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French Parliament Considers Modeling Weight Restrictions to Battle Anorexia
Today, troops from Chad and Niger retake town from Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria, and more.
The New Zealand Government Wants to Allow Drilling for Oil in a Dolphin Habitat
Plans for oil and gas exploration are a death sentence for the world's smallest and rarest dolphin.
This Show Set in Drought-Ridden 2050 Stars Real Scientists
You can ask them questions while trying to save London from "water austerity."
Will Loop, a New Social Network for Scientists, Help or Hinder Research?
Will Loop be a valuable tool for science or an exploitative advertising platform? Scientists aren’t sure.
A Brief History of the US Experimenting on Humans
The trouble with talking about America's human experiments is that you instantly sound like a doomsday-prepping, conspiracy-spouting whackjob. To combat that stereotype, here's a rundown of some of the officially-documented ones we've carried out.
Scientists Extracted Sheep DNA from 400-Year-Old Parchment
Which is good news, because the history of humanity is intimately tied to the history of our livestock.
How Bad Software Leads to Bad Science
A new survey of UK scientists indicates that some researchers are building software without any training.
The Biological Origins of Arms Races
We spoke to biologist Doug Emlen about the phenomenon of "sneaky males" and how medieval chainmail helped explain evolution as an endless series of arms races.
The Scientists Who Believe in Ghosts
Scientists don’t often believe in the paranormal, but, well, sometimes they do.
Scientists Keep Sending Stephen Harper Hate Mail
Yet another group of pissed off scientists is confronting Harper about his questionable scientific record.
How the Cerebellum's Rapid Growth Helped Make Technology Possible
Technical intelligence was likely as important as social intelligence in humanity's cognitive evolution.