Locust Swarm
A few million years ago, a swarm of locusts made an incredible journey.
Rewarding Faces
Looking at attractive people stimulates the brain's reward centers. Now new research shows the …
Browsing Music
Scientists are coming up with new, more sophisticated ways to browse digital music.
Medical Roundup
Scientists have found an explosive new way to pack several weeks' worth of vaccines into a single …
Podcast
Spiders that eat their mates, why cloned animals get sick, some lesser known dangers of inbreeding, …
Jupiter Moons
Jupiter's moons are like a miniature solar system of contrasting terrains. But how could moons that …
Disease and Diversity
It's well known that inbred animals are more likely to inherit genetic diseases. But did you know …
Cloning Sickness
Many cloned animals have unusual health problems. One listener asked what goes wrong.
Munching Mates
Many fathers in the animal kingdom are deadbeat dads by human standards. But redback spider dads are …
Vaccine Roundup
In an unusual twist, a bioengineered tobacco plant could save lives in the case of a bioterrorist …
Podcast
Blocking addiction in the brain, how particle accelerators work, mapping the Milky Way, the other …
Epigenome Project
Many genetic diseases don't kick in unless triggered. Now scientists are looking for those triggers …