Podcast
Brain Pathways: Why we shiver, blind people who still sense light, and brain chemicals and …
Families and Puberty
A supportive, positive home life may protect kids from early puberty.
Sightless Light Detection
Even some blind people can respond to light in non-visual ways.
Behind Shivering
Shivering is triggered through a separate pathway from conscious cold perception, according to new …
Detecting Land Mines
Removing land mines is dangerous business, but new methods may eventually make detection more …
Animal Roundup
Squirrels foil their predators by making themselves smell less like squirrels and more like their …
Podcast
Animal Sexual Selection: sexy fruit flies have sexy sons, geographical variation in what some female …
Virtual Surgery
Digitally simulated patients may take some of the guesswork out of surgery.
Changing Accents
A listener asks: How far apart do people have to live in order to have different accents?
Wavering Warblers
Scientists have discovered surprising geographical variation in what some female songbirds find …
Sexy Fruit Flies
In a species of fruit fly, a male's attractiveness to the opposite sex gets passed from one …