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This cat-poop parasite can change your brain, but it probably won’t make you an entrepreneur
Cats

This cat-poop parasite can change your brain, but it probably won’t make you an entrepreneur

Let's all say it together: correlations are not causations!

Millions of Americans are sleep-deprived, but stressing over it won’t help.
Health

Millions of Americans are sleep-deprived, but stressing over it won’t help.

Even if you don’t get enough shut-eye, most fixes are easy

Cuba’s pristine reefs are ideal for spotting great hammerhead sharks
Sharks

Cuba’s pristine reefs are ideal for spotting great hammerhead sharks

Relatively little research has been done in the country's waters.

CRISPR
Gene Editing

Americans have some really mixed feelings about editing human embryos

Curing diseases is mostly fine, but increasing intelligence? That's another story.

How to erase your embarrassing old Facebook and Twitter posts
Tech Hacks

How to erase your embarrassing old Facebook and Twitter posts

In one fell swoop.

This bacteria could boost solar panels on cloudy days
Renewables

This bacteria could boost solar panels on cloudy days

Researchers are using bacteria to give solar an energy boost.

Hurricanes may have made these lizards better huggers
Evolution

Hurricanes may have made these lizards better huggers

Long forelimbs and short hind limbs, combined with big toe pads, may better suit the lizards for surviving hurricanes.

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The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

The weirdest things we learned this week: Curing syphilis with malaria, ejecting bears from planes, and discovering new beer yeasts

Our editors scrounged up some truly bizarre facts.

These animals will self-amputate arms, legs, and even sex organs to survive
Wildlife

These animals will self-amputate arms, legs, and even sex organs to survive

And for other weird reasons, too.

Nikon Mirrorless Camera
Gear

Nikon is officially working on a full-frame mirrorless camera with a new lens mount

One of the world's biggest camera makers is crafting a whole new camera system.

lizard head fossil field museum
Science

To understand fossils, scientists are baking their own

How to condense a 10,000 year cooking time into 24 hours.

Why can’t I use my dog’s tick prevention medicine?
Ask Us Anything

Why can’t I use my dog’s tick prevention medicine?

The treatment isn't toxic to us, but it still wouldn't work very well.

A female Ebola survivor infected her family more than a year after she had the illness
Vaccines

A female Ebola survivor infected her family more than a year after she had the illness

A case study in how viruses are sneakier than we sometimes think.

a blue shark
Sharks

This map shows where commercial fishing boats and sharks butt heads

An interactive chart shows the journeys of open-ocean sharks, and where they could run into trouble.

Mark the Shark Quartiano
Sharks

The U.S. protects alpha predators, but its most famous shark hunter isn’t out of business yet

Sportsmen like Mark the Shark adjust to the era of catch-and-release deep-sea fishing.

Why do paper cuts hurt so much?
Health

Why do paper cuts hurt so much?

The injury itself is minor, but the resulting pain and emotional response are not.

Dr. Seuss might have written the Lorax after seeing these creatures in Kenya
Animals

Dr. Seuss might have written the Lorax after seeing these creatures in Kenya

Seeing these mustachioed monkeys during an episode of writer’s block gave Theodor Seuss Geisel the inspiration he needed to write his memorable ecological fable.

Evidence of life on Jupiter’s moon Europa could be just inches below the surface
Moons

Evidence of life on Jupiter’s moon Europa could be just inches below the surface

Researchers might not have to dig as deep as they thought to find proof of biological activity.

Electric race cars will finally get through a race without recharging
Electric Vehicles

Electric race cars will finally get through a race without recharging

A power boost for Formula E.

bald eagle
Endangered Species

Here are 10 plants and animals that might have gone extinct without the Endangered Species Act

The administration has proposed changes to the popular law.