Take sunlight, add water, and there you have it: free energy. Plants have been doing this for quite some time,…
“Brittle Star City” Found
A teeming horde of brittle stars has been discovered atop an undersea mountain chain near Antarctica, challenging long-held assumptions about…
Muscles Remember Their Strength
Pumping up is easier for people who have been buff before, and now scientists think they know why — muscles…
Frog skin could beat ‘superbugs’
Frog skin may be an important source of new antibiotics to treat superbugs say researchers. So far, more than 100…
Tarzan Chameleon Found in Tarzan Forest
Five-inch-long (13-centimeter-long) Calumma tarzan was found recently in a tiny patch of forest on the vast Indian Ocean island of…
“Lost” Deer Found
The Sumatran muntjac deer species had been “lost” in the remote mountains of western Sumatra’s Kerinci Seblat National Park until…
Phantom Planet Comes Back From Oblivion
Of the hundreds of exoplanets found so far, there’s one that’s remained elusive and infamous 12 years after its purported…
Why Money Makes You Unhappy
Money is surprisingly bad at making us happy. Once we escape the trap of poverty, levels of wealth have an…
Prayers really can heal the sick
The power of prayer really can help to heal the sick, an international study has found – especially if the…
We are still alive
The first video released of the 33 men trapped deep in a Chilean mine shows the men stripped to the…