SCIENCE

Pandas Are More Likely To Mate When They're ‘In Love’

Pandas are more likely to breed when they can choose their own mates.

Scientists May Be Able to Recycle Used Organs

Researchers say they may be able to convert used pancreases into new ones.

Scientists Say Dogs Like Giving Treats to Their Friends

An experiment offered dogs the opportunity to give food to dogs they knew and liked. Their friends got treats.

Hippos Eat Way More Meat than We Thought, and It Can Make Them Sick

Hippos apparently find meat far too tasty to pass up—but that doesn't mean they should eat it.

9 Facts About People Who Remember Everything About Their Lives

People with highly superior autobiographical memory can recall dates and events from decades ago as if they just happened.

Sticky Plants Protect Themselves with a Deadly 'Siren Song'

The plant's chemical signal lures insect tourists, who get stuck and die—then their delicious corpses draw predators who scare off insects that might munch the plant.

How Do Americans Spend Their Time in an Average Day?

Using data from the 2004 American Time Use Survey, statistician Nathan Yau created a simulation of an average 24 hours in the lives of 1000 Americans.

How NASA Would Build a Death Star

This could be the best route to building an ultimate weapon of destruction.

Why Are We Obsessed With 'Unboxing' Videos?

During the holidays a lot of people are unwrapping presents, but unboxing is phenomenon that is popular year-round.

Flickr user Rocky via Wikimedia Commons // CC-BY-2.0

Norwegian Eagles Are Taking Out Full-Grown Reindeer

Golden eagles had previously been caught on film attacking baby reindeer, but now a naturalist has seen them going for the grown-ups.

15 Things We’ve Learned About the Universe From the Hubble Space Telescope

It has helped us learn about the age of the universe and that supermassive black holes actually exist. The Hubble Space Telescope is a veritable manufacturing plant of discoveries.

New Study Places the Origin of Dogs in Southeast Asia

Humans are thought to have domesticated the first canines 33,000 years ago.

The Same Microbes Help Bodies Decompose No Matter Where They're Buried

And they could help determine time of death. Paging CSI.

Toothbrush Sounds Can Make Us Better Brushers

Japanese researchers found that certain types of toothbrush noises encouraged people to brush better and more often.

Okimoto and Gromet, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (2015)

The Simple Visual Test That Might Predict Political Views

A new study finds that conservatives are more likely to differentiate between perfectly and imperfectly drawn shapes than liberals are.

Today NASA Begins to Take New Astronaut Applications. Do You Qualify?

Have a BS in a hard science, engineering, or math, and three years of professional experience? Read on.

XPRIZE Launches $7 Million Ocean Discovery Challenge

Teams can sign up today to compete in the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE.

Julie Rossman and David Klatt, World Science Festival

What Are the Chances Life Could Exist on These Nine Planets and Moons?

Mars isn't our only neighbor that could potentially harbor life.

Look Up! The Geminid Meteor Shower Is Here

Sunday and Monday, the Geminid meteor shower rounds out 2015's offering of celestial wonders.

Scientists are Designing Technology to Help Animals ‘Talk’

A new field called animal-computer interaction studies the ways new technologies can help animals communicate.

Michigan State Historic Preservation Office, Flickr // CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Less Invasive Brain Surgery Technique Stops Seizures in Kids

The technique reduces the size of the incision site to an inch and combines two commonly used surgical instruments in one tool.

Jaroslav Vogeltanz, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 3.0

Fleas Need Fresh Air

Burrows with high levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) can become death traps for the insects.

Dinosaurs Evolved Faster Than We Thought

Recent radioactive dating shaves several million years off their evolution timeline.

Would You Wear a Ring With Someone Else's DNA Inside of It?

Give the gift of yourself with these custom jewelry ideas.

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