World-famous giant lily pads make a comeback after brush with extinction
You might not know where they actually grow, or even the fact that they landed on the endangered species list a little over a decade …
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Science just proved that ants are better prepared for the zombie apocalypse than any human
Nearly ever zombie movie that has graced the silver screen has at least one scene where the bold heroes are faced with a team member …
Scientists are stunned by this bird’s feathers, which are so black they absorb 99.9% of light
In nature, bright colors are useful in a variety of ways. Some insects sport eye-catching colors that warn would-be predators that they’re poisonous, and many …
Scientists just invented an edible pill that can tell you when you’re about to fart
Farts are a natural, healthy byproduct of your digestive system, and everyone has them from time to time, but as funny as flatulence is, how, …
Groundbreaking new studies suggest the presence of a fourth dimension
We live in a three-dimensional reality. Because of that, it’s pretty hard to imagine what a four-dimensional reality might be like, but that isn’t stopping …
Did NASA’s Mars rover just find ancient Martian fossils?
If you’re one of the many casual science observers hoping that mankind will one day discover evidence that life once thrived on Mars, 2017 was …
Mother Nature is repairing the ozone layer mankind tried its best to destroy
It wasn’t until the late 1980s that the world finally came to terms with the fact that manmade chemicals were destroying the Earth’s ozone layer. …
Climate change is devastating coral reefs and scientists don’t know if they’ll ever recover
Coral reefs are among the ocean’s most wondrous achievements. Like a massive mega-city made up of microorganisms, these diverse ecosystems provide shelter for many different …
Scientists have been trying really hard to figure out how this spider has a rainbow on its butt
We humans like to think of ourselves as the masters of design but sometimes Mother Nature shows us that we’re really just amateurs. That’s exactly …
Morons are obsessed with ‘raw water’ that will probably make them sick
In case you haven’t noticed, Silicon Valley is obsessed with health, or at least the appearance of health. You can see evidence of it just …
Chocolate could completely disappear within decades due to extinction of cacao plants
If you don’t think that the troubling trend of global warming could impact your sweet tooth, think again. Farmers of the cacao plant — responsible …
Decades-old gas explosion is still leaking methane into groundwater, researchers find
Humans have a really strange habit of not believing that what they do can have a longterm effect on the Earth. You can find examples …
Construction workers just accidentally discovered 30 perfectly preserved dinosaur eggs
The holidays are all about happy surprises, and paleontologists got one heck of a shock earlier this week after learning about an unexpected discovery in …
Scientists discover bizarre twin ocean whirlpools capable of transporting sea creatures hundreds of miles
The ocean is filled with creatures that range from eye-catching and adorable to spine-chillingly deadly, but scientists just discovered a bizarre natural phenomenon that might …
Incredibly creepy skull-shaped asteroid is going to cruise by Earth next year
Giant rocks hurtling through space are probably scary enough all on their own, but when one of them looks like a human skull, well, that’s …
US life expectancy just fell for the second year in a row, and the reason is very clear
Overall life expectancy in the United States just took a dip for the second time in as many years. The change, which was a relatively …
Scientists have a new theory about where the Mars ocean went, and it totally sucks
Water on Mars has been an incredibly hot topic this year. Researchers have, at times, butted heads with others, and for every piece of evidence …
Scientists are no longer barred from developing deadly viruses, and this will definitely end well
If 2017 didn’t already seem like the prologue to every cautionary dystopian tale ever written, the US government has decided to lift a ban on …
Breakthrough discovery reveals life on Earth existed over 3.5 billion years ago
One of humanity’s most burning questions has always been whether or not we’re alone in the universe and whether life exists somewhere other than Earth. …
A three-mile-wide asteroid just slipped by Earth, but its next pass will really be one for the books
It’s Monday, and since you didn’t die in a fiery apocalyptic hellscape over the weekend that means that the massive space rock named 3200 Phaethon …
The US government spent $22 million to investigate UFOs, but won’t tell us what they found
Do aliens exist, and have they visited Earth? That might sound like a question that conspiracy theorists mull over in obscure chatrooms and internet forums, …
MIT just created living plants that glow like a lamp, and could grow glowing trees to replace streetlights
The modern world has been reinventing our relationship with energy for some time now. Cars are turning away from fossil fuels and relying ever more …
Researchers thought this furry little marsupial was extinct for 100 years, until it came to find them
It’s obviously not often that scientists get good news regarding regionally extinct creatures. Once an animal has been seemingly wiped from its natural home, the …
‘Alien probe’ asteroid is dead quiet, but is that good news or bad news?
A couple of months back, a really, really weird asteroid flew through our Solar System. It looked nothing like any object humanity had ever spotted …
An entire family in Italy can’t feel physical pain, and scientists finally have an answer
If you’ve ever stubbed your toe on a coffee table in the dead of night you know just how awesome it would be to switch …
Scientists find incredible shark that may be over 500 years old and still kicking
What were you doing 500 years ago? Oh, that’s right nothing, because you didn’t exist yet. In fact, several generations of your family had yet …
Man-sized ancient penguins once ruled the coast of New Zealand
Today’s penguins might be cute, charming little flightless birds that draw your eye at your local zoo, but things were a whole lot different some …
Researchers find ancient ticks full of dinosaur blood, but don’t dream of Jurassic Park just yet
Researchers working with ancient amber thought to be nearly 100 million years old have discovered something that sounds like the beginning of a new chapter …
Brand new Pacific island is a whole lot like Mars, and scientists are excited
It’s not often that a whole new chunk of land just comes jutting out of the ocean, but that’s just what happened with a new …
Scientists obtain Tasmanian Tiger genome, and might even bring it back from extinction
Earth lost a truly unique species when Benjamin, the last known thylacine — commonly called the Tasmanian tiger — died in captivity in early September …
