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The Milky Way Is Home To More Than 100 Billion Alien Planets
Our Milky Way galaxy is home to at least 100 billion alien planets, and possibly many more, a new study suggests."It's a staggering number, if you think about it," lead author Jonathan Swift, of...
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Norway Has A Research Lab That's Inside A Glacier
Nearly 700 feet (more than 200 meters) under the Svartisen glacier in northern Norway, researchers are huddled together underground.In the world's only lab located inside one of these giant hunks of...
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Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein was one of the greatest minds of all time. He profoundly changed the way we look at space and time. But else do we know about the great scientist?Kara Kovalchik of Mental Floss takes a...
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Why Hot Chocolate Tastes Better In An Orange Cup
European scientists say they have found further evidence that how you serve food and drink matters hugely in the perception of taste.Researchers at the Polytechnic University of Valencia and the...
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Your Future Self May Be Unrecognizable To You
Think you'll be the same person in 10 years that you are today? Think again.Most people realize they've changed in the past, but few expect to change in the future, a new study finds.Instead, while...
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7 Stunning Natural Wonders Created By Chemical Reactions
The world is made up of wondrous chemicals that sometimes do pretty out-of-the-ordinary things.Here are seven places where minerals, carried by water, by heat, or by the actions of Mother Earth...
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Constantly Updating Your Facebook Status Makes You Less Lonely
Scientists have found what compels people to constantly update their Facebook status.College students who posted more status updates than they normally did felt less lonely over the course of a week,...
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The Real Reason Dogs Sniff Crotches
This is the third installment in the Crotch Series. For earlier crotch talk, check out:Part 1: Oh, hello! Why yes, that’s my crotch!Part 2: Why is a stranger’s crotch more interesting than mine? For...
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Being Overweight Isn't Always A Health Problem
Being fat is bad for you. That, at least, is the received wisdom.In reality the picture is more complex, because the prevailing measure of fatness, weight in kilograms divided by height in metres...
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Beautiful Images Of Last Night's Quadrantid Meteor Shower
Cold weather and a bright moon didn't stop skywatchers around the country from capturing stunning shots of the annual Quadrantid meteor shower this week.Astrophotographer Victor Rogus, for example,...
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How To Steal An Asteroid From Space
Of all the asteroids relatively close to Earth, a space rock called 1999 AO10 is the most attractive candidate for close-up inspection.But getting to it would be both ridiculously expensive and...
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PSYCHOANALYST: Let Me Tell You About A Patient Who Shocked Me
In a case study from his captivating new book, Stephen Grosz reflects on one of his most bizarre patients – and argues that by telling our childhood stories we make sense of our lives.I want to tell...
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Australia's Record Heatwave Is Getting Dangerous
Australia is bracing for its worst ever fire danger as a record-breaking heatwave prompted warnings of a “catastrophic” wildfire threat.The sweltering conditions have led to hundreds of fires across...
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Japanese Scientists Film Legendary Squid In Pacific Depths
Scientists and broadcasters said Monday they have captured footage of an elusive giant squid roaming the depths of the Pacific Ocean, showing it in its natural habitat for the first time ever.Japan's...
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The Standard Kilogram Has Gained Weight
The kilogram may need to go on a diet. The international standard, a cylinder-shaped hunk of metal that defines the fundamental unit of mass, has gained tens of micrograms in weight from surface...
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Scientists Create Temperatures Colder Than Absolute Zero
Absolute zero is often thought to be the coldest temperature possible. But now researchers show they can achieve even lower temperatures for a strange realm of "negative temperatures."Oddly, another...
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Why Astronauts Get Taller In Space
Astronauts in space can grow up to 3 percent taller during the time spent living in microgravity, NASA scientists say. That means that a 6-foot-tall (1.8 meters) person could gain as many as 2 inches...
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What Happens When A Bobcat Attacks
Bobcats aren't known for attacking humans — they almost always avoid contact with us — but that's no comfort to a Massachusetts resident who killed a bobcat with his shotgun after it attacked him in...
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Some People Can't Recognize Their Own Face
The condition is known as “prosopagnosia” / “facial agnosia”, or in less medical terms: “face blindness”. (“Prosopagnosia” actually literally means: “face ignorance”. “prosopon” = “face”, “agnosia” =...
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'Universal' Personality Traits Aren't Actually Universal
Psychologists can get a pretty clear picture of someone's personality by evaluating to what degree they express traits known as the "Big Five"— openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness...
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