Louse Bustin’
Lice are unlikely to evolve resistence to a new technology for exterminating them.
Science Update
Podcast
Whiskers could help robots feel, how bee brains are like human brains, a genetic disorder with …
Globetrotting Swells
A storm in the Gulf of Alaska broke apart a giant iceberg in Antarctica, more than eight thousand …
Williams Syndrome
A rare genetic disorder causes patients to be musically and conversationally gifted.
Dead Sea Scrolls’ DNA
DNA is helping to solve one of the greatest puzzles in human history.
Robotic Whiskers
When it comes to the sense of feel, whiskers are some of nature's greatest creations. Now engineers …
Podcast
How wool is made washable, the earliest horse corral, a parasite that prefers baby boys, a medical …
Solar Flares and GPS
Strong solar flares could render some GPS receivers temporarily useless.
Robot Snail
A robot snail could make some medical procedures a lot more comfortable.
Boy-Friendly Parasite
A latent parasitic infection may make a pregnant woman much more likely to have a boy.