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Scientists Unwittingly Discover New Owl Species In Indonesia
Researchers in Indonesia unwittingly identified a new species of owl believed to be unique to the country, raising hopes of further new bird discoveries, a scientist said Thursday.The brown-and-white...
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How To Woo That Special Scientist On Valentine's Day
Valentine's day is typically a hard time for many, namely those who object to the commercialised nature and emphasis on public displays of affection, those who are presently single but would rather not...
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Lessons On Love And Lust From The Animal Kingdom
Sex. Many (but not all) animals do it. Partners come together to combine their genetic material in hopes of creating a healthy next generation for passing down their genes.For humans, romance, love and...
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The Five Styles Of Flirting
To mark Valentine’s Day, I’m posting an early piece that originally appeared on the old home of Anthropology in Practice. Hope your connections are everything you hope for today.A lingering look. A coy...
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Scientists Have Solved The Mystery Of Cosmic Rays
Scientists have cracked a longstanding mystery surrounding the source of cosmic rays, a form of high-energy radiation from deep space that continually crashes into the Earth's atmosphere.The rays,...
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How The Flu Outsmarted Google
Scientific hindsight shows that Google Flu Trends far overstated this year's flu season, raising questions about the accuracy of using a search engine, which Google and the media hyped as an efficient...
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Drugs In Our Waters Are Changing The Behavior Of Fish
Drugs to treat anxiety in people may alter the behaviour of fish when the chemicals are flushed into rivers, according to scientists. Swedish researchers found that European perch exposed to tiny...
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Divers Search Frozen Russian Lake For Meteorite Fragments
Divers scoured the bottom of a Russian lake on Saturday for fragments of a meteorite that plunged to Earth in a blinding fireball whose shockwaves injured 1,200 people and damaged thousands of...
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Astronomers Are Planning Dramatic Ways To Stop An Asteroid Collision
WORRYING about the threats posed by space rocks has traditionally been the preserve of the paranoid. No one doubts that asteroids have hit Earth in the past, withnastyconsequences, but because the...
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Russian Meteor Hit Atmosphere With A Force Of 40 Hiroshima Bombs
The meteor that streaked across the skies over Russia in a blinding fireball on Friday struck Earth's atmosphere with a force about 40 times greater than the Hiroshima bomb, Nasa scientists have...
View ArticleIndisputable Visual Evidence Of Climate Change
“I’LL BELIEVE IT when I see it.”Well, here it is. Visual evidence that the earth is warming; there can be no dispute. In 2007, professional photographer James Balog founded the Extreme Ice Survey...
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These Are The Weird Things Zoos Do To Get Endangered Animals To Mate
Just like humans, animals sometimes need a little romantic help in the "bedroom." For endangered, captive animals, the pressure to perform is even greater as mating is the only way to save species from...
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Everything You Need To Know About The Mysterious New Virus From The Middle East
How many cases have been reported to date?Only two have been confirmed by laboratory tests. The first patient, who was 60, died in Saudi Arabia after the virus was confirmed in July in a Dutch...
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The Happiest And Saddest States According To Twitter
Sorry, Louisiana, you are the saddest state. And Hawaii (shocker!) you are the happiest. That's according to a team at the Vermont Complex Systems Center, who posted their new analysis of 10 million...
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British Butcher Has A Simple Way To Keep Horse Out Of Meat
In the wake of the horsemeat scandal, north London butcher Chris Godfrey reveals the simplicity of his supply chain as he champions British meat.The discovery of horse meat in burgers and lasagnes has...
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Retinal Implant Restores Partial Sight To Blind People
Blind people have described smiles on friendly faces, the food on their plates, and household objects from telephones to dustbins, after surgeons fitted them with electronic chips to partially restore...
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North Korea Is Actually Years From A Nuclear Bomb
Following the third nuclear test conducted by North Korea, two natural questions are how long it will take the country to build a real nuclear weapon, and whether the U.S. could pull off a military...
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Non-Monogamy Could Be The Solution To Jealousy
On Valentine's Day, images of couples are everywhere.They're buying each other diamond rings, making eyes over expensive restaurant meals and canoodling over chocolate-covered strawberries and...
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People Have Been Crash Dieting For Over 2,000 Years
Pre-20th-century dietsIn Calories & Corsets: a History of Dieting over 2,000 years, Louise Foxcroft shows that worrying about our food habits, and trying to change them, isn't a modern phenomenon....
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Man Arrested For Harassing Baby Manatee In Florida
The incriminating images show Ryan William Waterman, 21, and his two children petting a manatee calf at Taylor Creek in Fort Pierce last month, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation...
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