Turns Out Cats Are Not Curious. They Just Like Being Right.
A study reveals that cats react more strongly to expected outcomes than surprising ones, which is the opposite of dogs, apes and infants.
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Rocky, Gaseous, Gaseous, Rocky. The Universe Skipped Astronomy 101.
A star 116 light-years away built its planets in an order that shouldn't exist. What happened out there at the edge?
Inside Petra's Treasury, a Tomb. Indiana Jones Missed These Bones.
A sealed tomb beneath Petra’s most studied monument waited untouched and intact. Even the most explored sites can still hide entire worlds right under our feet.
To Catch a Liar, Stop Looking at Them
Your brain treats a lying face like a puzzle it can't put down, and that's exactly the problem. The real tells aren't where you're looking.
The End of the Universe
Astronomers say we've been misreading dark energy; the cosmological constant is negative. Not good news for the universe.
Fermented Clean-up Crew Clears Microplastics. Thanks, Kimchi.
Something in a fermented staple of Korean cuisine can grip nanoplastic particles inside the gut and carry them out, even where other probiotics completely lose their hold.
Fight Clubs of the Cosmos
Too massive to originate from a single collapsing star, the biggest black holes form from a series of clashes of smaller black holes.
The NSA Tracked Objects That Scrambled Entire Fighter Squadrons. The Files Are Finally Out. Parts of Them.
Sixty-year-old government records. The mundane ones got declassified. The ones describing things that defied explanation are still redacted.
Africa Files for Separation, Cites Irreconcilable Tectonic Differences
The crust under East Africa has been stretching thin for four million years. A new ocean is already in the works.
Climate Didn't Kill the Neanderthals. Loneliness Did.
They survived dozens of ice ages. Viable habitat wasn't the problem. What killed Neanderthals was the slow collapse of social connections.
Corkscrew Wounds on Baby Seals: The Real Killer Has Been Caught
For 40 years gray seal pups have been found dead with gruesome wounds attributed to sharks or boat propellers. The cannibal killer is on the beach, fasting between victims.
Your Brain Washes Itself As You Walk. Scientists Figured Out the Plumbing.
Every time you contract your core, a hydraulic chain reaction physically moves your skull's contents.
Glowing Galaxy So Primitive, It's Still Big Bang Gas
LAP1-B glows with radiation no known star produces. Powerful evidence points to first generation Population III stars.
A Sea Urchin Passes Her Babies Something She Stole
Eggs packed with stolen plant machinery produce urchin larvae that travel farther. How mom pulls off the theft remains a mystery.
A Hot-Pink Insect in a Green Rainforest Is a Calendar
The katydid isn't the wrong color. The leaf isn't green yet.
Lab Bees Would Rather Play Ball Than Eat
One bee rolled a wooden ball 117 times. No reward, no food, no function. Young bees played more than old ones.
Dead Stars Have Been Snowing on Antarctica for 80,000 Years
Iron-60 doesn't form on Earth. So why is it showing up in 80,000-year-old Antarctic ice — and what dead star left it there?
Your Heart Beats Back Cancer
The heart's constant mechanical pressure suppresses tumor growth. The protein behind it could reshape how we approach cancer treatment.