SCIENCE

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7 New Minerals Created by Human Activity

These new minerals have been found in mines, shipwrecks, and even inside museum drawers.

Scientists Develop Quick, Inexpensive Paper Blood Type Test

The cheap test could do a world of good in the places that need it the most.

Siberian Hamster Testicles are Growing, Which Means the Vernal Equinox is Here

It's a pretty granular-level effect of the axial tilt of an entire planet.

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Tardigrades Produce Glass Shields to Survive Extreme Conditions

These microscopic monsters just get weirder and weirder.

18 Mummies From Peru and Egypt Come to the American Museum of Natural History

Opening March 20, "Mummies" lets visitors peer inside remains thousands of years old—all without disturbing or unwrapping them.

10 Facts About Being a Climate Scientist—From Climate Scientists

What exactly is a climate scientist, and how do they make sense of the complicated systems that rule our lives on the planet?

Living in a City Can Change How You View the Future

People living in denser environments have a more future-oriented mindset, one study finds.

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Antibiotics Raise Mortality Risk for Honeybees, Study Finds

Scientists say the drugs routinely administered by beekeepers could be “an underappreciated factor in colony collapse.”

Scientists Find Physiological Markers for Depression and Schizophrenia

People with depression produced higher-than-average levels of the hormone AVP; the reverse was true for people with schizophrenia.

How Archaeologists and Locals Are Protecting Ancient Ruins in Peru

Shantytowns threaten to swallow Pachacámac, an important pre-Columbian archaeological complex.

New Study Replicates Stanley Milgram’s Infamous Shock Experiments

Around 90 percent of Polish subjects were willing to administer painful electric shocks to a stranger when instructed by a scientist in the lab.

Portugal’s Oldest Skull Adds to Puzzle of Human Evolution

It's about 400,000 years old.

Could Brain Imaging Reveal Your Mental State During a Crime?

A new neuroscience study explores what "knowing" and "reckless" look like in the brain.

Boaty McBoatface Is About to Embark on Its First Mission

The autosub is headed to Antarctica to gather data on cold ocean currents.

Portrait of Gerard de Lairesse by Rembrandt van Rijn. De Lairesse, a painter and art theorist, had congenital syphilis that deformed his face and eventually blinded him.

Map Shows How Everyone Blamed Syphilis on Everyone Else

The origins of syphilis may be one of the greatest (and grossest) health mysteries of our time. What we do know is that, throughout history, people were quick to point fingers at each other.

Watch a Neuroscientist Explain a Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty

Learn what a "connectome" is, regardless of your age or level of education.

Small Dietary Changes Could Bring Big Environmental Gains

It could save the U.S. $77 billion (or more) in healthcare costs and reduce each person’s greenhouse gas emissions by nearly 500 pounds per year.

English Palace Identifies Marble Garden Planter as Roman Sarcophagus

The artifact is believed to date back to the 2nd century CE.

Watch an Artist Recreate Cosmic Radiation With Sand

After taking two weeks to complete, the work was destroyed.

A Visual Guide to the Women Venus's Geography Is Named For

Almost every topographical feature on the second planet is named for a famous woman from mythology or history.

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Experts Predict Widespread Ocean Warming by 2050

Up to 86 percent of the ocean surface will be warming and acidifying within the next few decades—unless we take steps to prevent it.

We're Not Alone: Itching is Contagious for Mice Too

How do sensations like feeling itchy spread among social animals? Researchers at the Center for the Study of the Itch are looking into it.

Malcolm MacIver, Northwestern University

New Theory: Eyes, Not Legs, First Brought Fish Out of Water

Scientists argue that the sight of all the juicy food available on land propelled early marine vertebrates to grow legs and get out there.

New Skin Patch Monitors Glucose and Delivers Diabetes Drugs

The patch uses sweat, not blood, to monitor blood sugar levels.

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