Science Update
Plants on the Internet
A new system that uses the internet and cell phone techonolgy to alert farmers to a crop's needs.
Animal Domestication
Digging up bones out of old collections to determine when humans learned to herd animals.
Monogamous Voles
The secret to why some voles are monogamous and others aren't, is where certain receptors are …
Elephant Signals
How elephant vocalizations travel through the ground, and can be sensed by other elephants as much …
Language Trouble
Teasing out how the brain processes long and complex sentences to find ways to treat patients with …
Heavy-Breathing Plants
The philodendron uses oxygen to get hot for reproduction
Cancer Screensaver
A new screensaver screens molecules for cancer-fighting ability on your desktop.
Schizophrenia Virus
A retrovirus embedded in the human genome may contribute to schizophrenia.
Space Perfume
Fragrance from a rose grown on the Space Shuttle is part of a new Shiseido perfume.