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Insects have long been objects of fascination in classical literature, children’s nursery rhymes, and in the culture at large. Hugh Raffles’ interest in insects stemmed from his work in the Amazon, […]
Scientists in the Philippines say they have discovered a new species of giant lizards with bright yellow, blue, and green skin, that lives in the forests and survives on a fruit-only diet.
Researchers have found three new species that apparently spend their entire lives in the oxygen-starved sediment at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea.
Physicists have developed the smallest electrically pumped laser ever, with a beam that is 30 micrometers long, eight micrometers high, and has a wavelength of 200 micrometers.
“Contrary to expectations and lamentations, widespread piracy does not kill commercial filmmaking,” writes Kevin Kelly. “Existence proof: the largest movie industries on the planet.”
Eating more fruits and vegetables appears to do little to reduce the incidence of cancer — despite decades of exhortations from the World Health Organization that people do so.
Noting Sarah Palin’s meandering phraseology, John McWhorter wonders why mindless speaking no longer prevents someone from becoming a major public influencer.
Robert Wright believes Tiger Woods’ sexual behavior represents a threat to the moral sanction that is vital to the institution of monogamous marriage.
Faced with climate change, some birds are changing their migration schedules and staying closer to home — and in the future they might stop migrating altogether.
WikiLeaks.org has released graphic video of a U.S. military attack in Baghdad on July 12, 2007 in which twelve people were killed, including a Reuters photographer, Namir Noor-Eldeen, and driver, […]
A study says that the lives of 900 American babies — as well as $13 billion — could be saved each year if their mothers simply continued to breastfeed them through their first six months of life.
An amber deposit found in Ethiopia includes the fossilized remains of Cretaceous era ants, spiders, wasps, and bacteria, and is providing new information about how those species lived.
Research suggests that a gigantic network of offshore wind power stations along the Eastern seaboard could potentially provide energy to a large swath of the U.S. without much threat of outages.
The burgeoning field of animal personality research seeks to figure out why individual members of a species are so unique — and why they remain so through their entire lives.
Glen Whitman writes that economic interventions by policymakers to address anomalies in human behavior “create a serious risk of slippery slopes toward ever more intrusive paternalism.”
Yassin Musharbash writes that banning women from wearing burqas won’t solve the underlying problems of Muslim immigration and integration that plague Western societies.