January 27, 2012
Light Roundup
The sunflower’s spirals inspire new solar power plant design.
January 26, 2012
A Dog’s Eye View of People
One key to our successful long-term relationship with dogs may lie in the eyes.
January 25, 2012
Kinder, Gentler Monkeys
Rhesus macaque monkeys become kinder after inhaling the hormone oxytocin.
January 24, 2012
Violin Confusion
The Stradivarius is the violin by which all others are judged. But does it deserve its reputation?
January 23, 2012
Weightless Flies
Magnetically levitated flies may help researchers study the effects of weightlessness.
After thousands of years of co-evolution with humans, dogs show some of the same social skills as babies. (Bernadett Miklósi)
January 20, 2012
ANIMALS & PEOPLE - Levitating flies, what dogs and babies have in common, how oxytocin makes kinder, gentler monkeys, a fish that mimics an octopus that mimics a fish, and how bats hear with both sides of the brain.
