Female Songbirds
Female house wrens sing to defend their nest sites from intruders.
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Giant Armadillos
DNA evidence reveals that the enormous armored glyptodont, an extinct South American mammal, was a …
Gender Bias & Online Sales
Buyers shell out a lot less in online auctions when the seller is female.
Children & Noise
Research suggests that children can’t filter out noise the way adults can, with profound …
Robo-Roaches
Small, maneuverable robots based on cockroaches could be deployed in disaster zones to find human …
Cybathlon
Implantable pulse generators help turn paralyzed patients into bionic athletes.
Hands-on Physics
Experiencing physics phenomena first-hand can boost students’ learning of the subject, and leads to …
Neandertal Legacy
Neandertals contributed to genetic risk factors for some of today’s health problems and even mood …
Children & Noise
Research suggests that children can’t filter out noise the way adults can, with profound …
Food Security & Climate Change
Limited growing regions make staple crops like corn, wheat and soy more vulnerable to the effects of …