A circus without animals isn’t a circus. The persistent trainers, capable of teaching any “creature” the most unexpected tricks, unleash all sorts of animals into the arena. Acts featuring “our smaller brothers” are spectacular and consistently popular. Spectators enjoy watching…
Two Tai chimpanzees in Ivory Coast with fruit in their mouths. (Photo: Alexey Maro and the Tai Chimpanzee Project) Early estimates of alcohol consumption suggest that wild chimpanzees may consume the equivalent of a pint of beer and half their…
HPV vaccines have proven highly effective. (Image credit: MicroStockHub via Getty Images) A new long-term study has found that human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines can significantly reduce the rate of infections that cause cervical cancer, even in people who have not…
Increased wildfires caused by climate change could lead to 30,000 more smoke-related deaths per year in the U.S. by 2050 than today’s death rate. (Photo: James Andrews/Getty Images)
Depending on your culture, marriages between cousins may be either common or extremely taboo. The difference of opinion on the issue became particularly clear this week after the NHS England Genomic Education Programme published a blog discussing the “various potential…
(Image credit: Getty Images) Jump to: Imagine this: you eagerly buy a new smartwatch. At first, you simply can’t put it down—wearing it day and night, tracking your every move, and checking all the fitness reports. Fitness tracking becomes part…
Are you skeptical of newfangled teachings? Do you doubt whether you should believe them? Or perhaps you’ve experienced many disappointments in life? We’re used to living in a rational world, but faith in miracles still resides within each of us.…
President Xi Jinping announced China’s new plans to combat climate change at a UN summit on September 24, pledging to cut emissions by 10% from their peak by 2035. (Image credit: Pool/Getty Images) A few years ago, one of us…
Researchers from Cornell University, Harvard University, and the University of Arizona found that enduring social benefits are linked to slower biological aging and lower levels of inflammation in the body. The study, published in the journal Brain, Behavior, & Immunity…
“Is Gogol a Russian writer?” the question sounds deliberately simple, like “black or green tea.” But the answer immediately creaks open to the 19th century: the empire is vast, the boundaries in the mind and on the map don’t yet…