Brainless Navigation
Although they lack real brains, box jellyfish can follow landmarks above the water's surface.
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Gender-Biased Children’s Books
Children’s books are dominated by male characters.
Starless Starfish
A starfish without arms makes scientists rethink how they classify animals.
Erasing Memories
Scientists have extinguished, or at least greatly weakened, a long-term memory in a sea snail.
Tsunamis & Sealife
A listener asks: What happens to the seafloor and to sealife when tsunamis hit?
Breathing Video Games
Kids with cystic fibrosis are trying a video game-based breathing therapy.
3-D Space Map
Using light from quasars, scientists are mapping the distant universe.
Gold Nanoparticles
Nano-sized gold-silica particles may help catch tumors in colonoscopies.
Oldest Toothache
A fossilized reptile jaw from 275 million years ago has the oldest known case of dental disease.
The Embarrassed Brain
Researchers have identified the region of the brain responsible for humiliation.
Humpback Whale Dialects
Humpback whale songs undergo rapid cultural evolution in the South Pacific.
Schizophrenia in a Dish
Researchers have re-created dysfunctional brain cells from the skin of a schizophrenic patient.