(Natural News) Remember the idiom “People should not judge a book by its cover?” Well, in an article in Psychology Today, researchers said that people will apparently judge a robot based on its physical appearance. They will assign human personality traits such as laziness or meanness to it. First impressions of a person will lead […]

(Natural News) Like cats and dogs, horses are some of the most socially intelligent animals. According to a study, horses can even interpret human facial expressions to identify potential threats. The study, which was published in the journal Current Biology and spearheaded by researchers from the University of Sussex and the University of Portsmouth, showed that “horses can read […]

(Natural News) Earlier this week the Editorial Board of The Washington Post published a piece that actually blamed Hurricane Florence on POTUS Donald Trump and, by default, every other major storm to hit the U.S. since he became a “climate change denier.” “Yet again,” the op-ed began, “a massive hurricane feeding off unusually warm ocean water […]

(Natural News) A new material created by Japanese researchers is able to change its coloration like a chameleon. This bio-inspired composite could see use in the next generation of display technology, providing a more vivid viewing experience in the future, a Science Daily article stated. Chameleons are just one of the many creatures that can […]

(Natural News) Towards the end of 2016, U.S. diplomats stationed in Cuba started complaining about headaches, nausea, hearing loss and balance issues, with many becoming so sick that they had to return home to the United States. At first, nobody could understand what was going on, but after an investigation it became apparent that the […]

(Natural News) Manned spacecraft better pack windshield wipers when they venture out of the solar system and into interstellar space. An article in The Daily Mail Online reported that the void between the stars are filled with greasy carbon dust that is toxic to life despite being made of the same element as organic life. […]

(Natural News) If there are any advanced aliens out there, proposed a recently-published paper by an American researcher, they would be racing against the constant expansion of the universe that is caused by dark matter. An article in Live Science described how these aliens would go so far as to stealing stars from other galaxies […]

(Natural News) According to a study by researchers from the University of Oxford, there is “a direct link between physical contact and gut bacteria” in red-bellied lemurs. The scientists believe that their findings can be used to further research on human health and that the phenomenon is probably made possible “through ‘huddling’ behavior and touch.” Researchers […]

(Natural News) They say the eyes are the windows to the soul. But California- and Miami-based researchers believe that our eyes’ equivalent of a window-frame is the facial feature that projects sincerity. In an article on Science Daily, they reported that the wrinkles around the eyes trigger the human brain to believe that the person […]

(Natural News) The forests of morocco have found an unexpected ally: tree-climbing goats. A new study has found that the limber creatures have been inadvertently planting trees and rebuilding forests by spitting out the nuts from the argan fruits they forage on. The research, published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, observed the foraging behavior […]