Wander through the forests of southeast Asia, and you might suddenly wonder if there’s a movie theatre nearby. That’s because parts of Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam and Indonesia are home to the binturong—

Breakfast…. It’s the most important meal of the day -- or so we’ve been told. But science has tackled whether or not this is really true, and the results have been...mixed. One claim you’ve probably heard

Lots of animals are known for their wily ways, but other forms of life also have a few tricks up their sleeves. Since they spend most of their lives anchored to one spot, plants can’t exactly run away

If you’re a cat person, like me, you’ve probably seen your furry friend looking...disgusted with you..? There’s this face they make, like with the wrinkled up nose, curled back lip, and the open mouth,

You might think that scientists have the human body pretty well figured out. They’ve only been studying it for, I don’t know, centuries. But a study published this week in the journal Nature Neuroscience

Everyone’s heard that distracted driving is dangerous, and there’s a mountain of studies backing that up. Almost 400,000 Americans are killed or injured annually in distracted driving-related crashes.

The deserts of the southwestern U.S. are home an ordinary-looking mouse with a super power: it’s immune to scorpion venom. In fact, grasshopper mice aren’t just immune to the nasty stings of the bark scorpions

Most of us have experienced food poisoning...You know it’s like the vomiting and the diarrhea. The gastrointestinal torment that can leave you huddled miserably on the bathroom floor. But food poisoning,

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