New Research

A Survey of Women With Broken Bones Shows the Prevalence of Domestic Abuse

One in three women has been the victim of domestic abuse.

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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

Five-year-old don Filippino’s abnormally swollen skull.

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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Where in the World Will the Fracking Boom Visit Next?

Fracking has reshaped American drilling, and shale gas stores are popping up all over the world

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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

Gold Nanoparticles May Be the Future of Male Contraception

A twist in the on-going quest for a male contraceptive

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E-Readers Don’t Cut Down on Reading Comprehension

Recent research says that reading comprehension on an e-reader and electronic screen is just as good as with paper

Hummingbird Feathers Reverberate Like Violin Strings Creating Unique Songs

Dead Male Guppies Can Make Babies

Female Trinidadian guppies store sperm from males that they mated with and use it to make babies long after the males they mated with died

A pair of romantic southern bottletail squids.

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.

The Hula painted frog

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

Some of the toothy fossils that clued researchers in on our ancestor’s grass-eating tendencies.

Human Ancestors Grazed on Grass

Around 4 million years ago, our ancestors' diets were about 90 percent fruit and leaves, but suddenly incorporated grasses 500,000 years later

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The Killer El Reno Tornado Was the Widest Tornado Ever

The El Reno tornado that hit the Oklahoma City suburb last Friday was the widest tornado ever seen

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Pheromones From Man Sweat Makes Guys More Cooperative

The higher a man's testosterone levels, the greater his generosity after sniffing the pheromone

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The First French Winemakers Learned Everything They Knew From Etruscans

New research pins the arrival of wine making in France to around 525 B.C.

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Some People’s Feet Are More Ape-Like Than Others’

One in about 13 people have more floppy feet, pointing toward a bone structure more akin to that found in fossils of 2 million-year-old human ancestors

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This Is an Actual Photo of a Planet in Another Solar System

This is a planet, 300 light years away, as seen through the Very Large Telescope

The chemical rearrangement of oligo-(phenylene-1,2-ethynylenes) as seen in the microscope image (top) and the stick diagram of the molecular structure.

For the First Time, See What the Most Basic Chemistry Actually Looks Like

For the first time scientists used a microscope to see a chemical reaction

If You Have a Medical Emergency on a Plane, Chances Are a Fellow Passenger Will Treat You

Only 0.3 percent of people who have a medical emergency on a plane die mid-flight or shortly after landing

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The Ancient Egyptians Had Iron Because They Harvested Fallen Meteors

Modern chemical analysis confirms that ancient Egyptians used iron from meteorites

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