Is yawning really contagious?
Q: My co-worker is always sleepy, and when he starts yawning I can't help but join in. As someone putting in their full eight hours every night, it irks me...
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NASA is trying to grab a chunk of asteroid from space
Asteroids could help scientists learn how life first evolved in space, and NASA is about to rope us a prime candidate for study. On Thursday, an Atlas V rocket set...
How do I stop snoring?
Q: According to my partner, I snore. A lot. I've never been made aware of this before. Is it possible that I've suddenly started snoring, or just never noticed? How...
Scientists can’t help giggling at creature that looks like a googly-eyed cartoon octopus
Scientists manning the exploration vessel Nautilus and its remotely operated vehicles spotted something truly adorable recently: Just off the coast of California, hanging out 3,000 feet below the surface, they...
Mystery bones from ancient Greece may be a teenager sacrificed to Zeus
The ancient Greeks and Romans wrote grisly legends about Mount Lykaion. The Arcadian peak, some would write, was where one of the first Greeks tried to trick Zeus by feeding...
Marvel’s Groot and Rocket will head to space on NASA’s newest mission patch
Because NASA is full of some delightful dorks, the space agency's latest mission patch is going to feature two beloved Marvel comic universe characters: Rocket Raccoon and Groot from "Guardians...
Footage of space rock crashing into Jupiter filmed by amateur astronomers
Jupiter, the gas giant that may have obliterated most of our solar system's original set of planets, got a taste of its own medicine a couple of weeks back: Slate's...
Why am I so tired after daylight saving time starts?
On Monday morning, hundreds of millions of Americans were united by one thought: Boy, am I tired. According to Facebook data from 2014, Americans are significantly sleepier on the Monday...
Calm down: Herpes probably isn’t going to give you Alzheimer’s
Let's start this post by answering a very simple question: Should you be worried that getting herpes is going to give you Alzheimer's one day? No. No, you should not....
520 million-year-old fossilized nervous system is the most detailed of its kind
Chengjiangocaris kunmingensis wasn't exactly a beautiful animal: The crustacean-like Cambrian creature had a long, segmented body and an unholy number of legs that it used to scuttle across the ocean...