Sifter2 Sep 2021By David Grimm Does your dog know what you’re thinking? New study adds evidence for canine “‘theory of mind”’
Sifter30 Aug 2021By Rodrigo Pérez Ortega Substituting even a bit of regular salt can reduce stroke, heart attack Large Chinese study confirms benefits of keeping salt off the table
Sifter26 Aug 2021By Rachel Fritts New barnacle-inspired paste could stop heavy bleeding in seconds Glue can stick to wet surfaces and form a seal within 15 seconds
Sifter24 Aug 2021By Rachel Fritts New study reveals Tyrannosaurus rex’s sensitive side The dinosaur’s lower jaw was covered in nerve endings that enabled a fine-tuned bite
Sifter20 Aug 2021By Rachel Fritts That sea snake charging toward you is probably just looking for love Yet don’t swim away, scientists advise
Sifter18 Aug 2021By Rachel Fritts Saturn has a surprisingly large—and sloshy—core Ripples in the planet’s rings help scientists peer into its unconventional heart
Sifter4 Aug 2021By Mennatalla Ibrahim Soccer position could influence risk of brain disease Players who “head” the ball more at increased risk, new study suggests
Sifter4 Aug 2021By Alex Viveros Santorini volcano erupts less often when sea levels are high Majority of eruptions in past 360,000 years happened at low sea levels
Sifter22 Jul 2021By Mennatalla Ibrahim CRISPR creates first genetically modified marsupials New methods produce albino opossums
Sifter20 Jul 2021By Rachel Fritts Some pikas survive the winter by eating yak poop Droppings provide a low-effort and easily digestible snack when food is scarce
Sifter14 Jul 2021By Mennatalla Ibrahim Gene therapy restores missing dopamine in children with rare brain disease Eight-year-old AADC patient can walk on her own for the first time
Sifter13 Jul 2021By Rachel Fritts Climate change has made hurricanes more dangerous, but not more frequent Study finds modern hurricanes occur at the same rate as in the late 1800s
Sifter8 Jul 2021By Rachel Fritts Dense swarms of fireflies flash in unison The glowing insects mimic their closest neighbors to produce cascading pulses of light
Sifter30 Jun 2021By Anil Oza Physicists take the most detailed image of atoms to date New method allows for a 10-fold increase in resolution
Sifter25 Jun 2021By Alex Viveros Dinosaurs may have lived in the Arctic year-round Study raises questions about how dinosaurs could have survived freezing winters
Sifter24 Jun 2021By Anil Oza Massive comet to fly by Saturn in 2031 2014 UN271 is more than 10 times bigger than the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs
Sifter18 Jun 2021By Alex Viveros Soil without detectable life discovered in Antarctica Lifeless mountains resemble surface of Mars
Sifter2 Jun 2021By Sofia Moutinho This homely mollusk's rock-hard chompers are made of rare minerals The gumboot chiton uses its teeth to scrape algae from rocks
Sifter13 May 2021By Kelly Servick Paralyzed person types at record speed—by imagining handwriting Brain implant decodes imagined handwriting