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Scroll down to see a full-scale pain index, with Justin Schmidt's own poetic descriptions.
science

Ranking the Pain of Stinging Insects, From ‘Spicy’ to ‘Shockingly Electric'

Remembering one passionate entomologist who poetically described and classified more than 70 species' painful stings.
Lauren Young April 24, 2023
Shaw's work
science

Why 19th-Century Naturalists Didn't Believe in the Platypus

Scientists argued for 90 years about the animal's freaky looks.
Natalie Zarrelli April 21, 2016
science

Half of Coral in Great Barrier Reef Is 'Dead or Dying'

It's not looking good.
Erik Shilling April 20, 2016
science

How NASA is Trying to Grow a Potato on Mars

There is a real plan.
Erik Shilling April 19, 2016
Outside the modern-day Research Institute, looking significantly better than it did under siege
Saint Petersburg, Russia

Vavilov Research Institute of Plant Industry

Inside the world's largest seed bank, WWII botanists elected to starve to death rather than compromise their collection.
science

Ancient Humans Turned Monogamous Because They Were Getting So Many STIs

We all have our reasons.
Erik Shilling April 13, 2016
Tesla in his lab.
nicola tesla

Victorians Wanted to Contact Aliens Using Giant Mirrors

It would have been very, very expensive, though.
Sarah Laskow April 12, 2016
science

The First Brain Scans of People High on LSD Reveal Some Predictable Things

You turn into a baby.
Erik Shilling April 12, 2016
science

Chinese Scientists Have Edited the Genes of Human Embryos—Again

The future is fast approaching.
Erik Shilling April 11, 2016
science

Found: Isaac Newton's Recipe for the Philosopher's Stone

Alchemy was still cool in Newton's lifetime.
Sarah Laskow April 8, 2016
science

The Quest to Map and Archive Human Blood

World War II, in particular, allowed for large-scale, centralized blood collection.
Jenny Bangham April 7, 2016
science

Watch Molten Salt Melt Lead

Watch this mesmerizing video of liquid salt being poured over lead from shotgun shells.
Urvija Banerji March 28, 2016
monkeys

The Untold Story of the World's First Monkey Face Transplant

In the mid 1980s, a medical resident attempted a then-untested procedure
Tao Tao Holmes March 25, 2016
brain collections

The Neurologists Who Fought Alzheimer's By Studying Nuns' Brains

The 30-year partnership between convents and brain researchers has been unexpectedly rewarding.
Natalie Zarrelli March 24, 2016
science

The Sexual History Between Neanderthals and Modern Humans

It probably wasn't just one "happy party," a biologist said.
Erik Shilling March 18, 2016
Gauss' Grave in Cheltenhampark
Göttingen, Germany

Grave of Carl Friedrich Gauss

The man who gave his name to magnetic measurement is buried in the city where he did his best work.
mummies

Puppy Frozen for Millennia Emerges With Brain Mostly Intact

The puppy was found mummified in Siberia.
Erik Shilling March 16, 2016
dinosaurs

Newly-Found Species Shows Tyrannosaurus Rex Had Brains Before Might

The newly-discovered ancestor had the smarts of T. rex but was the size of a horse.
Erik Shilling March 15, 2016