Medical Roundup
New research lends clues to why a bad sunburn hurts so much.
Comfort Food Hormone
A hormone called ghrelin is a key part of how stress triggers mice to seek out fatty food.
Bat Navigation
Bats have tiny hairs on their wings that help them maneuver in complete darkness.
Podcast for 15 July 2011
THE SCIENCE OF FACES: when pigeons look at us, and the genes behind how we look at faces. Also: what …
Appliance Roundup
Some of the world’s most forbidding environments occur right in our own homes, but microorganisms …
Neurons from Skin
Two teams of scientists have converted skin cells directly into neurons.
Promiscuous Finches
Promiscuity-related genes in finches may exist to exist solely to benefit males.
Double Dolphin Sonar
Using precision instruments, scientists have discovered a second dolphin echolocation signal …
Podcast for 8 July 2011
NOISE & NAVIGATION: Bats maneuver in the dark with the help of microscopic wing hairs, …