Surprising Science

The Perseid meteor shower is coming, which may put you in the mindset to wonder “What causes a meteor shower?”

One group of scientists has brought attention to a possible side-effect of these deep-space missions to the moon: heart disease.

Nikola Tesla, one of history’s most celebrated inventors, has an unexpected connection to the current U.S. Elections.

Bill Nye changed his mind. Over a hundred Nobel laureates are combating Greenpeace. Will activists ever consider the science? 

German researchers find an unexpected source for new antibiotics as growing drug resistance threatens to cause worldwide epidemics. 

We all know that sunny days make us happy — but did you know that they also make us gamble? And that warm weather leads to both less sexual activity and higher incidents of depression?

Doctors ran a typical a brain scan on an epilepsy patient. As they were watching, the patient saw God. Here’s what happened next.

The last Japanese manufacturer of VCRs stop production, marking the end of a technological era.

A new study examines the behavior of seven species of marine animals around the dead.

AI theorist Eliezer Yudkowsky once wrote, “The AI neither hates you nor loves you, but you are made out of atoms that it can use for something else.”  

Neuroscientists create the ultimate map of the brain, greatly advancing our understanding and leading to potential new cures.

Scientists may be able to unlock the potential of a compound found in a common fruit, whose interaction with a certain gut bacteria helps ward off aging. 

Healthy sounding foods aren’t always healthy. A 2014 study titled Truth, Lies, and Packaging: How Food Marketing Creates a False Sense of Health examined the difference between packaging claims of […]

1 in 7 people get them, and there is no cure. Now researchers are one step closer to what causes migraines, and how best to manage them.   

A new study by a Harvard University economist shows surprising results about whom the police are actually more likely to shoot.

The science behind tickling and why such an unpleasant experience makes us laugh.

Will we be building a better world or a more homogeneous one?  

Theoretical physicist Brian Greene discusses how we may not be able to see other dimensions.

Police use the same mechanism to make split-second life-or-death decisions that we do. But that mechanism is kind of a racist idiot. 

While people treat bread like the devil, Michael Pollan thinks it might just be our impatience creating the real issue.

Though those of the mother have been researched, the father’s biometrics are now getting a closer look.   

A new Italian study shows that women who eat pasta are skinnier. But there’s more to the research than that.

Researchers have discovered peculiarities in a baby’s immune system which might lead to the end of HIV.   

A new study links one of the world’s most popular painkillers to an increase in autism spectrum and hyperactivity symptoms.

The atmosphere is on the mend, according to an article published in Science. It took almost 30 years for the ban on ozone-depleting substances to work and scientists are saying the ozone could be completely healed by the middle of the century.

Wherein moral conundrums could determine the fate of millions — and how a psychopath might respond to them. 

Australian researchers have found that fiber can help lessen the reaction to food allergies, and even cure a person of them.  

Michio Kaku tells the story of one super-scary mistake in physics and reminds us how hard it is to get science right.

A new method has been shown effective in halting, even reversing Alzheimer’s in 10 early-stage patients.   

Studies have shown that the placebo effect can be used to alleviate pain and other symptoms. Yet, how to harness it in an ethical manner has been difficult to discern.