Dec 16 2015Save12/16/15The Most Overhyped Scientific Discoveries of 2015Maddie Stone35Save2015 was an amazing year for science, but it was also a year for some amazingly overhyped science.
May 27 2013Save5/27/13Scientists Revive 400 Year-Old Frozen PlantsJoseph Bennington-Castro118SaveFrozen mosses that were buried under glaciers 400 years ago have now been regrown. Surprisingly, the hardy…
Sep 9 2012SaveClimate change9/9/12Climate change9/9/12Arctic archaeological sites are now falling into the seaAlasdair Wilkins13SaveClimate change likely means problems for our future, but it's also capable of doing damage to the past. A…
Jan 30 2012Save1/30/12Volcanoes caused a "little ice age" in Europe 500 years ago, say scientistsAlasdair Wilkins28SaveFrom 1550 to 1850, Earth mysteriously got colder. Communities from Greenland to the Alps were swallowed up by…
Jun 20 2011SaveClimate change6/20/11Climate change6/20/11What happened the last time the icecaps melted?Alasdair Wilkins90SaveThe fact that sea levels are rising probably won't come as a huge surprise. But we now have some much-needed…
Jun 16 2011SaveClimate change6/16/11Climate change6/16/11No, the Sun is not about to plunge us into a new Ice AgeAlasdair Wilkins83SaveThe Sun has been unusually quiet lately, with the solar wind the slowest it's been in 50 years and the sunspot cycle…