Bill Nye says the idea of Mars colonization and terraforming is "science fiction.": "This whole idea of terraforming Mars, as respectful as I can be, are you guys high? We can't even take care of this planet where we live, and we're perfectly suited for it, let alone another planet.".
MDMA makes people cooperative, but not gullible. In a study of 20 adult men, participants playing a game cooperated more if they'd taken MDMA, but only if their opponent was trustworthy..
In a new study, researchers have shown that dogs possess some 'metacognitive' abilities -- specifically, they are aware of when they do not have enough information to solve a problem and will actively seek more information..
Scientists have discovered enormous termite mounds in Brazil that are visible from space. The insects have been building onto these same mounds for some 4,000 years, so construction began not long after humans built the Pyramids of Giza..
