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Psychologist Reveals The Meaning Of 10 Common Dreams
Many psychologists have given up trying to interpret dreams, but we talked to one who hasn't. Psychologist Ian Wallace has interpreted over 150,000 dreams during his 30 years of practice. "Most people...
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Why Heavy Raindrops Don't Crush Tiny Mosquitoes
New research published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals how mosquitoes are able to survive heavy rainfall, even though a single water droplet can weigh up to 50...
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In The Arctic Ocean, Scientists Find The Equivalent Of A Rainforest In The...
Last summer, scientists found a massive under-ice phytoplankton bloom in the Arctic ocean. The discovery was shocking for two reasons. First, a bloom of that size had never been seen anywhere on...
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Introducing The Next Generation Of Genetically-Engineered Animals
It’s been almost 16 years since Dolly the cloned sheep was born. As she fades from our cultural memory, here’s a look at 11 up-and-coming (and often controversial) genetically engineered animals that...
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You Can Thank A Meteorite For The Red Color Of Tomatoes
More than 60 million years ago, a meteorite slammed into Earth, wiping out the dinosaurs, and, on a less morbid note, giving tomatoes their distinct red color. According new research published in...
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AMAZING: Ten-Year-Old Girl Gets New Veins From Her Own Stem Cells
Swedish doctors have replaced a major blood vessel in the body of a 10-year-old girl with one grown with her own stem cells, James Gallagher of BBC News reports. A study published in The Lancet...
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Here's What Really Happens To The 20,000 Bodies Donated To Science Each Year...
Mary Roach wanted to know what happened to bodies once they were donated to science. In her research, she found a 2,000 year history of cadavers and all they've accomplished for society. The result is...
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English Woman Can See 99 Million More Colors Than Everyone Else
After 20 years, a British scientist found a woman who can see 99 million more colors than the average human. Most people can see one million colors, Discover Magazine reports. But neuroscientist...
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Go Inside The World's First Lab That Turns DNA Into Custom Art
DNA 11, a company that turns your actual DNA sample into personalized artwork, started in 2005 as a creative endeavor. The concept melded founders' Nazim Ahmed and Adrian Salamunovic's love for...
View ArticleBird Flu Is Only Five Mutations Away From Spreading From Human-To-Human
There is always talk about the potential of an outbreak of bird flu in humans, but a new study in the journal Science says the risk of a pandemic is a "serious threat." The research team lead by...
View ArticleThe World's Last Pinta Giant Tortoise Has Died
Lonesome George, a giant tortoise on the Galapagos islands believed to be the last of the Pinta Island giant tortoise subspecies, has died. Scientists estimate he was around 100 years old, which isn't...
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10 Parasites That Do Horrifying Things To People And Animals
From crustaceans that take the place of tongues to fungi that turn bugs into giant mushrooms, the parasites on this list are both disgusting and dangerous. While not every creepy crawler affects...
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TED Gives A Really Simple Explanation Of How Pain Relievers Work
Everyone feels pain. But thanks to modern medicine, we can be relieved, at least temporarily, from aches, burns and other sources of discomfort. George Zaidan explains how common pain relievers...
View ArticleOpossums Are Practically Indestructible
One man’s roadkill is another’s marsupial muse. In a multi-part blog post he’s calling his "opossum opus," Jason Bittel, of the blog Bittel Me This, describes in detail why he "geeks out" about...
View ArticleResearcher Tells Us Why You Should Feel Bad For This Clam 'Eating' Salt
This YouTube video of a clam "eating" salt is making the rounds on the Internet today, but we here at Business Insider wanted to know more, so we asked some researchers to take a look and let us know...
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A Cuttlefish's Childhood Home Determines Where They Settle Down
The childhood home of a young cuttlefish (a sea animal related to the octopus) can give them an advantage later in life, new research suggests. If the soft sea creatures grow up in a more complex...
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Here's Your Chance To See Dinosaur Porn
Though dinosaurs are hundreds of times the size of birds, their sex lives may not have been that different from their modern-day descendants, scientists with dinosaur sex on the brain suggest. While...
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Drunken Hooligans Destroy Irreplaceable Dinosaur Fossils
Whether it was malicious intent or drunken tomfoolery doesn't matter much to Phillip Bell, a graduate student at the University of Alberta in Canada. His precious, irreplaceable duck-billed hadrosaur...
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This Natural Phenomenon Saved Florida From Doom During The BP Oil Spill
Florida might have been saved by the wind. At the time of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the spring of 2010, computer models predicted that the 200 million gallons of crude oil pouring out of the...
View ArticleWATCH: Giant Bull Shark Scares The Crap Out Of Woman Fishing In River
A YouTube user named Sarah Brame uploaded this little video of her fishing yesterday. See it below for a surprise shark and some NSFW language. We asked some researchers their thoughts. "Yes, there...
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