SCIENCE

The Great Squirrel Migration of 1968

Never heard of it? Read on.

NOAA OKEANOS EXPLORER Program, Gulf of Mexico 2014 Expedition via Flickr Creative Commons // CC BY 2.0

Cephalopods Evolve Differently From the Rest of Us, Study Finds

Experts say octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish have been using “an alternative engine” for evolution.

French Scientists Are Paying Men $17,000 to Lie in Bed for Two Months

The experiment is meant to mimic the experience of being weightless in space.

Look Up! Jupiter Is Close, Bright, and Showing Its Stripes

Get your telescope: You’re going to see some magical things.

The Poop of Young Fish Can Help Older Ones Live Longer

The microbiome of youth could have anti-aging properties when transplanted into older individuals.

Great Apes Understand When Humans Are Wrong

And they want to help.

Scientists Create a Wheel of Old Book Smells

Subjects in an experiment on old books described aromas like chocolate, coffee, wood, and, in some cases, mothballs and fish.

Babies in the UK, Canada, Italy, and the Netherlands Cry More

Of the 8700 babies in eight industrialized countries studied, those in Germany, Denmark, and Japan cried least. American babies were in the middle.

Scientists Say They've Identified a Gene Linked to Anorexia

This gene may give scientists a new tool to understand the eating disorder—and steps toward potential new treatment.

How the Ancient Greeks Did Math With Letters, Not Numbers

They were incredibly talented mathematicians—but they rarely used numbers in their math.

Gernot Keller via Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 2.5

Did Medieval Brits Worry About a Zombie Uprising?

Archaeologists say the discovery of mutilated human remains could be evidence of “attempts to lay the revenant dead.”

Scientists Reverse Paralysis in Mice After a Single Treatment

First they began to walk, then could stand on their hind limbs, and eventually they regained full function of all limbs.

Want to Burn a Few Calories? Hop in the Bath

Researchers have found that taking a hot bath for an hour can burn as many calories as a half-hour walk.

Archaeologists Find 30,000-Year-Old Jewelry in Indonesia

They were found in a cave on the island of Sulawesi.

What's Inside the Deepest Hole in the World?

Short answer: water, plankton fossils, and hot rock.

Hoving and Haddock, Scientific Reports (2017)

Giant Seven-Arm Octopus Might Use Jellyfish as a (Tasty) Weapon

Researchers observed the deep-sea cephalopods in the act of eating dinner.

Neuroscientists Explain How Deep Breathing May Calm the Mind

Look to the brainstem, they say.

Dyslexia Doesn't Work the Way We Thought It Did

Dyslexia is not just about reading, or even language. It’s about something more fundamental: How much can the brain adapt to what it has just observed?

Jurgen Otto via Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 2.0

Spiders Eat Hundreds of Millions of TONS of Bugs Every Year

The next time you see a spider, maybe let it know you appreciate its hard work by leaving it be.

Rest Assured: Your Cat Really Does Like You

Maybe even more than food.

Scientists Create Miniature "Menstrual Cycle in a Dish"

Researchers envision a future in which each patient can have a customized model of her reproductive system for testing responses to medications.

A Common Steroid May Have the Potential to Treat PTSD

The drug manipulates the expression of a specific gene associated with the disease.

Married Entomologists Donate Insect Collection Worth $10 Million

The duo is giving their collection to the university that brought them together.

ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM via Flickr // CC BY-SA IGO 3.0

Comet 67P Transformed as It Approached the Sun

Fractures grew, cliffs collapsed, and boulders rolled.

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