[http://youtu.be/OcPqk-O-fD4] (YouTube link)Tom Sc...  ...afety video for interstellar travelers who aren't humans . This video was inspired by a post and discussion...  ...unny how science fiction universes so often treat humans as a boring, default everyman species or even the...

I'd like to thank my skeletal system for all the support its given me over the years.— The Shark Knight (@Mothpete) February 23, 2012 This week's tweets are brought to you by ManageFlitter, an amazing t...

We've all seen human eyes, but it's rare to look this closely at them -and when you do, it's amazing how weird they actually look, filled with nooks, crannies and a surprising array of vivid colors. See more fantasti...

If you have a baby and want to know how successful he will be in certain sports or how popular he will be with the ladies, it turns out, you can actually gauge these pretty well even before he starts learning how to...

Did you know that parrots name their babies? O...  ...ion? As it turns out, animals are a lot more like humans than many of us ever imagined. Link

First they blew your mind when they told you Pluto...  ...ting ecosystems. Image via Artful Magpie [Flickr] Humans Aren’t Really All That Special Maybe this w...  ...overly fascinated with telling us how much better humans are than other animals. They’d tell the cla...  ...r animal is self-aware lik...

Image via hurleygurley [Flickr] (BTW, if you want to make your own brain Jell-O, get the mold at the Neatoshop.) Our brains are incredibly complex organs that allow us to comprehend both our surroundings and abstract co...

It's easy to fall in love with this photo series from Vlad Artazov. With only bent nails and some basic sets, he is able to convey a whole spectrum of human emotions. The result is beautiful and surprisingly, sadly t...