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What Makes a Blond Blond? Very Little.

From a biological point of view, your skin and hair color is 1/ 3,200,000,000th of your body’s chemistry. That’s it. We humans may think o...

Parents Choose to Break Daughter’s Leg Three Times a Day for Four Months to Avoid Amputation

Parenting is tough at the best of times, but it has been nothing short of harrowing for Jackie and Matt Moravek, from Kalamazoo, Michigan. The young c...

Animal intelligence has been widely underestimated, says primatologist Frans de Waal

Ever stare out into space and look for signs of intelligence? Well, we should be looking right here on Earth, primatologist Frans de Waal argues in hi...

What cocaine does to your body and brain

Whether it's snorted, smoked, or injected, cocaine enters the bloodstream and starts affecting the brain in a matter of seconds. But ...

Your Diet Might Be Causing Anxiety and Depression

You are what you eat. We’ve known this for a long time. Michael Pollan’s observation took it a step further: you are what what you eat eat...

Using Emotional Intelligence to Combat Racial Prejudice

It's a difficult topic, but one you'll be faced with at some point. How will you respond? Race. What a complicated subject. Growing up, ...

How Melatonin Helps You Sleep

If you’re having trouble sleeping, melatonin is a popular and easy remedy. It’s effective for many people, doesn’t have an...

Pusha T on the White House, UK garage and Dilla

“I feel like this is the part of my career that I’m in, you gotta start helping to propel others. That’s a part of pushing the hip h...

Face of Neanderthal 'Altamura Man' Recreated

The calcite-encrusted face of a Neanderthal who lived around 150,000 years ago has come alive as researchers reconstructed a hyper-realistic model of ...

Hikaru Dorodango – The Delicate Japanese Art of Making Perfect Shiny Spheres Out of Dirt

Hikaru Dorodango, which translates to ‘shiny dumpling’, is a relaxing Japanese art that involves crafting shiny spheres from dirt. Th...

10 obscene ways to satisfy the munchies in Toronto

    Doritos Smash Bag  Everyday is 4/20 at Junked Food Co., a snack bar on Dundas West. And this Doritos smash bag is jus...

Link Between Cognitive Decline Genes and Healthy Aging

An eight-year-long accrual and analysis of the whole genome sequences of healthy elderly people, or “Wellderly,” has revealed a higher-tha...

Can A Protein Reverse Alzheimer’s Symptoms in One Week?

Research co-led by the University of Glasgow has made a potential breakthrough in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. The study, led by sci...

The Gateway to the Brain

the brain. Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School (Duke-NUS) have derived a structural model of a transporter at the blood-brain barrier called Mf...

Ruby-red seadragon species spotted in the wild for the first time

ere are rubies in the sea. Not gemstones, but ruby-colored seadragons that have been spotted in the wild for the first time, in the waters off West...

Reproducing Long Lasting Effects of Stress on Memory

A group of researchers at Osaka University, succeeded in reproduction of the same phenomenon as memory consolidation by using organotypic slice cultur...

More Than 40 Percent of Retired NFL Players Had Brain Injuries

More than 40 percent of retired National Football League (NFL) players in a recent study had signs of traumatic brain injury based on sensitive MRI sc...

Seen That Before: What Causes Déjà Vu?

Glitches in the brain or a glimpse into the future? You walk into a room and suddenly your brain goes fuzzy with an overwhelming wave of familiarit...

Fish Eyed Lens Cuts Through the Dark

Combining the best features of a lobster and an African fish, University of Wisconsin–Madison engineers have created an artificial eye that can ...

Can A Protein Reverse Alzheimer’s Symptoms in One Week?

Research co-led by the University of Glasgow has made a potential breakthrough in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. The study, led by sci...

Small-brained ravens are just as clever as chimps

Ravens have the same level of self-control as chimpanzees despite having tiny brains, a new study has found. This provides strong evidence that i...

Inside the Spark-Filled Home of a Vintage Electric Machine Collector

Some of Tim Mullen's many curious items. (All photos: Ella Morton) In his one-bedroom apartment four floors above a Manhattan Chipotle, Tim Mul...

The Czech Republic Is Changing Its English Name

Two words, it seems, is just too much. The Czech Republic is expected to change its English name to one-word: Czechia, part simplification, part ma...

Found: The Lost Grave of One of Mexico's First Catholic Priests

The tombstone. (Photo: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia) Miguel de Palomares was one of the first Catholic priests to come...

Liver of Piacenza in Piacenza, Italy

The Palazzo Farnese is a 16th century palace-turned-museum in the northern Italian city of Piacenza. Inside is something 1,600 years older than t...

Found, With a Robot: A Loch Ness Monster

A Loch Ness monster. (Photo: Visit Scotland) Almost 600 feet deep, in the bottom of Loch Ness, a robot named Munin has foundthe remains o...

Genes influence the age at which you lose your virginity, study shows

The subtle impact of genetics on the age at which people lose their virginity has been teased apart by scientists and shown to have an effect on ...

MAPS: Multidisciplinary Association For Psychedelic Studies

CNN chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta, M.D, interviews MAPS Founder Rick Doblin, Ph.D., and Acid Test author Tom Shroder about past and pr...

Is Fish Oil Beneficial for the Brain?

By Emily Deans M.D. One element that distinguishes humans from other primates is the high levels ofomega-3 fatty acids within the brain. ...

Video: Can Space Elevators Actually Work?

Space elevators fascinate me. They've been a subject of debate since the late 1890s when Konstantin Tsiolkovsky proposed the first version of...

The Laws of Physics Can't Explain Why the Universe Is Expanding So Fast

Yes, the universe is expanding, and, well, maybe it is time to panic.  Scientists said recently that the universe is getting bigger so quickly...

Hồ Thuỷ Tiên in Huế, Vietnam

Opened in 2004 at a price tag of approximately three million USD, the Ho Thuy Tien water park opened its gates to the public when it wa...

The Cold Medicine That’s Linked to Cognitive Problems

A common kind of prescription and over-the-counter medication, including some cold medicines, has been linked to cognitive impairment in older adults,...

Man already wealthy beyond good taste says working 80 hour weeks for million dollar corporations is

Rich old man is out of touch, more at 11 Leave it to Venture Beat, a site literally named after the plutocratic Dutch rudder that is venture capita...

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard in Australia Over Dog Importation Drama

Johnny Depp and wife Amber Heard have reportedly arrived in Australia to face accusations the actress spirited the couple's Yorkshire terriers int...

Ancient genome from Africa sequenced for the first time

University of Cambridge—The first ancient human genome from Africa to be sequenced has revealed that a wave of migration back into Africa from W...

Column: Save a Tampa cigar institution

When my grandfather was a young boy growing up in Cuba, he was afflicted by polio that permanently disabled his legs and rendered him incapable of wor...

Rubio persuades Everglades foe in Senate to back key project

The next best hope for Florida's ailing Everglades may be a senator from Oklahoma who doesn't believe in climate change. This week, Republi...

SAYULITA, MEXICO: TRAVEL GUIDE

Most travellers that frequent Mexico know Puerto Vallarta – it’s loved for its seaside golf greens and for being a hub for expat retirees ...

The Wanderer

 a clear spring afternoon in Berlin, Bill and Chelsea Clinton rode to the World Cup final in the front seats of a bus. The Olympic Stadium—...

Are You a Cheater If You're Using Smart Drugs to Get Ahead?

For years, people have dreamed of creating a pill that could solve all your problems—one that could make you smarter, more creative, and give yo...

Superhero Performance? It’s All in Your Mind

As so many Americans flock to the multiplex to see Iron Man, Batman, and Captain America, I’m one of few fortunate enough to work with real supe...

7 Habits That May Actually Change The Brain, According To Science

By Alice G. Walton The brain is by far our most precious organ–others are good, too, but they all pale in comparison to the mighty brain. Bec...

How I Flew to 13 Countries in First Class Without Buying Tickets

In the last 2 years, I've flown to at least 13 countries in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, all in first or business class. Here's ...

How To Talk To Your Teen About Depression

Nearly one in five teens experiences depression, but parents can find it difficult to broach the subject. Here are The Onion’s tips for talking ...

The first ever scientific study to capture images of your brain on LSD had to be crowdfunded

If anybody understands the difficult of studying LSD’s effects on humans, David Nutt does. In the US and the UK, this psychedelic is a Schedule ...

New 'Time Slice' Theory Suggests You're Not as Conscious as You Think You Are

Our conscious perception of the world feels like a continuous and uninterrupted flow, but a new study suggests that it’s actually more like the ...

This is your brain on LSD

The image comes from a new study published in the journal PNAS, which used modern techniques to map out the effects of a placebo and LS...

The most convincing argument for legalizing LSD, shrooms, and other psychedelics

I have a profound fear of death. It's not bad enough to cause serious depression or anxiety. But it is bad enough to make me avoid thinking about ...

The Only Decision That Felt Right After Brain Cancer Killed Our 18-Year-Old Son

By Liz Dawes When to Jump is a curated community featuring the ideas and stories of people who have made the decision to leave something comfo...

Obscura Day 2016: Old Houses of Tbilisi

Explore the enchanting architecture of Tbilisi from the Tzarist times. Join us on Obscura Day for a tour of urban architecture in Tbilisi starting ...