Beyond Sweet, Salty, Bitter, And Sour: The Human Tongue Might Taste More Than...
If you remember the science you learned in elementary school, you might recall that our tongue can perceive four distinct tastes: sweet, salty, bitter, and sour.But you may have also learned that Pluto...
View ArticleDEBUNKED: 7 Common Myths About The Brain
Everyone who has a brain seems to like talking about brains, but there's a lot of misinformation floating around. In their latest ASAP Science video, Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown list seven of the...
View ArticleWhy Birds Fly In A V-Formation
BI Answers: Why do birds fly in a V?Scientists have long held that birds fly in a V-formation to save energy. But it was only recently revealed how and why birds benefit from this trick.Migratory birds...
View ArticleStrange Deep-Sea Octopus Guards Eggs Without Eating For An Astonishing 4.5 Years
A real-life "Octomom" off the coast of California has been declared a champion of parenting — and patience — in the animal world.After the deep-sea creature laid a clutch of eggs, she protected her...
View Article'Killer Sperm' Keeps Worms From Breeding With Other Species
Every so often, animals looking for love will color outside the lines, taking a mate that doesn't exactly share their own genetic code. Such inter-species pairings can produce some pretty cool animal...
View ArticleExtreme Microbes Live In Water Droplets In A Lake Of Asphalt
Extremely tiny newfound habitats hidden within oil could expand the potential for life in the universe, researchers say.Scientists have discovered microbes living in microscopic droplets of water...
View ArticleStudies Of Twins Separated At Birth Highlight The Strange Influence Of Our Genes
Jim Lewis and Jim Springer were identical twins raised apart from the age of 4 weeks.When the twins were finally reunited at the age of 39 in 1979, they discovered they both suffered from tension...
View ArticleLions Fight Crocodile Over Dead Elephant
While vacationing in Kenya with his family, Kai Banks witnessed something unusual: Three lions fighting with a giant crocodile."We knew it was something special when our guide's mouth dropped open as...
View ArticleChilling Video Shows Gorgeous Bird Stalk, Nab, And Swallow A Gopher Whole
Birds are dinosaurs. Predatory dinosaurs — or the direct descendants of them anyway.Want more evidence? You could read what the Museum of Natural History has to say, or you could watch this blue heron...
View ArticleGiant Eyes And Hooked Tentacles: Meet The Colossal Squid
New Zealand scientists at Te Papa museum dissected an almost 800-pound colossal squid on Sept. 16. This was the second of these giants ever to be found intact. Both were dragged out of the Ross Sea,...
View ArticleHow A Doctor's Chance Appointment With A Hairy Woman Led To The Discovery of...
Guinter Kahn, who died last week at the age of 80, is not a household name. But his invention Rogaine sure is.For decades, the brand has been synonymous with the restoration of virility and youth, or...
View ArticleIcelandic Commission Confirms That Video Of Mythical Sea Monster...
In 2012, a shaky video made it from the shores of an Icelandic lake to the international media, and now the majority of a 13-person panel says it shows a mythical sea monster. The panel’s motives have...
View ArticleThis Cat Got A Life-Saving Blood Transfusion — From A Dog
A Florida cat managed to hang onto one of his nine lives after receiving a life-saving blood transfusion from an unlikely donor — a dog.Buttercup was admitted to Marathon Veterinary Hospital in...
View ArticleThousands Of Mysterious Green Balls Appear On A Beach In Australia — And...
The strange, squishy little balls apparently form when seaweed is knocked off rocks and into the ocean.This video originally appeared on Slate Video. Watch More: slate.com/videoJim Festante is an...
View ArticleCaptive Killer Whales Can Learn New Languages — Including 'Dolphin'
Although many species communicate acoustically, the vast majority of animals use a genetically innate repertoire of sounds to exchange information. But some species, including humans, are capable of...
View ArticleThis Adorable Primate Pretends To Be A Scary Snake To Stay Safe
What’s slow, fuzzy, and deadly like a cobra? The slow loris, of course! Researchers are arguing that these endangered Asian primates evolved to mimic venomous snakes.An article published in the Journal...
View ArticleIt Turns Out The Odds Of Being Born A Boy Or A Girl Are Not Even
Most parents-to-be assume that the sex of their child comes down to a flip of the chromosomal coin with an equal chance of having a boy or a girl. But in reality — the odds are not even. Created by...
View ArticleThese Award-Winning Photographs Show Life 'At Home' On Earth
Every year, the Society of Biology holds two competitions for amateur photographers, one for those over the age of 18 and one for those under. Each year, the impressive photographs and photographers...
View ArticleLife Found Inside Rocks On The Deep Ocean Floor
Researchers have discovered a previously-unrecognized biological sink for a potent greenhouse gas: methane-breathing microbes living within rocky mounds on the seafloor. By using methane for...
View Article7 Coming Technologies That Will Radically Transform Sex
Sex has been getting an assist from technology ever since the first condom was invented some hundreds of years ago.But until recently, the role of electronics in our erotic lives has been relatively...
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