Our editors scrounged up some truly frightful facts.
The spookiest things we learned this week
Is my headache actually eye strain?
Why tired eyes cause you pain.
Behold the mighty elephant bird, blindly crashing through the Madagascan forest
Sightless, flightless, and 10 feet tall.
We created a frankenhouse of the most common phobias
Explore the things that keep humanity up at night—and learn why they haunt us.
Bitcoin is probably bad for the planet, but exactly how bad remains to be seen
An alarming new study may also be "deeply flawed."
The swamp science that lured travelers to their doom—and inspired the jack-o’-lantern
And led to one of the first American science experiments.
Scientists set up a haunted lab to figure out why we like being scared
Or why some of us do, anyway.
The next novel you read may be in Facebook Messenger
Facebook, Hooked, and other platforms are changing the way we read.
Frankenstein was based on some very real (and very creepy) experiments
Scientists really did believe that electricity might be able to bring the dead back to life.
Kepler finally ran out of gas, but it will always fuel our planet-hunting ambitions
It defied the odds to discover thousands of planets.
Google and Apple Maps have plenty of errors. Here’s how to fix them.
Flag missing roads, update restaurants' opening hours, and more.
Even short dressers can crush kids, so anchor them to the wall
Regulations don’t govern furniture under 30 inches, but a new Consumer Reports investigation shows they’re still deadly.
Humans have altered almost the entire planet—we need to save what’s left
Wild lands are disappearing fast.
McLaren's $2.4 million Speedtail hypercar can hit 250 miles per hour
Sadly, they only made 106 and they're all sold out.
Folding phones, a Facebook TV camera, the death of Twitter's like button and the rest of the current tech rumors
Catch up on all the technology gossip without all the hype.
Whoa, dinosaur eggs looked more dope than we thought
Colorful eggs aren't just for the birds.
Extreme summer weather will be back next year . . . and probably forever
Some research suggest these outliers are shifting to norms.
Add USB ports to your outlets without springing for an electrician
Make charging easier.
How do planes fly?
A simple answer you can explain to your friends.
Surprise! Kids' apps are full of manipulative, unregulated advertising
And that’s just the start of a kindergartener’s gaming woes.