Surprising Science

Astrophysicists contemplate whether “mirror” dark matter causes cancer.

Scientific innovation is not only one of America’s greatest successes, but also what makes America great.

Laughter helps us cope with negative emotions, new research says, and that’s a — comedic — relief.  

Lemurs, humans, sea birds — they’re all at risk. But we can change our fates if we choose to acknowledge what’s happening.

Obesity isn’t about an individual’s choices. It’s about the choices of a whole culture.

New findings out of Duke University will allow medical researchers to act like computer programmers except with genetic code rather than digital.

As neuroscience has begun studying the mind, they have looked to those who have mastered the mind. University of British Columbia researchers have verified the Buddhist belief of anatta, or not-self.

They know how to weave a bridge.

It can diminish the quality of your work in the long-term.

There may be another human’s DNA trapped inside of you. This foreign DNA could potentially influence which hand is dominant or the propensity to develop Alzheimer’s.

The lady birds in the “arranged marriage” group were less interested in hooking up with their partners, and were more likely to abandon their eggs.

97% of scientists agree that humans are causing global warming, yet belief in climate change continues to depend on political beliefs above all else. 

European researchers have created a virtual reality simulation where participants can give advice to themselves — as Sigmund Freud.

Technomorphic ideas can alter the rules of our thinking about our thinking — and also show that simple rules can escape physics-like predictability. 

The just-world fallacy in action.

Kids also need to be taught technology habits to get the most out of the Internet.

Futurists never imagined the humble bicycle would be the transportation trend of the 21st century. Nor that our smart devices could be making us dumber.

It’s possible to develop the areas of your brain that control feelings such as kindness, as well as the regulation of difficult emotions. In this way, you can train your brain to be a tougher guard against negativity.

In a world where we all eat fake meat — and so stop breeding domesticated livestock — the animals happiness we prize could simply disappear.

First-of-its-kind CO2 air-capture demo plant is about to be completed in Canada. 

Your grandparents got way more nutrition out of their vegetables.

For an affluent Western country, the United States has an usually high proportion of its people living in warm-to-tropical climates, which are breeding grounds for parasites.

Researchers at the University College of London think they’ve found a link between human growth hormone and the development of the neurodegenerative disease.

Rupert Murdoch now owns 73 percent of National Geographic. What does this mean for the organization’s future? 

Pulling an all-nighter and then driving home is like hopping behind the wheel after pounding drinks at the bar.

Thanks, New Horizons. You’re our favorite deep-space, Pluto-passing probe.

Mental effort is contagious. 

It’s good to know that a shift in thinking can help us to combat the effects these images hold over us, but it’s difficult to maintain this forever.

It took a 160-strong response team of paramedics, firefighters, and rescue workers to get the chaotic scene under control.

Getting past your feelings is the first step to overcoming life’s problems. Wallowing in your emotions only holds you back.