Blood Sucker Roundup
Diseases spread by mosquitoes plague millions of people. But what if people could make mosquitoes sick instead?
Dolphin Healing
Dolphins heal remarkably well after massive shark bites, and scientists want to know how they do it.
Nuclear Reactor Robots
Robots offer a safer way to inspect nuclear reactors for defects.
Black Hole Water
Water was abundant in the universe just 1.6 billion years after the Big Bang - in one of the most inhospitable places imaginable.
Problem-Solving Lizards
Some lizards can solve problems as well as birds and mammals.
Climate Roundup
Climate scientists who want to know how airplanes might affect the climate are gaining new insights by looking nearly seventy years into the past.
Rocking Sleep
Rocking helps adults fall asleep faster and enter deeper sleep.
Plant Sonar
A Cuban plant has acoustically-enhanced leaves that help pollinating bats find it in the dark.
Backyard Roundup
Opossums and snakes are locked in a battle of evolutionary proportions.
Dinosaur Bones
Holes in fossil bones suggest that dinosaurs were warm-blooded.
Soccer Goalies
Soccer goalies tend to dive toward the right when their team is behind.
Beauty & Brains
One area of the brain becomes active when we experience beauty.
Ultrasound Safety
A listener asks: Can medical ultrasound damage your ears?
Tiny Chip Roundup
The tiniest camera in the world can record the firing of single neurons.
Happy Face Genetics
Differences in a gene influence how much time we spend looking at happy faces.
Killer Whale Microphone
An underwater microphone takes inspiration from the ears of killer whales.
Stop Smoking Texts
Encouraging text messages help smokers kick the habit.
Loudest Animal
The mating calls of an insect called the water boatman are much louder than expected given the bug’s diminutive size.
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.