A scientist organizing butterfly specimens in a museum collection made a startling discovery: What people had thought was a variant of…
Pluto Probably Has an Ocean Under its Surface
Despite being so far from the sun, tiny Pluto, which is smaller than Earth’s moon, has had an active geologic…
Supercomputer simulates whole-body blood flow
A new supercomputer simulation of blood moving around the entire human body compares extremely well with real-world flow measurements, researchers…
Man With a Simple Metal Detector Finds Discovery of a Lifetime
A man in England went exploring with a metal detector and made the discovery of a lifetime: an exquisitely preserved…
Karyn Parsons tells inspiring true stories of little-known African-Americans
For Karyn Parsons, storytelling has always been in her blood – even during her days playing the charmingly highfalutin Hilary…
Scans of King Tut’s Tomb Reveal New Evidence of Hidden Rooms
For at least 3,339 years, nobody has seen what lies behind the west and north walls of the burial chamber…
Angry Birds Build the World’s Biggest Nests
You don’t build the world’s biggest bird nests by putting up with lazybones. That, anyway, is the finding of a new study into how sociable weavers (Philetairus socius) make and maintain nests that can house up to 500 birds. Aggressive supervisors identify and punish…
Forever young
Sea anemones are a common sight on many coastlines, and despite their brightly coloured appearance it seems they may have…
Ridiculously Gorgeous Rare Bird Finally Photographed
It’s hard to believe the mustached kingfisher is a real bird. First of all, it looks more like a Baltimore…
New Human Ancestor Walked Like Us, Climbed Like an Ape
The mysterious human ancestor called Homo naledi was primed for success in a prehistoric triathlon, new research shows—if the challenges…
Elephant Genes Hold Cancer-Fighting Secret
Cancer is less prevalent in elephants than in humans, in part because the giant animals have more copies of a…
Harnin is a father figure for hundreds of Filipino street children
For 30 years he has mentored youths, many of whom were out of school and on the streets – neglected,…