More from Rachel Feltman (Page 5)

a goldfish
Animals

How goldfish use booze to get through a hard winter

By Rachel Feltman

man watching eclipse
Science

How to make sure your eclipse glasses actually work

By Rachel Feltman

Songs to sing your way through the 2017 eclipse
Science

Songs to sing your way through the 2017 eclipse

By Rachel Feltman

john day fossil bed
Science

Seven gorgeous national parks where you can watch the August eclipse

By Rachel Feltman

Parasitic plants dwell in darkness, feeding on mold and mushrooms
Science

Parasitic plants dwell in darkness, feeding on mold and mushrooms

By Rachel Feltman

Tardigrades could probably survive the otherwise complete annihilation of life on Earth
Animals

Tardigrades could probably survive the otherwise complete annihilation of life on Earth

By Rachel Feltman

Antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea is a huge problem, and it’s only getting worse
Health

Antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea is a huge problem, and it’s only getting worse

By Rachel Feltman

DNA may finally find a family for strange creatures that stumped Darwin
Animals

DNA may finally find a family for strange creatures that stumped Darwin

By Rachel Feltman

Pandas, which are basically giant poop machines, may inadvertently help save other species
Animals

Pandas, which are basically giant poop machines, may inadvertently help save other species

By Rachel Feltman

wildebeest
Animals

This river ecosystem hinges on thousands of drowned, rotting wildebeest

By Rachel Feltman

Don’t believe our planet is warming up? Look at this.
Climate Change

Don’t believe our planet is warming up? Look at this.

By Rachel Feltman

kepler planet
Deep Space

NASA found a bunch more potentially habitable planets

By Rachel Feltman

How a female-only line of salamanders ‘steals’ genes from unsuspecting males
Animals

How a female-only line of salamanders ‘steals’ genes from unsuspecting males

By Rachel Feltman

amber bird
Dinosaurs

This adorable lil baby bird was perfectly preserved in amber for 99 million years

By Rachel Feltman

mandible
Biology

The oldest fossils of our species just got older

By Rachel Feltman

tattoo needle
Diseases

How to not get deadly flesh-eating bacteria in your new tattoo

By Rachel Feltman

Scientists try to unwrap the secrets of Egyptian mummy DNA
Science

Scientists try to unwrap the secrets of Egyptian mummy DNA

By Rachel Feltman

No, menstrual blood does not attract sharks
Animals

No, menstrual blood does not attract sharks

By Rachel Feltman

pasta
Health

MIT researchers want to make a dumpling that can fold itself

By Rachel Feltman

A Chinese folk contraceptive could give rise to unisex ‘molecular condoms’
Health

A Chinese folk contraceptive could give rise to unisex ‘molecular condoms’

By Rachel Feltman

zuul portrait
Dinosaurs

This new species of dinosaur looks like Zuul from Ghostbusters

By Rachel Feltman

saturn
NASA

Listen to the surprisingly empty gap between Saturn and its rings

By Rachel Feltman

blood falls
Climate Change

Antarctica’s Blood Falls: not so mysterious, but still freaky as heck

By Rachel Feltman

nasa cassini saturn
NASA

A spacecraft just flew between Saturn and its rings for the first time ever—and there are pictures

By Rachel Feltman

This ‘artificial womb’ is like science fiction—but uteruses aren’t out of a job yet
Health

This ‘artificial womb’ is like science fiction—but uteruses aren’t out of a job yet

By Rachel Feltman

dogs
Animals

New study asks how your favorite doggos came to be

By Rachel Feltman

Scientists discover yet another rocky planet that could (maybe) host alien life
Deep Space

Scientists discover yet another rocky planet that could (maybe) host alien life

By Rachel Feltman

Why Bill Nye is set to march on Washington
Technology

Why Bill Nye is set to march on Washington

By Rachel Feltman

Researchers drag horrifying new species of nightmare monster from lagoon
Animals

Researchers drag horrifying new species of nightmare monster from lagoon

By Rachel Feltman

How to not get a horrible brain parasite on your trip to Hawaii
Health

How to not get a horrible brain parasite on your trip to Hawaii

By Rachel Feltman

Dazzling light show spotted on Uranus
Deep Space

Dazzling light show spotted on Uranus

By Rachel Feltman

‘Poppers’ might permanently damage your eyes
Health

‘Poppers’ might permanently damage your eyes

By Rachel Feltman

These monkeys avoid sick friends by sniffing their poo
Animals

These monkeys avoid sick friends by sniffing their poo

By Rachel Feltman

Octopuses can basically edit their own genes on the fly
Animals

Octopuses can basically edit their own genes on the fly

By Rachel Feltman

This “Spiderman” sea snail shoots webs of mucus
Animals

This “Spiderman” sea snail shoots webs of mucus

By Rachel Feltman

Bed bugs!
Animals

Even our ancient ancestors had to deal with bed bugs

By Rachel Feltman

Blind tadpoles learn to see using eyeballs attached to their butts
Engineering

Blind tadpoles learn to see using eyeballs attached to their butts

By Rachel Feltman

The truth about climate change continues to be inconvenient in Al Gore’s new trailer
Climate Change

The truth about climate change continues to be inconvenient in Al Gore’s new trailer

By Rachel Feltman

ducklings
Animals

Why you should never ever feed bread to a duck

By Rachel Feltman

Curiosity Rover takes a self portrait
Mars

The Curiosity Mars rover’s wheels are starting to break

By Rachel Feltman

The almond milk craze could be bad news for bees
Agriculture

The almond milk craze could be bad news for bees

By Rachel Feltman

This robot is perfectly designed to drill tiny tunnels in your skull
Health

This robot is perfectly designed to drill tiny tunnels in your skull

By Rachel Feltman

This star is orbiting insanely close to a black hole
Black Holes

This star is orbiting insanely close to a black hole

By Rachel Feltman

Science

Black holes might devour stars much more often than we thought

By Rachel Feltman

NASA wants the internet to get hype about these new exoplanets
Deep Space

NASA wants the internet to get hype about these new exoplanets

By Rachel Feltman

What pregnant women actually need to know about herpes
Health

What pregnant women actually need to know about herpes

By Rachel Feltman

glass of water
Health

What’s in a glass of water?

By Rachel Feltman

Happy Valentine’s Day! Stop being dumb about STIs.
Health

Happy Valentine’s Day! Stop being dumb about STIs.

By Rachel Feltman

Scientists just found signs of a stolen Dead Sea Scroll
Archaeology

Scientists just found signs of a stolen Dead Sea Scroll

By Rachel Feltman

Mysterious geoglyphs can teach us about the Amazon’s past—and its worrisome future
Conservation

Mysterious geoglyphs can teach us about the Amazon’s past—and its worrisome future

By Rachel Feltman

Want to fix your sleep schedule? Go camping this weekend.
Health

Want to fix your sleep schedule? Go camping this weekend.

By Rachel Feltman

This may be the most promising herpes vaccine ever
Health

This may be the most promising herpes vaccine ever

By Rachel Feltman

A female shark had a bunch of babies without male contact
Animals

A female shark had a bunch of babies without male contact

By Rachel Feltman

To understand the evolution of menopause, just look at family drama—in killer whales
Animals

To understand the evolution of menopause, just look at family drama—in killer whales

By Rachel Feltman

Is urine actually sterile?
Health

Is urine actually sterile?

By Rachel Feltman

New research might explain why you get so hungry when you’re drunk
Animals

New research might explain why you get so hungry when you’re drunk

By Rachel Feltman

Warmer oceans are now linked to dangerous neurotoxins in shellfish
Climate Change

Warmer oceans are now linked to dangerous neurotoxins in shellfish

By Rachel Feltman

We might get to watch a new star explode into the sky in 2022
Science

We might get to watch a new star explode into the sky in 2022

By Rachel Feltman

Granny, the world’s oldest known orca, is likely dead
Animals

Granny, the world’s oldest known orca, is likely dead

By Rachel Feltman

WTF is a pangolin? Fall in love with this sentient artichoke before it goes extinct
Animals

WTF is a pangolin? Fall in love with this sentient artichoke before it goes extinct

By Rachel Feltman

In memory of Vera Rubin, the woman the Nobel Prize forgot
Science

In memory of Vera Rubin, the woman the Nobel Prize forgot

By Rachel Feltman

The most surprising places where it (sometimes) snows
Environment

The most surprising places where it (sometimes) snows

By Rachel Feltman

The adorable ‘Casper’ octopod could be killed off by deep-sea mining
Animals

The adorable ‘Casper’ octopod could be killed off by deep-sea mining

By Rachel Feltman

The Arctic just got its 2016 climate ‘report card’—and it’s flunking
Climate Change

The Arctic just got its 2016 climate ‘report card’—and it’s flunking

By Rachel Feltman

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