Charles Choi's posts

Researchers looking for a novel strategy to fight pancreatic cancer say that radioactive bacteria can attack and…

Snakes. In the ancient Maya ruins where I'm working at with archaeologists, the creatures we fear most are probably…

All around the world, cities are spreading out into the surrounding land — but nature is unexpectedly asserting…

Eyes move constantly when we think, when it might make more sense to look straight at whatever we are looking at.…

Why fire a cannon at a model of an Israeli shipwreck? For science, naturally!

Were the Selk'nam the Sumos of South America? Bones of an extinct people of Tierra del Fuego, "the Land of Fire,"…

Both mice and men can find vasectomies a pain. That's what grimaces on the faces of the rodents suggest, thanks to…

Teachers who make classes stop chewing gum might be right — it can mess with your mind, research suggests. As it…

People have been punching holes in each other's skulls, for medicinal purposes or magic, since at least the middle…

The Javan rhino is incredibly rare and endangered — and now we hope they'll get safeguarded better than ever,…

Everybody hates atheists. One recent study found that atheists are trusted about as much as rapists — or maybe even…

This cool video, showing the anatomy of a small aquatic beetle called Dryops from the inside, won the Best Film…

For the latest installment of the Avengers vs. X-Men saga, its writer Jason Aaron has a commentary track on Comic…

The way in which disorderly systems like glasses freeze could shed light on one of the greatest enigmas in…

The idea that men and women see the world in different ways may be physically true... at least a little bit. It…

Does God exist or not? That question may never be answered to everyone's satisfaction — but the question of why…

You might think a stomach that lights up would be a liability when you're trying to avoid getting eaten — but the…

The asteroid-mining venture recently unveiled by James Cameron, Google executives and others sounds like it comes…

Bats can scare people — apparently enough to inspire Bruce Wayne to dress up as one to fight crime. And now,…

Knife-wielding robots are increasingly getting unleashed on prostates, a discovery likely to make men everywhere…