Design3/30/16Mar 30 201616Design3/30/16DesignBehold the Best-Designed Cat House Any Cat Will Still Completely IgnoreEsther Inglis-Arkell27Every year, FixNation, a Los Angeles animal charity, holds an auction of designer cat houses to raise money. This…
Animals3/30/16Mar 30 201610Animals3/30/16AnimalsBiologists Have Discovered Underground, Burrowing TadpolesEsther Inglis-Arkell16Scientists have documented Indian dancing frogs for over a century. For that century, they’ve found only adult…
Mar 29 201693/29/16This Company is Making an Epi-Pen That Fits in a WalletEsther Inglis-Arkell31AdrenaCard is meant to help people who are both unfortunate enough to need an epinephrine injection for serious…
Mar 29 201653/29/16Robot Anesthesiologists Lose Their Jobs Because of HumansEsther Inglis-Arkell35A robot anesthesiologist designed by Johnson & Johnson is going off the market. Only three years after approval, the…
Artificial Intelligence3/28/16Mar 28 20163Artificial Intelligence3/28/16Artificial IntelligenceThis Software Can Read Harry Potter and Answer Questions About ItEsther Inglis-Arkell35A Canadian company has come up with an algorithm that can read texts, and then accurately answer questions about…
Mar 25 201673/25/16Major Logging Will Begin in the Last Primeval Forest in EuropeEsther Inglis-Arkell50In depressing news, about 180,000 cubic meters of wood will be taken from the last of Europe’s primeval forests. The…
Mar 24 2016193/24/16How Chicago Is Trying to Hide Its Giant Hell PitEsther Inglis-Arkell565This 110-foot-wide hole, punched into one of Chicago’s best neighborhoods, represents nearly a decade of dashed…
Television3/24/16Mar 24 20166Television3/24/16Television Arrow Knows How to Break Our Hearts But GoodEsther Inglis-Arkell142Arrow is not a perfect show, but if there is one thing it knows how to do, it’s how to wring our hearts like they’re…
Mar 23 2016143/23/16Genetically-Modified Maggots Could Help Wounds Heal FasterEsther Inglis-Arkell74Scientists at North Carolina State University are bringing an 18th century wound treatment into the 21st century.…
Mar 23 2016203/23/16'Cat Parasite' Could Be To Blame for People Suffering from Rage DisorderEsther Inglis-Arkell83A new study has shown that people with Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED), associated with bursts of overblown…
Climate change3/22/16Mar 22 20167Climate change3/22/16Climate changeArctic Microbes Are Expanding Their Homes By Making Stuff that Melts GlaciersEsther Inglis-Arkell7Humans aren’t the only ones trying their best to warm up the world like it’s a Hot Pocket. Bacteria are also…
Animals3/22/16Mar 22 201615Animals3/22/16AnimalsBirds Nest Near Alligators to Scare Off Predators and "Pay" Them in Rejected ChicksEsther Inglis-Arkell46A lot of things eat baby birds, and alligators eat most of those things. Birds in the Everglades seem to have…
Mar 21 2016143/21/16Take a 3D Tour of Richard III's GraveEsther Inglis-Arkell1Richard III is best known as the eponymous villain in one of Shakespeare’s plays, and second best known for having…
Mar 21 201693/21/16We Might Finally Be Able to Read Ancient Scrolls Damaged By Vesuvius EruptionEsther Inglis-Arkell16Pompeii has the best press, but the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD also buried the town of Herculaneum. Charred…
Animals3/21/16Mar 21 20165Animals3/21/16AnimalsOur Cities May Be Making Birds SmarterEsther Inglis-Arkell13The term “bird brain” is going out of fashion as biologists come to understand that birds are actually quite smart…
Mar 18 201633/18/16Seventeen People in Wisconsin Have Died From One Strain of BacteriaEsther Inglis-Arkell37The bacteria Elizabethkingia anopheles has claimed 17 lives over the last five months in 12 Wisconsin counties, and…
Physics3/18/16Mar 18 201616Physics3/18/16PhysicsPhysics Students Calculate How Long a Vampire Needs To Drink Your BloodEsther Inglis-Arkell47A bite to the neck and a clean getaway—that’s what a vampire needs. A group of physics students from the University…
Animals3/17/16Mar 17 20168Animals3/17/16AnimalsHyenas and Wolves Are Teaming Up to SurviveEsther Inglis-Arkell32Different species of carnivores don’t get along. At best, they’re in direct competition for prey. At worst, they…
Mar 17 201643/17/16This On-Off Switch for Sperm Could Lead to Better Male Birth ControlEsther Inglis-Arkell18Researchers just found an on-off switch for sperm movement. This has the potential to help men who are infertile,…
Mar 16 201673/16/16Microwaving Rubies Makes Them PrettierEsther Inglis-Arkell15Not all gemstones are of the same quality. While some rubies are clear and beautiful, others are dull, filled with…