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When the sun lights the concrete jungle, this new material can heal its wounds
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If one little mistake can send you plummeting to your death, how do you even begin to learn?
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Does your dog bring home random bones? Ever wondered what, exactly, is he chewing on?
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Jefferson managed to cut military spending by nearly half, end the whiskey tax and buy a third of North America
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Recent reports of this "nightmare bacteria" have grabbed headlines, and there are reports of fatality rates as high as fifty percent. Basically, it's bad, and the CDC is really worried
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Why are back rubs so great? Why aren't we all crazy for stomach rubs, or ankle rubs?
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Unlike in humans, butterfly females can actually distinguish between inbred and outbred males by their scent
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For more than 50 years observations from Hawaii have tracked rising carbon dioxide. We're still ignoring those warnings
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"Every square meter of Mercury's surface" in one gorgeous map
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What can a dissection specimen from the 13th century tell us about the Dark Ages?
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An impostor bishop crashes important papacy-related meeting
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Dotted with tiny spikes, this cicada's wings are naturally antibiotic
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Living in the forest alongside bears and beavers, the ancient Canadian Arctic camel
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Astronaut Hadfield is described as "the International Space Station's ambassador to the internet." Now, he's showing you how to make a sandwich, in space
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The long-time leader, popular for his leftist views and tight control over oil, succumbs to cancer
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An Iowa farmer's quest to breed the perfect pig
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In a rare moment of partnership, the U.S. and Russia are trying to join together to save the polar bear
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Brazilian deforestation is tied to producers of luxury Italian leather goods
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