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Archeologists Think They’ve Unearthed the Buddha’s Nativity Site
Legend has it that the Buddha's mother, Queen Maya Devi, birthed her son at Lumbini while clutching the branch of a tree at that temple's garden
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George Mallory’s Frozen Body May Have Been Discovered Decades Earlier on Everest
Frank Smythe may have spotted Mallory's body in 1936, but kept the news to himself out of respect for the fallen mountaineer
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The Seahorse’s Odd Shape Makes It a Weapon of Stealth
The shape of the seahorse's snout and its painfully slow movements create help create minimal water disturbance, increasing its odds of bagging prey
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With 502,165 Bulbs, Australian Man Retakes World Record for Most Christmas Lights on a Single Home
David Richards first claimed that title back in 2001, with a paltry 331,038 lights, but last year he was overtaken by a New York family
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People Stay at Jobs Where They Can Have Fun And Work Less Hard
If employee performances were broken down by age, however, the data show that older employees actually increase their sales performance at funner jobs
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Get Up to Speed on the Latest Climate Science in Nine Minutes
This new IPCC video boils down the physical science behind climate change in language anyone can understand
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Even If It Hurts More, People Rather Just Get A Painful Experience Over With
People can sometimes seem eager to get physically painful experiences out of the way, likely in avoidance of having to dread that impending pain
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Archeologists Discovered a Stash of 3,700-Year-Old Psychotropic Wine
Archeologists working one the site say it is the largest and oldest wine cellar ever discovered in the Near East
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This Exhibit Features Cheese Made From the Bacteria of Human Tears, Belly Buttons And Noses
The artists recently held a wine and cheese pairing event, in which visitors stuck their noses close to the human cheese and took a big whiff
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To Dodge a Bullet, You’d Have to See It From Three Football Fields Away
Even the slowest handguns shoot a bullet at 340 meters per seconds
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One of Nature’s Most Extreme Dads, the Darwin’s Frog, Is Going Extinct
The frog's northern species is likely gone forever and a southern variety seems doomed to follow suit thanks to the amphibian chytrid fungus
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Hermit Crabs Avoid Conflict By Developing a Taste for Specific Types of Shells
As the crabs got older, their tolerance for shell diversity decreased, and they honed in on a single shell type they liked best
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The World’s Tallest Water Slide Is More Than 134 Feet Tall
Riders--who will descend in inflatable rafts of four rather than alone--will reach speeds of more than 65 miles per hour
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People Are More Likely to Pay Greed Forward Than Good Deeds
People have little incentive to be nice to one another unless they are part of a specific group that creates some sense of shared identity
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Why Men Tend To Have Bigger Noses Than Women
This also speaks to differences between modern humans and our ancient ancestors, since ancient humans had more muscle mass than we soft creatures of today
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Women Can Act Aggressively, Too
Competition goes beyond feeling threatened by another woman's looks and encompasses judgements about behaviors, too
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Egyptians Mummified The Beef Ribs And Sliced Goat Meat They Sent on With Their Rulers to the Afterlife
They basted the meat in fat and resin in order to preserve it forever.
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A Computer Can Design an Original Recipe That’s Not Totally Disgusting
Both pro and at-home chefs may someday turn to algorithms for inspiration
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This Peer-Reviewed Scientific Journal Has Editors Who Are Still in Elementary School
Like grown-up scientific journals, Frontiers' young editors must review manuscripts, complete with figures and citations, for clarity and topic value
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Future Submarines May Glide Through the Water Like Stingrays
Cracking the underlying principles behind stingray movements is the first step to building future submarines
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