Spinning World
Why don't human activities make the Earth unbalanced as it spins on its axis? (They don't move as much mass around as natural processes do, except for …
Mighty Rice
Genetically engineering rice to produce a sugar called trehalose makes the rice hardier.
Healthy Living Roundup
Big portions make us eat more, inactivity is worse than overweight, and exercising to music boosts lung fitness.
Shark Test
A DNA test can identify species of sharks from just a small piece of fin or flesh.
Changing Neutrinos
Results from the KamLAND experiment show that neutrinos can change Òflavors.Ó
Beady Water
Why does water bead up? (Tries to minimize surface area because of forces between molecules)
Exercise Gene
Deletion of a gene causes mice to stop exercising, and they grow obese as a result.
Weather Roundup
Spy satellite can track storms, greenhouse effect could be bad for plants
Bowl Game Brawls
Why do fans of winning teams set fires and destroy property? (only a few, many drunken, not mob mentality)
Spider Bites
Family in house with thousands of brown recluse spiders, no bites
Heavy Metal Roundup
Exoskeletons for lifting loads, steel frames for homes and a self-assembling satellite
Clone Fingerprints
Will clones have the same fingerprints as the person they're cloned from? (no, development in unique conditions of womb also involved in fingerprint …
Singing Frogs
Frogs can change the pitch/timing of their beeps to take advantage of reverb
Food and Mood
Lowering tryptophan causes mood depression, boosting empty calories raises students' test scores, and caffeine is not what raises blood pressure
Squirrel Drug
A protein in the brains of hibernating squirrels can help treat stroke.
Tree of Life
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is funding a program to assemble the tree of life.
Drugs and Teenage Brains
Drugs like cocaine affect adolescent brains more than those of young children or adults.
Deadly Dyes
Two colored dyes kill bacteria, viruses, and parasites donated blood.
Rodent Roundup
A gene blocks the effects of muscular dystrophy, pain and inflammation promote tumor growth, and old mole rats provide clues about aging
Fear Switch
The brain's medial prefrontal cortex is responsible for unlearning fear.