The Real Reason Listeria Is So Scary
The common and nasty food-borne pathogen listeria turns out to be much more adaptable and tough than expected.
Scientists: The American Southwest Faces a “Megadrought”
The American Southwest may be looking at a “megadrought,” lasting up to 50 years.
The 10 Best Horns In The Animal World: The Definitive List
Time to end the debate: Here are the best horns, ever.
The Spooky Way Plants Convince Other Plants to Let Themselves Get Killed
What did the parasitic plant say to the host plant it was strangling to death? Turns out, quite a bit.
Bring On the Okra-Stabilized Ice Cream
Why okra could help bring about ice cream with ingredients you actually recognize.
Lionfish Are Seriously the Scariest Fish in the Ocean
When you think of major scourges to our world fisheries, you probably think of overfishing, or bottom trawling, or pollution or climate change. But it may actually be the the invasive, poisonous, violently predatory lionfish.
Consumer Reports just released its own study which disagrees with the FDA on both amount and type of fish that’s safe to eat.
Wait A Second, Are There Twigs in My Coffee?
A recent report on possible coffee adulterants was pretty scary stuff. Except it wasn’t really true.
Scientists Are Creating Adorable Half-Sized Peach Trees to Make Picking Fruit Easier
Peach breeders at the University of California, Davis are experimenting with a new way to make fruit farming safer: shrink the size of the trees.
