Why airplane toilets are tiny engineering marvels

There’s nothing quite like the sound of an airplane toilet flushing. But that incredibly loud sucking sound is actually ...

REI just dropped its biggest sale of the year and it’s blowing out apparel, camping gear, and more for clearance prices

Deals include KEEN, Oboz, Smartwool, NEMO, Big Agnes, Mountain Hardwear, Outdoor Research, and Black Diamond, The North Face, ...

Why sloths risk their lives to poop

And because sloths have among the slowest metabolisms ever recorded in animals, the climb down the tree and back up ...

Superbloom turns Redwood National Park’s hills purple

The park six hours north of San Francisco is home to over 30 species of plants, including to the state’s famous redwood trees ...

1.3 million people share DNA with Maryland’s earliest colonists

According to the team’s study published in the journal Current Biology, over 1.3 million living descendents can be traced ...

‘Two-headed snake’ confuses predators

Although largely timid, the Guangxi reed snake has evolved a strategy to bluff its way out of dangerous situations. Whenever it feels threatened, the reptile raises its tail off the ground and begins ...