Music, Inside Out
What would it be like to be a string that made music? Not anything simple, like a guitar string, or …
What Does ‘Sexual Coercion’ Say About A Society?
Police in Cleveland are still investigating how Ariel Castro allegedly abducted three women in the city and held them for …
How Can Identical Twins Turn Out So Different?
A study of genetically identical mice is providing some hints about humans. How can one identical twin be a wallflower …
Could You Talk To A Caveman? Researchers Say Yes!
In 1961, Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner came up with some basic theories of caveman linguistics in their 2,000-Year-Old Man …
Using Bacteria To Swat Malaria Inside Mosquitoes
It’s a bit like probiotics for mosquitoes. When scientists infect mosquitoes with a specific bacterium, the insects become resistant to …
Moths That Drive Cars (Really)
What you are about to see — and I’m not making this up — is a moth driving a car. …
Wildlife That Isn’t Wild And Isn’t Alive
Bit by bit, bot by bot, robots are slipping into the real world. Yes, they are born in science labs, …
Bee Deaths May Have Reached A Crisis Point For Crops
According to a new survey of America’s beekeepers, almost a third of the country’s honeybee colonies did not make it …
Study: ‘Fossil’ Words Are Older Than We Thought
The origin of some of the words we use today go back much further than scientists once thought, suggesting an …
Our Very Normal Solar System Isn’t Normal Anymore
Some things you just count on. Like if we ever meet a space alien, it should have eyes (and maybe …
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