Cancer-Preventing Drugs
Instead of looking for drugs to treat cancer, some researchers are looking to prevent cancer with …
Chalky Ice Cubes
My ice cubes evaporate and leave a particulate behind-- what is it? (calcium carbonate, chalk, …
Word Associations
How people form associations between words, concepts and objects.
Plant Domestication
Looking for the first plants ever planted by humans
Microbots
Tiny robots that can wheel around on their own, collecting chemical, sound, temp information
Musical Pleasure
Why is music pleasureable? (because it may help us learn better, in the end, helping us survive)
Amoeba Midwives
Ameobas are actually great midwives, helping others to Ôgive birth' when called.
Whole Earth Telescope
A consortium of conservatories are pooling their resources to get a better view of the sky, using …
Crayfish Reflexes
How the escape reflex of a the crayfish can teach scientists about behavior in humans