Artificial Dye Safety
Some people argue that food dyes are harmful to human health, but do decades of safety research back …
Archives for July 2017
Fighting Fungi
Scientists may learn how to deal with fungal disease by fighting a frog pandemic.
Blind Echolocation
Blind people who can echolocate use their brain’s visual center to do so.
Mosquito-Killing Fungi
Scorpion and spider genes boost a fungi’s mosquito-killing ability.
Neonics and Bees
New evidence that neonicotinoid pesticides are hurting bees.
Running Injury Acoustics
Scientists are measuring the acoustic properties of the shockwaves produced as our feet strike the …
Chimpanzee Strength
Human muscle is adapted for endurance, rather than ape-like strength.
Roman Concrete
Ancient Roman concrete became stronger with exposure to seawater and time.
Drumming Cockatoos
Researchers discover that cockatoos use sticks and seed pods to drum out rhythms on tree limbs.