The Windshield Phenomenon: Why You See Fewer Bugs Splattering Cars Today
You may be grateful that your car's windshield is cleaner than it used to be, but the lack of bugs on the road isn't something to celebrate.
You may be grateful that your car's windshield is cleaner than it used to be, but the lack of bugs on the road isn't something to celebrate.
While I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for the dead to rise from their graves, there are still plenty of zombies roaming the Earth.
It’s time to put down the phone and look away from Instagram: Researchers found that people who look at pictures of food are less likely to enjoy the next meal they eat.
Most of the zombies you see on television and in movies moan and groan, and pull and tear, and lumber and shuffle, and remain highly focused on finding braiiinns to eat. But why do zombies act the way they do? They suffer from Consciousness Deficit Hypoac
Fans of '90s alternative music may recall King Missile's big single, "Detachable Penis." While the song may have been silly, it turns out than in the animal world, the idea isn't all that bizarre—at least not to the sea slug Chromodoris reticulata.
It's warm, sunny, and nearly spring. Giant piles of nasty, filthy snow are still lining your streets. What gives?
New video evidence shows that orcas are capable of hunting and killing blue whales—the largest animals on Earth.
The most metal of all weather events occurred in 2020, when a lightning bolt lit up the sky for nearly 500 miles.
If you're worried that a bat is looking to swoop down at any given moment and suck down a few pints of your precious blood, we've got really great news for you.
Tea really does taste better when it's made with a kettle instead of a microwave. Here's the science behind the phenomenon.
How much do you know about the blue marble we call home? From how our planet formed to just how many species there are, here are 100 things you need to know about Earth.
Learning how to stop a ring from turning your finger green is easy. So is understanding why it happens in the first place.
In the final bonus episode of The Quest for the North Pole, we travel to far northwestern Greenland to see the changing Arctic firsthand. Along the way, we'll see amazing wildlife, get frostbite, and realize how lucky we are not to be man-hauling thousand
From really expensive NFTs to newly discovered shipwrecks to the latest developments in the world of K-Pop, here are a few things we learned in 2021.
Where do camels store water? The humps may be the most obvious answer—but that doesn’t mean it’s correct.
Found 200 feet below ground in Australia, 'Eumillipes persephone' has 1306 legs to scamper around with.
The method involves falling asleep only fleetingly, at which point your brain might be better prepared to tackle a creative problem. (Like a surrealist painting.)
Chimpanzees share about 98 percent of their genes with humans, but you wouldn't want to invite this side of the family over for dinner.
Measuring nearly a foot wide and weighing more than a third of a pound, the Goliath bird-eating spider is the largest spider in the world.
The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam has found a preliminary sketch of 'The Night Watch' the painter drew directly onto the canvas, giving us new insight into his creative process.
Orangutans spend 95 percent of their lives in trees, and that's only one of these ginger-haired apes' unusual traits.