A special salty mineral coating discovered on the Dead Sea’s Temple Scroll could be why the ancient manuscript has remained relatively well-preserved for 2,000 years....
Over 1 million tons of radioactive water has been collected in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. Now it has to go somewhere....
“In my heart, Garlic is irreplaceable… [But] Garlic didn’t leave anything for future generations, so I could only choose to clone.” Yan Cong/The New York...
And that number doesn’t even count inbreeding between first cousins. It was only parents, siblings, grandparents, aunts, and uncles. FlickrAfter looking at nearly half a...
The Nazis told their prisoners, Arbeit macht frei, or “Work sets you free.” In truth, millions of forced laborers were worked to death. In December...
The manufacturer of Agent Orange has been sued by countless plaintiffs alleging their weedkiller caused them harm. These released emails showcase how indifferent Monsanto is....
In the last three months, bees in Brazil have been dying en masse after being exposed to toxic pesticides that are banned elsewhere. Juan Mabromata/AFP/Getty...
“I can’t imagine what an insect infected with a mermithid nematode must feel. Scaled to human size, a mermithid [nematode] would be at least as...
Harvard professor-turned-psychedelic drug advocate Timothy Leary turned an entire generation onto LSD — and was deemed “the most dangerous man in America” by President Nixon....
These researchers noticed that the areas of the world with the highest concentrations of reported 110-year-olds actually had poor average lifespans and healthcare. It just...
