Новости за 17.05.2018

Human beds are teeming with more body microbes than the beds of chimpanzees.

Human beds are teeming with more body microbes than the beds of chimpanzees.

The horse likely swiveled its ears when it heard the deafening roar from Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. That was one of the last things the animal ever did: After that, it died, buried in the massive amounts of ash that destroyed Pompeii.

Scientists are skeptical of a new paper that suggests frozen octopus eggs rode a meteor to Earth 540 million years ago.

Laurie Santos, a cognitive psychologist at Yale, demonstrates how dogs can sometimes be more rational than humans.

Thousands of hippos in Kenya's Mara River poop out 9.3 tons of feces every day!

2017 saw the lowest birth rate in more than 100 years.

Turns out moon dust is really bad for human cells.

Turns out moon dust is really bad for human cells.

Like, really big poops.

Scientists can't explain why in the world someone would decide to pump out the dangerous gases again.

Kilauea Volcano is spewing up red-hot lava on Hawaii's Big Island.

Volunteers bravely downed a cup of E. coli.

A new type of flying robot is insect-sized, weighs about as much as a toothpick, and is powered by lasers.

An explosion at Kilauea volcano's summit spawned chunky boulders and a tremendous volcanic cloud that reached as high as commercial airplanes fly — about 30,000 feet (5.6 miles, or 9.1 kilometers) above sea level — early this morning (May 17) local time.

The island of Bonaire follows Hawaii's lead.