Science Update

Big Cold Animals

March 30, 2010

A new explanation for why animals grow larger at higher latitudes.

March 26, 2010

ANIMALS: Reindeer lack internal clocks, why animals from higher latitudes are larger, and the …

March 25, 2010

A new coating for rubber surfaces may make it possible for our bodies to power electric gadgets.

March 24, 2010

Neighborhoods with a high density of places to buy alcohol also tend to have higher rates of violent …

March 23, 2010

Lasers play an increasingly important role in restoring great works of art.

March 22, 2010

Algal blooms can cause epileptic symptoms in sea lions and other marine mammals.

March 19, 2010

INSIDE THE MIND: Scanning memories in the brain, the neural overlap between music and language, …

March 18, 2010

The diversity of ocean algae has correlated with the diversity of whale species over the past 30 …

March 17, 2010

Dolphins are the only animal besides humans known to get multiple papillomaviruses, but unlike …

March 16, 2010

Engineers have tapped the hairs on spider legs to develop the ultimate water-repellent surface.

March 15, 2010

A species of sea slug begins to harvest energy from the sun after eating algae.

March 12, 2010

MARINE LIFE: Photosynthesizing sea slugs, epileptic sea lions, dolphin viruses and whale diversity.