Contagious Stress
Early stress in a zebra finch’s life not only cuts its life short, but takes a serious toll on its …
Food For Mars
NASA nutritionists face a delicious challenge when planning what astronauts will eat on a mission to …
Podcast for 9 September 2011
MARVELS OF EVOLUTION - A prehistoric pregnancy clears up a Mesozoic mystery. The economics of …
Species Roundup
A new study documents the rate at which species are moving toward the poles or up the sides of …
Electronic Skin
Engineers have packed medical electronics into a thin, stretchy temporary tattoo.
Opinion Spam
A computer program can distinguish real hotel reviews from fake ones.
Organic Chicken Farms
Removing antibiotics from poultry farms could have immediate public health implications.
Ancient Food Roundup
Lager beers have been around for about 500 years, thanks to the meeting of yeasts from the Old and …
Darkest Planet
Scientists have identified the darkest known extrasolar planet.
Free-Market Fungi
Symbiotic plants and fungi reward generous trade partners and punish stingy ones.
Shrinking Brains
Our brains shrink by up to 15% over our lifetimes, but those of chimpanzees do not.