards)

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Two-Thirds Of All Cancer Mutations Are Unavoidable, Scientists Claim

4 years ago

Two-Thirds Of All Cancer Mutations Are Unavoidable, Scientists Claim

George Dvorsky

The Brains Of Blind People Really Are Wired To Enhance Other Senses

4 years ago

The Brains Of Blind People Really Are Wired To Enhance Other Senses

George Dvorsky

NASA Experiment Could Solve A Mystery About DNA In Space

4 years ago

NASA Experiment Could Solve A Mystery About DNA In Space

Rae Paoletta

Wait, Crabs Can Climb Trees?!

4 years ago

Wait, Crabs Can Climb Trees?!

Adam Clark Estes

Australian Scientists Inject Spider Venom Into The Brain To Protect It From Strokes

4 years ago

Australian Scientists Inject Spider Venom Into The Brain To Protect It From Strokes

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

This Time Lapse Of Cell Division In A Tadpole Egg Is Freaky And Beautiful

4 years ago

This Time Lapse Of Cell Division In A Tadpole Egg Is Freaky And Beautiful

Adam Clark Estes

This Poor Cretaceous Damselfly Has Been Waiting 100 Million Years To Get Laid

4 years ago

This Poor Cretaceous Damselfly Has Been Waiting 100 Million Years To Get Laid

George Dvorsky

The Incredible Way Tardigrades Survive Total Dehydration

4 years ago

The Incredible Way Tardigrades Survive Total Dehydration

George Dvorsky

Malaria Mosquitos Have A Second ‘Nose’ Just For Smelling Humans

4 years ago

Malaria Mosquitos Have A Second ‘Nose’ Just For Smelling Humans

George Dvorsky

How Did You End Up With Red Hair?

4 years ago

How Did You End Up With Red Hair?

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

The Deadliest Cobras Also Look The Most Terrifying

4 years ago

The Deadliest Cobras Also Look The Most Terrifying

George Dvorsky

Zoos Are So Afraid Of Poachers They’re Starting To Cut The Horns Off Their Rhinos

4 years ago

Zoos Are So Afraid Of Poachers They’re Starting To Cut The Horns Off Their Rhinos

George Dvorsky

Florida Clinic Blinds Three Patients In Botched ‘Clinical Trial’

4 years ago

Florida Clinic Blinds Three Patients In Botched ‘Clinical Trial’

George Dvorsky

The Amount Of Food Spiders Eat Each Year Will Haunt You For The Rest Of Your Life

4 years ago

The Amount Of Food Spiders Eat Each Year Will Haunt You For The Rest Of Your Life

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Complex Life May Have Emerged On Earth Much Earlier Than We Thought

4 years ago

Complex Life May Have Emerged On Earth Much Earlier Than We Thought

George Dvorsky

Humpback Whales Are Gathering In Large Numbers

4 years ago

Humpback Whales Are Gathering In Large Numbers

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

There’s No Easy Way To ‘Jumpstart Your Metabolism’

4 years ago

There’s No Easy Way To ‘Jumpstart Your Metabolism’

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Here Are Most Incredible Life Forms NOAA Found On Its Latest Deep Sea Dive

4 years ago

Here Are Most Incredible Life Forms NOAA Found On Its Latest Deep Sea Dive

George Dvorsky

Scientists Make An Incredible Breakthrough In Cryopreserving Organs

4 years ago

Scientists Make An Incredible Breakthrough In Cryopreserving Organs

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Australian Scientists: We Shouldn’t Bring Back Extinct Species

4 years ago

Australian Scientists: We Shouldn’t Bring Back Extinct Species

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

These Newly Discovered Frogs Are Adorable And Already In Peril

4 years ago

These Newly Discovered Frogs Are Adorable And Already In Peril

Rae Paoletta

Timelapse Footage Of Sweating Fingerprints Ready To Smear Your Smartphone

4 years ago

Timelapse Footage Of Sweating Fingerprints Ready To Smear Your Smartphone

Andrew Liszewski

For Science, Ants Have to Run On This Never-Ending Treadmill From Hell

4 years ago

For Science, Ants Have to Run On This Never-Ending Treadmill From Hell

George Dvorsky

Top US Science Organisation Releases Guidelines For Genetically Engineering Humans

4 years ago

Top US Science Organisation Releases Guidelines For Genetically Engineering Humans

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

This Freaky Gecko Detaches Its Giant Scales To Escape Predators

4 years ago

This Freaky Gecko Detaches Its Giant Scales To Escape Predators

George Dvorsky

480-Million-Year-Old Slug Looks Like A Horrifying Mutated Bathmat

4 years ago

480-Million-Year-Old Slug Looks Like A Horrifying Mutated Bathmat

George Dvorsky

How Carnivorous Plants Developed A Thirst For Blood

4 years ago

How Carnivorous Plants Developed A Thirst For Blood

Rae Paoletta

This Deep Sea Monster Attaches Its Head To Its Neck In The Freakiest Way

4 years ago

This Deep Sea Monster Attaches Its Head To Its Neck In The Freakiest Way

Maddie Stone

Scientists Make Mutant Cows That Are Resistant To A Devastating Disease

4 years ago

Scientists Make Mutant Cows That Are Resistant To A Devastating Disease

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

This Goth Chicken Doesn’t Conform To Your Perfect Chicken Society

4 years ago

This Goth Chicken Doesn’t Conform To Your Perfect Chicken Society

Rae Paoletta

Science & Health

4 years ago

The Science Of Snot Is Even Grosser Than You Think

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

You Are Related To A Horrible Arseless Creature

4 years ago

You Are Related To A Horrible Arseless Creature

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Five Major Cancer Studies Are Proving Difficult To Reproduce

4 years ago

Five Major Cancer Studies Are Proving Difficult To Reproduce

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Scientists Feed Cows Onions To Make Them Stop Farting So Much Methane

4 years ago

Scientists Feed Cows Onions To Make Them Stop Farting So Much Methane

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

How Living Near The Starvation Point Can Extend Lifespan

4 years ago

How Living Near The Starvation Point Can Extend Lifespan

George Dvorsky

Watching A Rattlesnake Attack In Slow-Mo Will Mess You Up

4 years ago

Watching A Rattlesnake Attack In Slow-Mo Will Mess You Up

George Dvorsky

Viruses May Be Responsible For Life As We Know It

4 years ago

Viruses May Be Responsible For Life As We Know It

Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Miniature Brain And Skull Found Growing Inside Teen’s Ovary

4 years ago

Miniature Brain And Skull Found Growing Inside Teen’s Ovary

George Dvorsky

We Were Wrong About Not Feeding Peanuts To Infants

4 years ago

We Were Wrong About Not Feeding Peanuts To Infants

George Dvorsky

Science & Health

4 years ago

Chemists Explain Why You Probably Shouldn’t Bother With Cough Syrup

George Dvorsky

Yet Another Reason The Dinosaurs Were Screwed

4 years ago

Yet Another Reason The Dinosaurs Were Screwed

Maddie Stone

The Science Stories We’ll Be Watching In 2017

4 years ago

The Science Stories We’ll Be Watching In 2017

George Dvorsky

New Cancer Therapy Shows Promise In Treating Aggressive Brain Tumours

4 years ago

New Cancer Therapy Shows Promise In Treating Aggressive Brain Tumours

George Dvorsky

Dutch Fertility Clinic May Have Mixed Up Sperm For Dozens Of Couples

4 years ago

Dutch Fertility Clinic May Have Mixed Up Sperm For Dozens Of Couples

George Dvorsky

You Won’t Believe How Far Some Salamanders Will Walk To Get Laid

4 years ago

You Won’t Believe How Far Some Salamanders Will Walk To Get Laid

George Dvorsky

Treasure Trove Of Newly Discovered Species Includes A Newt That Looks Like A Klingon

4 years ago

Treasure Trove Of Newly Discovered Species Includes A Newt That Looks Like A Klingon

George Dvorsky

The Most Futuristic Predictions That Came True In 2016

4 years ago

The Most Futuristic Predictions That Came True In 2016

George Dvorsky

We Finally Know Why Freaky Sounds Come From The Deepest Stretch Of Ocean

4 years ago

We Finally Know Why Freaky Sounds Come From The Deepest Stretch Of Ocean

George Dvorsky

Bizarre New Deep Sea Creatures Found In Unexplored Hydrothermal Vents

4 years ago

Bizarre New Deep Sea Creatures Found In Unexplored Hydrothermal Vents

George Dvorsky

Horrifying Worm Larva Is Basically A Disembodied Head

4 years ago

Horrifying Worm Larva Is Basically A Disembodied Head

George Dvorsky

This Simulation Of A Monkey Speaking Is The Stuff Of Nightmares

4 years ago

This Simulation Of A Monkey Speaking Is The Stuff Of Nightmares

George Dvorsky

Giraffes Are Headed Toward Extinction

4 years ago

Giraffes Are Headed Toward Extinction

Maddie Stone

Wait, Are C-Sections Really Altering The Course Of Evolution?

4 years ago

Wait, Are C-Sections Really Altering The Course Of Evolution?

George Dvorsky

Eating A Handful Of Nuts Each Day Could Help You Live Longer

4 years ago

Eating A Handful Of Nuts Each Day Could Help You Live Longer

George Dvorsky

We Just Found Out There Are ‘Bees’ In The Sea

4 years ago

We Just Found Out There Are ‘Bees’ In The Sea

Maddie Stone

Giant Manta Rays Are More Badarse Than We Realised

4 years ago

Giant Manta Rays Are More Badarse Than We Realised

George Dvorsky

Why Spaceflight Ruins Your Eyesight

4 years ago

Why Spaceflight Ruins Your Eyesight

George Dvorsky

Turning This Toy Fish Inside Out Reveals All Its Glorious Guts

4 years ago

Turning This Toy Fish Inside Out Reveals All Its Glorious Guts

Andrew Liszewski

Young Blood May Not Reverse Ageing After All

4 years ago

Young Blood May Not Reverse Ageing After All

George Dvorsky

This Microbe Could Be The Planet’s Most Prolific Predator

4 years ago

This Microbe Could Be The Planet’s Most Prolific Predator

George Dvorsky

That Story Of A Polar Bear Petting A Dog Just Took A Dark Turn

4 years ago

That Story Of A Polar Bear Petting A Dog Just Took A Dark Turn

George Dvorsky

The CRISPR Gene-Editing Tool Is Finally Being Used On Humans

4 years ago

The CRISPR Gene-Editing Tool Is Finally Being Used On Humans

George Dvorsky

The Dangers Of A Retained Placenta In Childbirth, As Posed To Kim Kardashian

4 years ago

The Dangers Of A Retained Placenta In Childbirth, As Posed To Kim Kardashian

George Dvorsky

A Shocking Number Of People With Ebola Don’t Show Symptoms

4 years ago

A Shocking Number Of People With Ebola Don’t Show Symptoms

George Dvorsky

Scientists Just Discovered Three Adorably Tiny New Salamanders

4 years ago

Scientists Just Discovered Three Adorably Tiny New Salamanders

Maddie Stone

Check Out This ‘Bubblegum Coral’ At The Bottom Of The World’s Deepest Trench

4 years ago

Check Out This ‘Bubblegum Coral’ At The Bottom Of The World’s Deepest Trench

George Dvorsky

This USB Stick Performs An HIV Test

4 years ago

This USB Stick Performs An HIV Test

George Dvorsky

A Dreaded Superbug Has Officially Arrived In The United States

4 years ago

A Dreaded Superbug Has Officially Arrived In The United States

George Dvorsky

Look At This Giant Earthworm

4 years ago

Look At This Giant Earthworm

George Dvorsky

The Ebola Virus Mutated Into A Deadlier Form During The West African Epidemic

4 years ago

The Ebola Virus Mutated Into A Deadlier Form During The West African Epidemic

George Dvorsky

Florida Releases Millions Of Sterile Flies To Combat Flesh-Eating Maggots

4 years ago

Florida Releases Millions Of Sterile Flies To Combat Flesh-Eating Maggots

George Dvorsky

These Are The First Colour Images Ever Produced By An Electron Microscope

4 years ago

These Are The First Colour Images Ever Produced By An Electron Microscope

George Dvorsky

Man Contracts Severe Hepatitis After Binging On Energy Drinks For Three Weeks

4 years ago

Man Contracts Severe Hepatitis After Binging On Energy Drinks For Three Weeks

George Dvorsky

The Venom From This Snake Will Make Your Life A Living Hell

4 years ago

The Venom From This Snake Will Make Your Life A Living Hell

George Dvorsky

What Would Happen To Your Body If You Only Ate Lollies?

4 years ago

What Would Happen To Your Body If You Only Ate Lollies?

Maddie Stone

Why An Entire Population Of Geckos Is Trapped On One Building

4 years ago

Why An Entire Population Of Geckos Is Trapped On One Building

Maddie Stone

The Last Great Wilderness Area Is Finally Being Protected

4 years ago

The Last Great Wilderness Area Is Finally Being Protected

Maddie Stone

Japan’s ‘Scientific’ Whaling Program Sucks

4 years ago

Japan’s ‘Scientific’ Whaling Program Sucks

Maddie Stone

Freaky Blue Leaves Allow Plants To Thrive In Shade

4 years ago

Freaky Blue Leaves Allow Plants To Thrive In Shade

George Dvorsky