Archives for July 2011

Podcast for 29 July 2011

July 29, 2011

REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS - Fossil anatomy sheds light on whether dinosaurs were warm-blooded, why …

July 28, 2011

Differences in a gene influence how much time we spend looking at happy faces.

July 27, 2011

An underwater microphone takes inspiration from the ears of killer whales.

July 25, 2011

The mating calls of an insect called the water boatman are much louder than expected given the bug’s …

July 22, 2011

THE BRAIN & SOCIETY: How the brain experiences beauty, what soccer reveals about the mind, and …

July 22, 2011

New research lends clues to why a bad sunburn hurts so much.

July 21, 2011

A hormone called ghrelin is a key part of how stress triggers mice to seek out fatty food.

July 20, 2011

Pigeons remember the people who feed them.

July 19, 2011

A new test uses DNA to reveal a person’s age.

July 18, 2011

Bats have tiny hairs on their wings that help them maneuver in complete darkness.