Every day, 50,000 mattresses are tossed in the trash in the United States. A relative of penicillin could be the cure. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Shopping for a new mattress can be stressful--this is something you plan to sleep on for years to come, after all. But your old one can be its own problem for the environment .

Environment Animals Wildlife Endangered Species Death Valley National Park needs help ID'ing joyriding vandals A truck illegally tore through the California park, leaving five miles of tracks and damaging'sensitive desert plants.' Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Death Valley National Park officials are searching for a couple of brazen blockheads, and they could use your help finding them. Specifically, they're looking for at least two people last spotted in Eureka Dunes . The region located about 120 miles east of Fresno, California features what are likely the tallest sand dunes in North America.

Whether they're outdoor enthusiasts, die-hard gamers, audiophiles, cinephiles, or anything in between, you can give your love something that they love. We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. You care about the person you have chosen as your valentine. That doesn't mean they're easy to shop for. Sometimes you just need a little inspiration. Well, consider this gift guide Cupid's error. Let it pierce your soul and inspire you with great gift ideas that just about anyone would love. This year, ditch the flowers and the drug store chocolate and get your partner something they actually want. That way, they get to enjoy their gift, and we get to pick up all the heavily discounted candy leftover on February 15.

Bathing can change the primates' parasites and gut microbes. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. When the temperatures plunge and snow falls, it's understandable to envy a snow monkey soaking in a steaming hot spring. Officially called Japanese macaques (), the primates are well known for taking advantage of the warm waters during snowy winters. While the hot water helps keep their bodies toasty in parts of Japan that can be covered with feet of snow for months at a time, there may be more to this unique behavior than meets the eye.

Environment Animals Pets Dogs This deadly dog'spaghetti' has ancient origins Heartworm is one of the most widespread dog parasites. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Every year, millions of dogs come face-to-face with a life threatening parasite coiled up inside one of their vital organs--heartworm. The spaghetti-looking parasite can be fatal when left untreated. New research into the widespread canine parasite suggests that heartworm has a deeper and more complex history than scientists previously believed and some may have originated in Australian dingoes.

The 13-year-old bovine is crushing stereotypes of bovine intelligence. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. The smart animal club continues to add new members, and the newest might surprise you. A pet cow in Austria named Veronika picks up sticks with her mouth and uses them to scratch herself--which a team at University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna in Austria believes is tool use. Veronika and her ground-breaking scratching are detailed in a study published today in . "The findings highlight how assumptions about livestock intelligence may reflect gaps in observation rather than genuine cognitive limits," Alice Auersperg, a study co-author and cognitive biologist at the university, said in a statement .

Environment Animals Wildlife Don't pick up frozen iguanas When the temperatures drop, so do Florida's iguanas. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. In Florida, giant invasive pythons, the state's signature alligators, and bears that sometimes roam around theme parks are typically among the most upfront wildlife in the news. But when the temperatures drop, one reptile stands ready to take the limelight and also drop-- iguanas . When air temperatures get cold enough, the reptiles will get stunned (or freeze) and fall from trees.

Cheetahs were spotted on the Arabian Peninsula as recently as 1977. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Seven naturally-mummified cheetahs are more than just an exciting paleontological find. The specimens discovered in five caves near the city of Arar in northern Saudi Arabia offer a glimpse of hope for reintroducing the species to the Arabian Peninsula. The findings are described in a study published today in the journal .

A lot of people wanted to know who's dead. Wikipedia currently contains over 7.1 million entries in English alone. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. It's hard to imagine the internet without Wikipedia . But in the immediate years following its debut in 2001, many critics scoffed at the idea that a free, volunteer-run online encyclopedia could ever be considered a reputable source of information.

Archaeologists say they located a Black Death burial site containing some of a village's 12,000 dead. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. The Black Death () killed as much as half of Europe's total population between 1346 and 1353, so there are a of bodies buried across the continent. For example, contemporary accounts from Thuringia--a state in central Germany--report that about 12,000 plague victims died around Erfurt amid the city's outbreak in 1350. But despite multiple accounts attesting to this devastation, none of the 11 mass graves could be pinpointed for centuries.