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Human attraction is weird and confusing—and it’s about way more than looks
Science

Human attraction is weird and confusing—and it’s about way more than looks

Looks matter, but so do sounds and smells.

These scientists made 2,879 tiny clay caterpillars and hid them all over the world
Animals

These scientists made 2,879 tiny clay caterpillars and hid them all over the world

It's a bug-eat-bug world

Scientists tracked chickens and found they have their own daily routines, just like us
Agriculture

Scientists tracked chickens and found they have their own daily routines, just like us

Understanding these patterns could help make farmed hens healthier and happier

Exclusive: House Science Committee members just sent a letter to President Trump insisting he stop relying on fake news
Science

Exclusive: House Science Committee members just sent a letter to President Trump insisting he stop relying on fake news

Bring back scientific decision making

parrot
Evolution

Hopping parrotlets could teach robots how to fly

And help us learn about dinosaurs, too

Some orangutans breastfeed their babies for over eight years
Animals

Some orangutans breastfeed their babies for over eight years

The truth is in their teeth

Here’s all the new stuff Google announced at its I/O 2017 conference
Technology

Here’s all the new stuff Google announced at its I/O 2017 conference

Live (from our desks) coverage of Google's big developer's conference

Tyrannosaurus rex had a bone-crushing bite with a force of 8,000 pounds
Dinosaurs

Tyrannosaurus rex had a bone-crushing bite with a force of 8,000 pounds

431,342 pounds per square inch

Trees might actually make summer air pollution even worse
Pollution

Trees might actually make summer air pollution even worse

Talk about treeson

WannaCry Screenshot
Security

5 things we learned from WanaCryptor, the biggest ransomware attack in internet history

How do we stop this from happening again?

It’s easier than ever to die of a caffeine overdose
Heart Disease

It’s easier than ever to die of a caffeine overdose

Just stick to coffee

The Waymo-Lyft alliance could shift the competition for a robotic taxi service into high gear
Technology

The Waymo-Lyft alliance could shift the competition for a robotic taxi service into high gear

A science fiction fantasy of driverless cabs feels closer

How the first broad-spectrum antibiotic emerged from the Missouri dirt
Medicine

How the first broad-spectrum antibiotic emerged from the Missouri dirt

Excerpt: Miracle Cure

3D printed ovaries
Health

New 3D printed “ovaries” enabled mice to give birth to live young

The ovary substitutes may one day help treat infertility in humans

New Zealand’s yellow-eyed penguin is waddling towards extinction
Birds

New Zealand’s yellow-eyed penguin is waddling towards extinction

Humans are likely to blame

What to do if you get caught in an avalanche
Weather

What to do if you get caught in an avalanche

We asked the experts

How plagues help scientists puzzle out the past
Archaeology

How plagues help scientists puzzle out the past

Excerpt: Built on Bones

This remote island in the South Pacific is covered in 18 tons of our trash
Pollution

This remote island in the South Pacific is covered in 18 tons of our trash

Paradise lost

Americans keep buying veggies and then throwing them away
Nutrition

Americans keep buying veggies and then throwing them away

Healthy foods are the ones we’re most likely to trash

We may be closer to predicting the extreme rain events of the future
Climate Change

We may be closer to predicting the extreme rain events of the future

Why some places flood while others stay dry