Scientists have developed a material so dark that you can’t see it

Germany’s nudist movement is in decline

Do women perceive other women in red as more sexually receptive?

Does cheating seem as bad when it’s “all in the family”?

What you eat may affect your body’s internal biological clock

New cancer-prevention research says that consuming broccoli sprouts makes people excrete benzene in their urine, mitigating effects of breathing polluted air. 

Chimpanzee’s intelligence largely determined by its genes, environmental factors less important than scientists previously thought

Why is Homosexuality Still Classified as a Disease?

How our ideas about pain and suffering have radically changed through the years.

Phantom pain, experienced in missing limbs, tortures amputees and puzzles scientists. Srinath Perur cycles round Cambodia with a man who treats it with mirrors.

Hints of Life’s Start Found in a Giant Virus

People continue to reinvent the wheel. Some of those people file patent applications. Patent offices even approve some of those applications.

How Collecting Opium Antiques Turned Me Into an Opium Addict [Thanks Tim]

Audio: Nixon’s Secret White House Tapes

The CIA’s writing manual has been leaked

Making junk food look bigger

A busy NYC restaurant kept getting bad reviews for slow service, so they hired a firm to investigate. When they compared footage from 2004 to footage from 2014, they made some pretty startling discoveries.

Dear Tim, every time my train is delayed I’m going to edit your face

German airport rolls out world’s first robotic parking valet

every day the same again | July 13th, 2014