Drool Stress Test
If the blood-curdling cry's not enough to tell you that your baby's stressed out, you might want to check the tyke's drool.
Adaptive Happiness
It may seem obvious that good fortune or tragedy would have lasting effects on our overall happiness. But what's obvious is not always correct.
Dinosaurs Evolved
In Jurassic Park, scientists ressurected dinosaurs from ancient DNA. But where did the dinosaurs that actually walked the Earth come from?
Escaping Eggs
In nature, eggs are sitting ducks. But some types of eggs may not be as helpless as they seem.
Food Security Roundup
In many societies, being overweight is a sign of affluence. But in the United States, it's more common for poor people to be overweight. Why?
Offensive Chants
Scientists are developing new ways to keep sports fans from getting out of hand.
Fossil Bird
Researchers have found an ancestor of modern birds that walked with dinosaurs.
Coal-Based Jet Fuel
Good old-fashioned coal could revolutionize jet fuel.
Jet Stream Roundup
Red-eye flights are hard on your system, and they may also be hard on the envirnoment.
Elderly BMI
New research shows that people should perhaps get plumper with age.
Supernova Rock Art
An ancient rock carving in New Mexico could be an astronomical record.
Anger Roundup
Lots of people get angry over little things. And now a study shows that lots of people act on that rage, too.
Alcohol and Colds
We answer this listener's question: Can a shot of alcohol stop a cold in its tracks?
Ape Planning
You'd pack very differently for a trip to the beach and a trip to the mountains. It turns out that chimps and orangutans have a similar kind of …
Invisibility Cloak
Harry Potter's invisibility cloak may not be completely fictional for much longer.
Psych Roundup
Scientists have finally come up with an explanation for how Ritalin works.
Pregnancy Stress
If being pregnant in today's fast-paced world is enough to stress you out, take heart. It may be a good thing.
Caffeine Test
Llamas may soon help you test whether that decaf your server just poured is really decaf.
The Microbes Below
To study underground bacteria, scientists have been pretty much just digging holes. Until now.
Music and Parkinson’s
An experimental treatment for Parkinson's symptoms doesn't even require a prescription.