A combination of Tylenol and Advil worked just as well as opioids for relief of pain in the emergency room, a randomized trial has found

In the Land of Vendettas That Go On Forever

Twenty Years after His Death, Carl Sagan Is Still Right

On the Table, the Brain Appeared Normal

Why Would a 16-Year-Old Girl Slaughter Her Uber Driver?

How the world’s worst investor fleeced clients who couldn’t complain

Reconstructed Roman Temple of Mithras opens to public in London

New analysis of Chicxulub asteroid suggests it may have struck in vulnerable spot

The Astounding Engineering Behind the World’s Largest Optical Telescope

Inside the Business of Body Brokering in the United States

The woman who can’t forget

He Perfected a Password-Hacking Tool—Then the Russians Came Calling

Dead grasshopper discovered in Vincent van Gogh painting

This fungus has over 23,000 sexes and no qualms about it

What makes zombie ants obey

If we can beat Ebola, why not sleeping sickness too?

Children of the colour-blind island – in pictures

On this day in 1973, the remains of an extraordinary tree were dragged out of Ténéré

What Happens If China Makes First Contact?

There’s a Huge Plume of Magma Bulging Against Antarctica

‘The strangest supernova we’ve ever seen’: A star that keeps exploding — and surviving

Genetically Altered Skin Saves A Boy Dying Of A Rare Disease

Spending 45 Days Inside A Fake Spaceship In The Name Of Science

How to Hire Fake Friends and Family

Chopin’s Heart, Pickled in a Jar, Offers Clues to His Death

Sheep learned to recognize photos of Obama and other celebrities, neuroscientists say

On this day in 1939 an unlikely assassin attempted to remove Hitler

Is Disney paying its share in Anaheim? The money battle outside the Happiest Place on Earth

Help name the most distant object ever explored by a spacecraft

Alma’s image of red giant star gives a surprising glimpse of the Sun’s future

Archaeologists unearth ‘masterpiece’ sealstone in Greek tomb

The Wines of Gala: Salvador Dalí’s Surrealist Wine Guide Republished for the First Time in 40 Years

Astronomers spot oldest galaxy ever detected by looking back in time 11 billion years

The 100 megapixel Moon

How to Give Mars an Atmosphere, Maybe

Heard of the element erbium? It could pave the way to a quantum internet

The Cool Beginnings of a Volcano’s Supereruption

Mammals Literally Came Out of the Dark Once the Dinos Were Gone

Heating ocean moon Enceladus for billions of years

How mathematics revealed a Beatles secret

Forget Daylight Saving, We Should Adopt a Single, Universal Time, Scientists Say

The Great College Loan Swindle

Theoretical quark fusion found to be more powerful than hydrogen fusion

T. Rex May Have Actually Used Its Tiny Arms For “Vicious Slashing” of Its Victims

Sex, spies, and the national anthem: The BSO scandal you’ve never heard of

Fantastic Beasts and How to Rank Them

A Restaurant Ruined My Life

The man who built a plane on his rooftop

Inseparable: Ten Years Joined At The Head. Conjoined twins share a brain and can see out of each other’s eyes

What Archaeologists Want You To Know About The Great Pyramid Void

Squishy or Solid? A Neutron Star’s Insides Open to Debate

Who stole Burma’s royal ruby?

Most scientists now reject the idea that the first Americans came by land

Why Clocks Run Clockwise (And Some Watches And Clocks That Don’t)

Juno Phones Home: Jupiter Probe Reconnects with Earth After 8th Flyby

Like genes, language evolution involves random chance

On this day in 1970, a feral child named Genie was brought into a welfare office

Scientists find key to unwanted thoughts

A biologist believes that trees speak a language we can learn

Fifty-three year old nuclear missile accident revealed