SCIENCE

Your Dominant Side Might Determine the Way You Kiss

Left-handed participants in a small study were more likely to lean left when going in for a smooch.

Sophie Nightingale / University of Warwick

Can You Spot Which Photo Is Fake? Most People Can’t

People are consistently bad at identifying manipulated images, according to new research.

Oakley Originals, Flickr Creative Commons // CC BY 2.0

Could Imported Sperm Help Save America’s Bees?

Scientists hope enlarging the gene pool will give our bees a fighting chance.

Christopher Camp, Flickr Creative Commons // CC BY 2.0

8 Defining Facts About Jane Goodall

The groundbreaking primatologist changed our understanding of what it means to be human.

London's Natural History Museum Has a New Star Attraction: An Amazing Blue Whale Skeleton

The skeleton is suspended from the main entrance hall's ceilings, providing visitors with a 360-degree view of the largest animal ever known to have lived on Earth.

8 New Ancient Ships Found at the 'Shipwreck Capital of the World'

There are now 53 known shipwrecks off the coast of Fourni, Greece.

Tardigrades Could Live on Earth Until the Sun Dies

Spoiler alert: We couldn't.

The New ISS Mascot: This Incredibly Cute Camera Drone

The Int-Ball, which can be controlled from Earth, will free up time astronauts would otherwise spend photographing their work.

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Flickr Creative Commons // CC BY-NC 2.0

Scientists Put a GIF Inside Living Bacteria

The ultimate goal: turning our cells into microscopic video cameras.

Scientist Asks: Why Do We Weep?

And how is it different from crying?

Greenland’s Melting Ice Could Be Triggering Mountain Collapses

Warmer temperatures melt the ice that helps stabilize mountains.

Does Evolution Explain Why Our Sleep Habits Change With Age?

According to a recent study, naturally staggered sleep schedules means that someone is always awake and vigilant.

Watch Conservationists Disassemble World's Largest Known Celtic Coin Hoard

Experts spent three years dismantling the pile of 70,000 coins piece by piece.

This Illustrated Periodic Table Shows How We Regularly Interact With Each Element

This graphic, spotted by inhabitat, presents the information found in a traditional periodic table with pictographs and labels indicating where you might encounter each element in your life.

To Get Women to Bike More, Build Better Bike Lanes

Women are much more likely to bike in neighborhoods with good bike infrastructure, a new study found.

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Here's the Closest View of Jupiter's Great Red Spot That Humans Have Ever Seen

The first raw images of the Earth-sized hurricane were released today. Thanks, NASA!

10 Things You Might Not Know About the Elbow

Without this crucial joint, many daily activities would be impossible.

NOAA Suomi-NPP/University of Oxford/Simon Proud

As Predicted, a Massive Iceberg Just Broke Off in Antarctica

The rift in the Larsen C ice shelf has been growing for years.

New Technique Can Spot a Heart Attack in the Making Long Before It Happens

Heart disease is the number one cause of mortality in the U.S., so this may be a game changer.

How Many Solar Eclipses Will You Be Able to See In Your Lifetime?

A calculator will tell you how many more chances you'll get to see a total solar eclipse, and where you'll have to go to spot it.

Gisela Giardino, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 2.0

It Turns Out That Single-Celled Organisms Are Having Sex Too

“Yes, they have sex, and yes, we can make them do it.”

'Safer' Drugs Found at Music Festivals Contain Meth and Bath Salts

The upside is, finding out what the drugs actually were made people less likely to take them.

NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington

7 Hot Facts About Mercury

Days on the planet closest to the Sun may reach 800°F, but it also has water ice.

Restaurants Recycle Oyster Shells to Revitalize Ocean Reefs

Those oysters on the half shell you're slurping down could have a second life cleaning waterways and protecting coastal ecosystems.

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