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25 animals that scientists want to bring back from extinction
Over the millennia, animals have gone extinct on Earth for many different reasons. Sometimes it's because of a dramatic shift in the climate. Other times it was because of human intervention. Advances...
View Article8 scary facts about a world with 11 billion people
As the human lifespan grows longer, the Earth becomes more crowded. Worst case scenario estimates that as many as 11 billion people could be alive by 2100. Here's what that reality could look...
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A brand-new species called the hermit crab caterpillar makes its own armor...
A caterpillar recently discovered in Peru behaves unlike any other known caterpillar. The critter was spotted by Dr. Joe Hanson, the creator and host of the YouTube channel "It's OK to be Smart."...
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Giant, wolf-sized otters used to roam around in China
Otters are one of the best animals on Earth. They're playful creatures that climb and slide down hills and wrestle with each other, they float on their backs and hold paws, and they use stones to bash...
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5,300-year-old Ötzi the Iceman probably ate prehistoric bacon
The remains of a mummified Copper Age man were discovered in a glacier in the Ötztal Alps in 1991 by two German hikers. Scientists named him Ötzi the Iceman because he was so well preserved in the ice,...
View ArticleScientists just made a breakthrough by creating the first human-pig embryo...
After years of trial and error, scientists have finally done something incredible: They have successfully grown human stem cells in a pig embryo. Why would anyone do this?Turns out, many scientists...
View ArticleHow a 'sex schedule' could save your relationship
Dr. Bat Sheva Marcus, the sexual dysfunction specialist and clinical director of The Medical Center For Female Sexuality, explains that a "sex schedule" is good for your relationship, and most happy...
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A Chicago zoo has euthanized Granddad, the world's oldest captive fish, at...
On Sunday the team at Shedd Aquarium in Chicago had a tough decision to make.Granddad the lungfish, who had lived at the aquarium since 1933 and was the oldest captive fish in the world, was in a state...
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Your spit tells a powerful tale about the history of US immigration
Genetic data collected from roughly 770,000 tubes of spit are helping researchers get a better idea of the migration patterns that took place once immigrants moved to North America. Published Tuesday...
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Over 700 species could disappear because their homes are being destroyed by...
More than 700 mammals and birds currently threatened with extinction already appear to have been adversely affected by climate change, according to a major review of scientific studies.Primates and...
View ArticleA new study reveals that dogs have the sophisticated sense to know when...
Your dog is more sophisticated than you think. A study from Journal of Neuroscience & Behavioral Reviews shows that dogs have an innate moral core, which require an ethical sense of right and...
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This is what happens inside your body when you flex your fingers
Hold your hand in front of you, palm up and fingers splayed.Now bend your fingers at their first joint past the knuckles. Your hand should look a bit like a spider on its back, curling up its legs —...
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Scientists who want to bring back the giant woolly mammoth say it could be...
A team of scientists from Harvard has said it might soon be able to create a hybrid elephant and woolly mammoth by combining the two animals' DNA using the gene-editing technology Crispr.At the...
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A US panel has endorsed limited genetic modification of humans — here's what...
Sometime not necessarily too far from now, the first humans whose DNA has been intentionally edited by scientists could very likely be born.The technologies that make that theoretically possible have...
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Strange life has been found trapped inside these giant cave crystals
Strange microbes have been found inside the massive, subterranean crystals of Mexico's Naica Mine, and researchers suspect they've been living there for up to 50,000 years.The ancient creatures appear...
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10 reasons why the octopus is one of the most incredible creatures in the sea
Octopuses are some of the most alien-looking creatures on the planet. With eight arms, over 1,000 suckers, and three hearts, they are unlike any other animal you could ever hope to meet.What's more,...
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This is what it looks like as a woman's organs shift inside her during pregnancy
During the approximately 40 weeks of pregnancy, a woman's body undergoes some significant changes.As the fetus grows, it occupies more and more space inside the mother. This is the cause of the obvious...
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Genetically engineered bacteria could help wipe out deadly mosquitos
A pair of bacterial genes may enable genetic engineering strategies for curbing populations of virus-transmitting mosquitoes.Bacteria that make the insects effectively sterile have been used to reduce...
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A new fossil shows ancient penguins were as tall as people for 30 million years
The evolution of penguins is a bit of a puzzle for scientists. Did their ancestors fly or were they always confined to land and sea?More importantly, were they always the size they are now?Scientists...
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The Gates Foundation has picked up the search for a male birth control pill
Somewhere in Martin Matzuk’s collection of two billion chemicals, he hopes, is one that might safely make a man temporarily sterile—the elusive “male pill.”Right now, male contraception means a condom...
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