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I’d nearly missed it, as it lay half-swallowed by a storm drain, but the familiar shade of cornflower blue was…

For every professional musician, athlete, or chef, there are hundreds if not thousands of schmucks still playing…

Science doesn’t give answers. Instead, it’s a tool that humans have created to make meaningful conclusions from…

Cocaine, as they say, is a hell of a drug. It affects three of the neurotransmitters in our brains that make us feel…

Feeling drained? According to a new study, a vampire bat species that typically feeds on native birds has turned to…

Stradivarius stringed instruments—the finely constructed, highly sought after multi-million dollar wood boxes*…

If you’re currently single, falling in love with an inanimate object might seem like the obvious solution. Whether…

Scientists have been working on materials that change shape for a while now. But as New Scientist points out, these…

Activity monitors are supposed to help us reach our fitness goals, but when it comes to staying motivated, you might…

One might think that caring for a robot baby—one that cries and sleeps like a regular human baby—might discourage…

Did you know that beaked whales are a thing, and that they’re more than just giant, weird-looking dolphin clones?

Wonder Bread is already semi-miraculous: It’s impossibly soft, sweet, and shelf-stable. But unlocking the true…

What do you think you’re doing? Why didn’t you use a turn signal? You’re getting the finger now, asshole. Hey, wait,…

Some combinations of notes inherently sound better than others, right? It’s why the bread and butter of pop music,…

Jet lag is objectively terrible. It grants no immunity and bends to no form of treatment, unless “consuming an…

Turns out brown bears are trash monsters whose habit of noshing on garbage leads them to develop a more sedentary…

In an effort to learn more about the dreaded disease, the National Institutes of Health is funding a study in which…

There’s a common refrain among people of a certain age: “Wow, I’m really glad I wasn’t a teenager in the age of…

Fruit flies have enormous sperm. This is a well known fact in the scientific community—so well known, in fact, that…

People are putting butter in their coffee. And hey, if you're just craving a new flavor experience, more power to…