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Missing Sea Ice Reveals A Searing Scientific Debate
A pair of climate investigators say that low Arctic sea ice — happening now at the North Pole — may affect weather to the south. But the idea is hotly debated.
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Here's Why Magnetic People Probably Don't Exist, According To Science
In case there was any doubt, a spokesperson from the Institute of Physics told BuzzFeed News it's probably just sticky skin.
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EPA Names Asbestos To New List Of Dangerous Chemicals That May Be Banned
The agency named 10 chemicals as hazardous, kicking off a new law aimed at increasing warnings about workplace and environmental dangers.
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17 Times Tumblr Got Real AF About Sleep Disorders
"Friend: Are you getting enough sleep? Me: Sometimes when I sneeze, my eyes close."
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Texas Reports First Case Of Locally Transmitted Zika Virus
Texas health officials on Monday reported the first local case of Zika virus infection in the Lone Star State.
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Here's The Most Hygienic Way To Use A Toilet, According To Science
Some people squat, hover, or even cover the toilet seat in lots of toilet roll. But which method is more hygienic?
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This Nigerian King Says Shell Oil Has Contaminated His Land
"I am here to tell the story of my people, and the damage that Shell has done to my community," King Emere Godwin Bebe Okpabi told BuzzFeed News.
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Nathan Myhrvold's Scientific Cuisine Is Still Cooking
Once derided as a pricey fad, Nathan Myhrvold's $625 Modernist Cuisine volumes have rewritten restaurant meals worldwide in the last five years.
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Here's How Your Thanksgiving Is Genetically Altered
The holiday feast comes with centuries of food with changed or borrowed genes, from the turkey to the fixings.
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Climate Change Is Already Taking A Toll On These Thanksgiving Staples
Smaller cranberries and larger sweet potatoes are just some of the casualties of changing global climate.
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Caught Without Flood Insurance In A Changing Climate
With the worst storms strengthening due to climate change, towns like Lumberton, North Carolina, face the kind of flooding that hits the unsuspecting.
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You Can Only Have Sex If You Pass This Sex Quiz
Knowledge is sexy.
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On The Front Lines Of The Overdose Epidemic In Baltimore
As a wave of heroin overdoses strikes West Baltimore, a medical team warns a stricken neighborhood and hands out last-ditch doses of lifesaving medication.
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Arctic Sea Ice Is Freakishly Low Right Now
Despite the dim Arctic winter, sea ice is about 28% down around the North Pole, and temperatures are as much as 36 degrees above normal.
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WHO: Zika No Longer A "Public Health Emergency Of International Concern"
The disease is still spreading, health officials said.
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17 Jokes That Are Way Too Real For People Who Get UTIs
"Every time I sit down on the toilet it feels like like I’m sitting on a throne of lies."
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The Tribe That’s Suing The US Government To Keep Its Promises
In a landmark lawsuit, the Rosebud Sioux tribe is suing its government-run hospital for failing to provide the free health care that they say has been promised since 1868. The feds, in turn, argue that they actually have no legal obligation to provide care.
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28 Reasons People Really Use Birth Control
Because taking control of your uterus isn't the only reason.
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Mom Sues Her Trans Teen Over Medical Transition
A Minnesota mom filed a lawsuit on Wednesday alleging that her 17-year-old transgender daughter wrongfully obtained medical transition treatment without parental consent.
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This Anti-Abortion Activist Denies His Secret Videotapes Sparked Clinic Shootings
David Daleiden secretly videotaped abortion clinic doctors last year. A man shot three people at a clinic in Colorado last year following release of the tapes.
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Drugs Are Getting Into Our Rivers, And That's Bad News For The Fight Against Antibiotic Resistance
A new study adds to evidence that pharmaceutical drugs are polluting rivers in the UK. If antibiotics are widespread in the environment, that could eventually lead to them being less effective.
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These Tech Companies Have The Most Generous Fertility Benefits, Poll Says
Tech companies like Apple, Facebook, Google, Intel, and Microsoft cover fertility benefits for their employees, a new poll finds — even though most of them don't advertise it.
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Is This Man Smart Enough To Face The Death Penalty?
Researchers say that Texas has invented a nonscientific diagnosis based on a crude stereotype in order to execute people with an intellectual disability.
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The Supermoon Is A Lie
Today's moon is a little bit bigger and a little bit brighter than normal, but you probably won't be able to see that with your eyes, sorry.
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A Supermoon Graced The Skies Overnight But Australians Are Massively Underwhelmed
Thanks, cloud. Thanks.
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17 Facts About Toenails That Make You Go "Oooh" And "Ew"
Warning: gross GIFs ahead.
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Meet The Immigrant Scientists Spooked By A Looming Trump Presidency
President-elect Donald Trump’s anti-immigration and anti-science stances are expected to repel foreign scientists who had looked to the US as a premier destination for study and work.
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How One Man’s Swim In Antarctic Waters Convinced The Russians To Save The Whales
British polar swimmer Lewis Pugh won over Russia to help secure a huge new marine reserve off the coast of Antarctica.
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What Trump’s Not Saying About His Infrastructure Plan: It Includes Oil Pipelines
Infrastructure is one of the few issues President-elect Trump and Congressional Democrats may be able to work together on. The catch: perks for the fossil-fuel industry.
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