Woo, woof, wow: Science goes full party trick today

Think you fooled your dog? Science says nope.

A dog’s nose knows more than just where you hid the bacon. Turns out, it’s also a BS detector.

Science has already confirmed that dog people are superior humans. (I’ll find the source later. Probably.) But now there’s proof that the dogs themselves might be the emotionally intelligent ones in the room. In a recent study, researchers gave dogs intentionally bad advice and the pups weren’t having it.

Turns out, dogs can detect when a human is giving them false information. When scientists pointed to a container that didn’t actually have food in it, after previously being trustworthy, the dogs hesitated or outright refused to follow the commands. Translation: your dog doesn’t just love you... they low-key judge you, and science can prove it.

Only about 4% of U.S. pet owners have pet insurance

Pet care costs are rising, yet not enough people are doing something about it. Pet insurance can significantly offset rising costs – all for as low as $10 a month. Want to join the 4% club?

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Science found the dance moves that attract a mate (and the ones that definitely don’t)

Unfortunately for yours truly, the research did not cover the efficacy of biting your lower lip.

Motion capture tech has given us giant blue cat-aliens, killer video game cutscenes, and now, a guide to what kind of dancing makes people swoon. Two separate studies used faceless avatars to track who grooves with grace... and who looks like they’re dodging a bee.

Moves that involve upper body control, confident space-taking, and a fancy right knee (specifically the right knee for some reason) get the green light. Wildly swinging your arms like a wacky waving inflatable car dealership mascot? Less so.

Don’t take our word for it—click through to see the avatars scientists say are dance-floor gold... and the ones that’ll tank your chances.

From the “That’s Creepy” file: Earth has a heartbeat.

Science can’t explain it, but our planet seems to thump every 26 seconds. No word on blood pressure.

There’s a slow, steady drumbeat pulsing beneath your feet, inaudible, but unstoppable. Every 26 seconds, Earth emits a faint seismic tremor. Not an earthquake. Not an echo. Just a mysterious planetary rhythm that’s been baffling scientists since the 1960s. This is not a Rock and Roll metaphor.

Geologists have traced the beat to the Gulf of Guinea. They’ve blamed crashing waves, volcanic rumbles, and tiny fissures in the ocean floor. But nothing quite adds up.

The result? Every half-minute, all day, every day, Earth makes a move we still don’t understand. As one scientist put it: “It’s regular enough to measure, but weird enough to haunt your curiosity.”

From the friend group text…

Once in a while, the firehose of content that is the friends group text gets cultural. Today, we skip across the pond to take a ride on the “chube”.