Category: 1. Edi-Choice

Zoo Lunch Mishap Reveals Lizards’ Hidden Fire Detector

By Clarissa Brincat edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier

Happiness is known to correlate with better health. But now, researchers have identified a happiness threshold above which people are less likely to die prematurely of chronic diseases like cancer, diabetes and heart disease.

By comparing data…

Earth Is Getting Darker, Which Could Accelerate Global Warming

By Ryan Green edited by Andrea Gawrylewski

We may be a step closer to being able to breathe through our butts. A new human clinical trial has shown that it’s safe, at least, to deliver oxygen rectally.

It sounds like a joke – and indeed, the research that led to this trial won an…

The vessel rolled in the swell as fishers pulled huge nets bursting with tuna onto the deck then poured the catch down a loading hatch.

But Melissa Cronin wasn’t there for the tuna. She was looking for ways to save manta and devil…

Here is what you will learn when you read this story:

• Little red dots (LRDs) observed by the James Webb Space Telescope were initially thought to be galaxies, but something was amiss.

• Researchers who analyzed the spectra from these objects again…

The mystery of why the Sun’s outer atmosphere is far hotter than its surface has long puzzled scientists. The solar corona reaches temperatures of over a million degrees Celsius, while the surface below barely tops 5,500°C. This heating…

The most commonly taken analgesic worldwide – and one of the most consumed drugs in the US – could be doing a lot more than just pain relief.

Acetaminophen, also known as paracetamol and sold widely under the brand names Tylenol and…