SCIENCE

Twins Conjoined at the Head Separated After 27 Hours of Surgery

Their condition occurs once in every 2.5 million births.

15 Swinging Facts About Léon Foucault (and His Pendulum)

7. He was chummy with Napoleon III.

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15 of the Longest-Running Scientific Studies in History

Some experiments require time. Lots of time.

Google Researchers Develop AI That Can Navigate the London Underground

Google's DeepMind project has developed an artificial intelligence system that can reason through complicated problems using memory.

Jumping Spiders Can Hear Just Fine, Thank You Very Much

Scientists previously believed the tiny arachnids could only hear noises a few centimeters away.

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The Next Step in Malaria Prevention May Be to Make People Taste Bad

Scientists say the brains of malaria-carrying mosquitoes combine smell and taste when considering who to bite.

Cold Seltzer Quenches Thirst Best, According to a New Study

People needed less water to satisfy their thirst when it was cold and carbonated compared to warm, still, or sweet water.

Researchers Reclassify Itsy-Bitsy, Prehistoric “Beardogs”

Two specimens of the Chihuahua-sized animals have just rearranged the branches of the carnivore family tree.

Watch Fireworks Explode Underwater at 120,000 Frames Per Second

Things get a lot more exciting in slow motion.

Scientists Are Training Schoolchildren to Detect Health-Related BS

A pilot program aims to teach kids to tell the difference between evidence-based medical advice and malarkey.

8 Surprising Facts About Your Nose

You may know it as just an olfactory bump on your face, but the human nose is a pretty surprising organ. For example: plastic surgeons can regrow your nose—on your forehead.

What Makes Sulfur Smell So Bad?

Researchers set out to find which of the nose’s olfactory receptors are responsible for the stench.

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Scientists Say Apes Can Predict Human Mistakes

Experiments found that orangutans, chimpanzees, and bonobos all anticipated what a fictional character would do next, even when it was the wrong decision.

Conflict in Syria Shuts Down the Aleppo Seed Vault

Scientists are now readying sister sites in Lebanon and Morocco.

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10 Hispanic Scientists You Didn’t Learn About In School

From groundbreaking biologists and physicists to leaders in the fields of medicine, botany, and more, here are 10 great Hispanic innovators you probably didn't learn about in school.

Humans Will Never Live Past 115 Years Old, Study Argues

A controversial new study finds that humanity may have already reached the peak of its natural lifespan.

Skeleton of 19th-Century British Man Reveals He Wore a Corset

Medicine and fashion may have collided in this tuberculosis treatment.

Beer Yeasts Are Surprisingly Diverse, Study Finds

They're a lot more diverse than wine yeasts, which may be evidence of how inventive early beer-makers were.

Common NSAID Used for Period Pain May Reverse Memory Loss in Alzheimer’s

The drug restored memory function in mice.

Check Out This Year's Nobel Prize Winners in Science

This year, the Nobel Prize celebrated research on molecular machines, cells' recycling mechanisms, and discoveries about unusual states of matter.

If Your Office Temperature Is Uncomfortable, Look at Your Footwear

One researcher thinks foot comfort could be the key to making office temperatures more bearable.

Learning to Write in Cursive Might Not Be as Important as Your Teachers Told You

The research on how cursive handwriting benefits educational development is spotty.

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Good News: One Endangered Frog Species Is Bouncing Back

Numbers of Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frogs are on the rise again in Yosemite National Park.

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Scientists Report HIV No Longer Detected in the Blood of British Trial Subject

The researchers say they may have found a way to cure the disease completely.

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