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Biotech Companies No Longer Have the Right to Patent Human Genes
Companies can still patent DNA they build themselves, methods for isolating genes or specialized knowledge they gain through genetic research
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2.5 Million Gallons of Toxic Waste Just Spilled in Alberta
Both Alberta and the company responsible, Apache Corp, held off for more than a week on publicly disclosing the information about the spill
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Cyborg Cockroaches May Become New Teaching Tools in Neuroscience Classes
Roach neurons aren't that different than human neurons, making the RoboRoach a learning tool for all sorts of basic principles of neuroscience
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New At-Home Test Could Tell Women If Their Pregnancy Has Terminated
Women who both do and do not want to be pregnant could benefit from the new test
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Beer Bottle Meets 19th-Century Phonograph, Makes Beautiful Music
Engineers and music experts in New Zealand tinkered with the concepts behind Thomas Edison's original phonograph to make a beer bottle sing
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Teeny Tiny Rock Fragments Testify That a Meteor Caused the Biggest Impact Event in Recorded History
On June 30, 1908, an enormous explosion in a remote stretch of Siberia flattened and bruned nearly 1,000 square miles of forest, totaling around 80 million trees
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Half of Central America’s Coffee Harvest This Year Is in Danger
Thanks to climate change, coffee rust's ideal habitat seems to be spreading as higher elevations and more northern areas become warmer
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Unborn Turtles Actively Regulate Their Own Temperature
Before hatching, a baby turtle can deliberately move between warm and cool patches within its egg--a behavior that may help determine its gender
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Florence’s Powerful Medici Family Suffered from Rickets Because of Too Much Time Spent Indoors
Study of the Medici's children shows that they suffered from rickets, or the bone softening affliction caused by a lack of vitamin D from sunlight or food
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Jurassic Park’s Stars Would Be Very Different Animals If the Film Were Made Today
In the past 20 years our knowledge about dinosaurs has grown, meaning that some dinosaur-related points depicted in the film are either outdated or wrong
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This 19th-Century Politician Never Thought He’d Be Outed for Vandalizing an Egyptian Temple
Unlike a Chinese youth shamed for the markings he left on an Egyptian Temple, Luther Bradish got away guilt-free with his sneaky bid at immortality
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People Don’t Seem to Get What ‘Designated Driver’ Means
A new study found that around 40 percent of designated drivers drink, and almost 20 percent do so to the point that their own ability to drive may be impaired
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Deer May Be Peeing Themselves Out of Their Favorite Winter Habitats
Special patches of trees shield deer from harsh winter weather, but deer urine stimulates growth of competitive plants in those havens
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These Little Circles Are Characters in the First Comic Book for Blind People
The project's story follows the life of three people, represented by dots
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A Galactic GPS System That’s Now in the Works Could Help Our Descendants Navigate Through the Universe
The International Space Station aims to be testing out an interplanetary GPS system by 2017
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The Earliest Known Primate Weighed Less Than a Golf Ball
The primate's Latin name translates as "ancient monkey," and the fossil is about 7 million years old
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Female Squid Use Sperm for Both Reproducing And Snacking
Females may even be eating sperm from unattractive males and fertilizing their eggs with sperm from their favorite mates.
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An Extinct Frog Reappears in Israel
In addition to coming back from extinction, the amphibian also represents the only living species of a unique class of frogs
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Most Adults Don’t Recognize a Drowning Child
As opposed to what Hollywood would lead us to believe, drowning is a quiet, easily overlooked affair
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The Death of a Conservationist Who Fought Poachers and the Drug Trade That Funds Them
Conservationist Jairo Mora Sandoval's passion for protecting sea turtles likely cost him his life
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