Rainforests & Rainfall
Deforestation can lead to droughts hundreds of miles away.
Spinach Solar Cell
A protein in spinach packs a punch when it comes to converting solar energy into electricity.
Tigers Among People
Tigers in Nepal are adapting to the presence of humans by changing their daily routine.
Wind Roundup
Airborne wind turbines have the potential to meet half of the world’s energy needs by 2030.
Tasmanian Devil Bites
Tasmanian Devils may need to tone down their aggression to survive an epidemic.
Fat but Fit
Many obese people are metabolically fit and are at no greater risk of dying from cardiovascular disease or cancer than people of normal weight.
Bacterial Warriors
Populations of ocean bacteria have a few designated fighters, which release antibiotics that don't harm their own community.
Frog Personalities
Tadpoles don't lose their personalities when they turn into frogs.
Happiness Roundup
Researchers identify a gene that may influence women’s contentment with their lives.
Teen Brains on Pot
Smoking marijuana regularly as a teenager may be associated with cognitive decline later in life.
Fighting Oil Spills
Food science and conservation biology come together to fight oil spills using a common ingredient in chocolate and peanut butter.
Human vs. Chimp Brains
DNA modifications in chimp brains may help protect them from cancer.
Peacock Hidden Messages
Peacocks communicate with sounds that fall below the range of human hearing.
Endless Summer Roundup
By manipulating how plants respond to the shorter days in the fall, researchers hope to get crops to produce fruit longer.
Chimps and Punishment
Chimps exhibit many human-like social behaviors, but punishing the crimes of others isn't one of them.
Addiction Blocker
A drug called (+)-naloxone blocks the brain’s addiction to heroin and other opiates.
Gibbons on Helium
An experiment with helium shows that gibbons can manipulate their vocal tracts like expert opera singers.
Surviving Rabies
Some people in the remote Peruvian Amazon have developed antibodies to rabies.
Flora & Fauna Roundup
A strange looking tropical plant is helping researchers understand the life-cycle of the cell.
Precision Decisions
People trust products more when precise language is used to market them.
Earth Microbiome
The Earth Microbiome Project is an unprecedented effort to study microbial communities around the world.
Quantum Computing
Quantum computing harnesses strange properties of atoms and particles and could revolutionize the computer age.
Haste vs. Happiness
If you consume something too rapidly, you may enjoy it less than if you space out consumption.
Pollution Scrubbing Roundup
Newly developed materials can pull carbon dioxide out of the air.