Adorableness, that's what. » 3/23/14 4:30pm 3/23/14 4:30pm

Northwestern Medicine professor Alice Dreger writes in Pacific Standard that although gender roles are largely socially constructed, there is a strong genetic/evolutionary basis for them as well. » 3/21/14 12:40pm 3/21/14 12:40pm

This little cub has dealt with more than his share of struggle in his brief life. One of three male cubs born at the Toronto Zoo last November, he was the only one to survive more than 48 hours. When his mother had trouble nursing him, staff at the zoo's Wildlife Health Centre decided to intervene in the cub's… » 1/26/14 5:59pm 1/26/14 5:59pm

Virgin births: not just for teen Jewish girls hanging out in Bethlehem barns anymore. According to research, almost 1% of American women claim that they, too were unpenetrated by the peen of a man when they became pregnant. » 12/18/13 12:20pm 12/18/13 12:20pm

Japanese researchers have tested whether or not cats recognize their owners' voices. The good news: they can. The bad news: they're probably going to ignore it. » 12/01/13 8:30pm 12/01/13 8:30pm

One of the classic images from evolutionary theory is of two males smashing each other up to compete for the chance to fertilize a female. Scientists have spent over a century studying this kind of male competition, but new discoveries reveal that competition between females is just as important. » 11/11/13 4:42pm 11/11/13 4:42pm

What started as an investigation into developmental mouse biology has become a lot more than that. Biologist Katsuhiko Hayashi discovered a way to turn mouse skin cells into sperm and egg cells — and actually used these modified cells to create a living baby mouse. The question is, can it work in humans? » 8/21/13 9:59pm 8/21/13 9:59pm

Guys. YOU GUYS. Baby snow leopards. On camera. Live. Right now. QUICKLY YOU GUYS THEY'RE PURRING. » 6/24/13 10:05pm 6/24/13 10:05pm

Clearly the First Wives Club was onto something. They can't tell us what to do, they can't tell us what to say, but they may have dried us up at 50 because they started going for the young ladies. Cool. » 6/15/13 5:30pm 6/15/13 5:30pm

Photographer, artist, and twin, Julie de Waroquier, created a series of surreal photographs of identcial twins — a project that won first prize in the Emergent Artists Award 2012 and of which she wrote, "[t]wins have always fascinated me, and not only because I have a twin brother. They are almost magic, and yet they… » 1/15/13 11:30pm 1/15/13 11:30pm

While it's messy and a general pain, being on your menstrual cycle can be such a handy excuse. Remember when it would get you out of gym class? All you had to do was tell your P.E. teacher that you were on the rag and BOOM you were on the bench instead of playing ultimate frisbee with your fellow classmates. And now,… » 10/25/12 12:20pm 10/25/12 12:20pm

While winning a Grammy carries less and less clout by the year, there are still some honors a musician can achieve that actually mean something — the honors just happen to have nothing to do with music and everything to do with plant life. Scientists at Duke University have recently named 19 species of fern for Mama… » 10/23/12 12:00pm 10/23/12 12:00pm

In Aesop's famous fable, the tortoise defeats the hare in the race because he proceeds slowly and steadily. But now, information about turtles is giving rise to a new theory: the tortoise won because he's got a huge wang and didn't need to prove anything to anyone. » 6/11/12 12:50pm 6/11/12 12:50pm