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There's a lot that biology can teach us about the financial markets
During a half-hour interval on May 6, 2010, stock prices for some of the largest companies in the world dropped precipitously, some to just pennies a share. Then, just as suddenly and inexplicably,...
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A man who has been stung more than 1,000 times reveals the one bug you really...
After being stung by a wasp or two, most of us learn that we'd rather avoid creatures that can cause us a good amount of pain simply by plunging a spike on their abdomen into our skin.Not Justin...
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6 ways America's national parks have dramatically shaped the history of science
Today, on August 25, 2016, the U.S. National Park Service is celebrating its 100th birthday.From the founding of the first park — Yellowstone— to today, the park service has protected and preserved...
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These are the worst stings in the world, according to a guy who's experienced...
Early in his career, Justin Schmidt realized he had a problem.Schmidt, a budding entomologist, and his zoologist wife had just returned to the University of Georgia from a trip around the...
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Researchers think they've found a great white shark nursery right off the...
There are few places in the world where it's possible to find a baby great white shark.We've known that nurseries for these mysterious and far-swimming creatures can be found off the coasts of South...
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Forget what you thought you knew — there are actually 4 species of giraffes
Not all giraffes are the same species, it turns out. Based on a new study published Thursday in the journal Current Biology, researchers concluded that giraffes belong to four species, rather than just...
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Scientists found that dolphins have conversations like people
For the first time, researchers have recorded two Black Sea bottlenose dolphins having a 'conversation' with each other, and their communication appears to be far more sophisticated than we...
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Here's why we forget things, no matter how hard we try not to
The brain, with its 100 billion neurons, allows us to do amazing things like learn multiple languages, or build things that send people into outer space. Yet despite this astonishing capacity, we...
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This is the most important difference between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals
The key difference between human beings and Neanderthals is how we consume and expend energy. It goes a long way toward explaining why we survived to the modern era while our — literal— kissing cousins...
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Elephants can detect how dangerous people are by the sounds of their voices
When we talk about smart animals, we tend to give credit to a few creatures: chatty dolphins, long-remembering elephants, tool-using apes, and puzzle-solving crows, to name a few.But do we really...
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Babies can see and hear a lot more inside the womb than you might suspect
When my wife became pregnant with our first child, we could barely contain our joy.Then we panicked.To vanquish our ignorance, we both started reading immediately and obsessively on the latest science...
View ArticleA relationship expert reveals the best ways to get over someone
Helen Fisher, biological anthropologist and author of "Anatomy of Love," says heartbreak has physiological effects on our minds and bodies. There's a scientific reason it hurts so much.Follow TI: On...
View ArticleThis tragic disease killed at least 20 million people 100 years ago — and...
It's estimated that Influenza — the common flu — was the cause of death in 30 to 50 million people in 1918 and 1919. It was the second deadliest pandemic in history, just behind the Black Plague.We...
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Bed bugs are evolving before our eyes
If you live in a big city like New York, you're probably familiar — a little too familiar, perhaps — with bed bugs.As their name suggests, they start by infesting the places we sleep.Within weeks, the...
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Humans have a terrible reputation for killing each another — and new research...
Humans may have a bad reputation for being warmongering and violent, but when it comes to killing each other, meerkats actually have us beat.According to new research from Spain's Higher Council for...
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Why you shouldn't take painkillers after working out
You know that after pushing yourself hard your body is going to be sore.That might be middle-of-the-road, pretty-good sore if you've just played an unexpectedly intense game of pick-up soccer, or it...
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Researchers think there's a link between yawning and brain size
While every STAT story aims to stimulate your cortex, if this one falls short and makes you yawn, you can thank us anyway — at least if a study published Tuesday is right.If you have a big brain, you...
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Some researchers think there's a limit to how long humans can live
For thousands of years, throughout recorded history, people have searched for a way to live longer.And we've made remarkable strides, especially in the past century and a half or so. But we may now be...
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How your gut bacteria affect your sleep, stress levels, and mood
Our gut does more than help us digest food; the bacteria that call our intestines home have been implicated in everything from our mental health and sleep, to weight gain and cravings for certain...
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'Facial-profiling' could be dangerously inaccurate and biased, experts warn
Israeli startup Faception made headlines this year by claiming it could predict how likely people are to be terrorists, pedophiles, and more by analyzing faces with deep learning.It's an unsettling...
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